net/mlx5: fix flow director drop mode

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / nics / mlx5.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index 77fa957..8923173 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ Features
 - Promiscuous mode.
 - Multicast promiscuous mode.
 - Hardware checksum offloads.
-- Flow director (RTE_FDIR_MODE_PERFECT and RTE_FDIR_MODE_PERFECT_MAC_VLAN).
+- Flow director (RTE_FDIR_MODE_PERFECT, RTE_FDIR_MODE_PERFECT_MAC_VLAN and
+  RTE_ETH_FDIR_REJECT).
 - Secondary process TX is supported.
 - KVM and VMware ESX SR-IOV modes are supported.
 
@@ -125,16 +126,6 @@ These options can be modified in the ``.config`` file.
 Environment variables
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-- ``MLX5_ENABLE_CQE_COMPRESSION``
-
-  A nonzero value lets ConnectX-4 return smaller completion entries to
-  improve performance when PCI backpressure is detected. It is most useful
-  for scenarios involving heavy traffic on many queues.
-
-  Since the additional software logic necessary to handle this mode can
-  lower performance when there is no backpressure, it is not enabled by
-  default.
-
 - ``MLX5_PMD_ENABLE_PADDING``
 
   Enables HW packet padding in PCI bus transactions.
@@ -158,6 +149,44 @@ Run-time configuration
 
 - **ethtool** operations on related kernel interfaces also affect the PMD.
 
+- ``rxq_cqe_comp_en`` parameter [int]
+
+  A nonzero value enables the compression of CQE on RX side. This feature
+  allows to save PCI bandwidth and improve performance at the cost of a
+  slightly higher CPU usage.  Enabled by default.
+
+  Supported on:
+
+  - x86_64 with ConnectX4 and ConnectX4 LX
+  - Power8 with ConnectX4 LX
+
+- ``txq_inline`` parameter [int]
+
+  Amount of data to be inlined during TX operations. Improves latency.
+  Can improve PPS performance when PCI back pressure is detected and may be
+  useful for scenarios involving heavy traffic on many queues.
+
+  It is not enabled by default (set to 0) since the additional software
+  logic necessary to handle this mode can lower performance when back
+  pressure is not expected.
+
+- ``txqs_min_inline`` parameter [int]
+
+  Enable inline send only when the number of TX queues is greater or equal
+  to this value.
+
+  This option should be used in combination with ``txq_inline`` above.
+
+- ``txq_mpw_en`` parameter [int]
+
+  A nonzero value enables multi-packet send. This feature allows the TX
+  burst function to pack up to five packets in two descriptors in order to
+  save PCI bandwidth and improve performance at the cost of a slightly
+  higher CPU usage.
+
+  It is currently only supported on the ConnectX-4 Lx family of adapters.
+  Enabled by default.
+
 Prerequisites
 -------------
 
@@ -211,40 +240,12 @@ DPDK and must be installed separately:
 
 Currently supported by DPDK:
 
-- Mellanox OFED **3.1-1.0.3**, **3.1-1.5.7.1** or **3.2-2.0.0.0** depending
-  on usage.
-
-    The following features are supported with version **3.1-1.5.7.1** and
-    above only:
-
-    - IPv6, UPDv6, TCPv6 RSS.
-    - RX checksum offloads.
-    - IBM POWER8.
-
-    The following features are supported with version **3.2-2.0.0.0** and
-    above only:
-
-    - Flow director.
-    - RX VLAN stripping.
-    - TX VLAN insertion.
-    - RX CRC stripping configuration.
+- Mellanox OFED **3.3-1.0.0.0** and **3.3-2.0.0.0**.
 
 - Minimum firmware version:
 
-  With MLNX_OFED **3.1-1.0.3**:
-
-  - ConnectX-4: **12.12.1240**
-  - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.12.1100**
-
-  With MLNX_OFED **3.1-1.5.7.1**:
-
-  - ConnectX-4: **12.13.0144**
-  - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.13.0144**
-
-  With MLNX_OFED **3.2-2.0.0.0**:
-
-  - ConnectX-4: **12.14.2036**
-  - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.14.2036**
+  - ConnectX-4: **12.16.1006**
+  - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.16.1006**
 
 Getting Mellanox OFED
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~