X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Fnics%2Fmlx5.rst;h=83299646ddb1f641278f6f70a9cab2000b4d4808;hb=a86144cd9ded2db1b719c9464cff8091edff2474;hp=97a144d0c32cdce8b882a6738bb78160df0bfc67;hpb=8ebbc01f4275af5555a0a81702768596a4ca8089;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst index 97a144d0c3..83299646dd 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst @@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ Features - Flow metering, including meter policy API. - Flow integrity offload API. - Connection tracking. +- Sub-Function representors. Limitations ----------- @@ -437,6 +438,9 @@ Limitations - Connection tracking: - Cannot co-exist with ASO meter, ASO age action in a single flow rule. + - Flow rules insertion rate and memory consumption need more optimization. + - 256 ports maximum. + - 4M connections maximum. Statistics ---------- @@ -1434,9 +1438,10 @@ the DPDK application. echo switchdev > /sys/class/net//compat/devlink/mode -SubFunction representor support -------------------------------- -SubFunction is a portion of the PCI device, a SF netdev has its own +Sub-Function representor +------------------------ + +Sub-Function is a portion of the PCI device, a SF netdev has its own dedicated queues(txq, rxq). A SF netdev supports E-Switch representation offload similar to existing PF and VF representors. A SF shares PCI level resources with other SFs and/or with its parent PCI function. @@ -1491,7 +1496,7 @@ Performance tuning for better performance. For VMs, verify that the right CPU and NUMA node are pinned according to the above. Run:: - lstopo-no-graphics + lstopo-no-graphics --merge to identify the NUMA node to which the PCIe adapter is connected.