net/i40e: improve RSS debug

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / nics / i40e.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
index 0884e15..c7c34b6 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ to chapter Tested Platforms/Tested NICs in release notes.
    +--------------+-----------------------+------------------+
    | DPDK version | Kernel driver version | Firmware version |
    +==============+=======================+==================+
-   |    19.08     |         2.9.21        |       7.00       |
+   |    19.11     |         2.9.21        |       7.00       |
+   +--------------+-----------------------+------------------+
+   |    19.08     |         2.8.43        |       7.00       |
    +--------------+-----------------------+------------------+
    |    19.05     |         2.7.29        |       6.80       |
    +--------------+-----------------------+------------------+
@@ -185,6 +187,16 @@ Runtime Config Options
 
   -w 84:00.0,use-latest-supported-vec=1
 
+- ``Enable validation for VF message`` (default ``not enabled``)
+
+  The PF counts messages from each VF. If in any period of seconds the message
+  statistic from a VF exceeds maximal limitation, the PF will ignore any new message
+  from that VF for some seconds.
+  Format -- "maximal-message@period-seconds:ignore-seconds"
+  For example::
+
+  -w 84:00.0,vf_msg_cfg=80@120:180
+
 Vector RX Pre-conditions
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 For Vector RX it is assumed that the number of descriptor rings will be a power