net/dpaa2: add dpdmux mc flib

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / nics / mlx4.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst
index 0bac6d3..5326d91 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ Limitations
   The ability to enable/disable CRC stripping requires OFED version
   4.3-1.5.0.0 and above  or rdma-core version v18 and above.
 
+- TSO (Transmit Segmentation Offload) is supported in OFED version
+  4.4 and above.
+
 Prerequisites
 -------------
 
@@ -210,7 +213,7 @@ Current RDMA core package and Linux kernel (recommended)
 Mellanox OFED as a fallback
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-- `Mellanox OFED`_ version: **4.2, 4.3**.
+- `Mellanox OFED`_ version: **4.4, 4.5**.
 - firmware version: **2.42.5000** and above.
 
 .. _`Mellanox OFED`: http://www.mellanox.com/page/products_dyn?product_family=26&mtag=linux_sw_drivers
@@ -370,6 +373,12 @@ Performance tuning
         The XXX can be different on different systems. Make sure to configure
         according to the setpci output.
 
+6. To minimize overhead of searching Memory Regions:
+
+   - '--socket-mem' is recommended to pin memory by predictable amount.
+   - Configure per-lcore cache when creating Mempools for packet buffer.
+   - Refrain from dynamically allocating/freeing memory in run-time.
+
 Usage example
 -------------