net/nfp: add TSO support

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

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index 3a07928..98d1341 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -84,9 +84,11 @@ 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.
+- RSS hash result is supported.
 
 Limitations
 -----------
@@ -148,6 +150,44 @@ 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
 -------------
 
@@ -201,12 +241,12 @@ DPDK and must be installed separately:
 
 Currently supported by DPDK:
 
-- Mellanox OFED **3.3-1.0.0.0**.
+- Mellanox OFED **3.4-1.0.0.0**.
 
-- Minimum firmware version:
+- firmware version:
 
-  - ConnectX-4: **12.16.1006**
-  - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.16.1006**
+  - ConnectX-4: **12.17.1010**
+  - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.17.1010**
 
 Getting Mellanox OFED
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~