X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Fnics%2Fmlx5.rst;h=b0614ae335668b2ae8bd7f97a90f2f26a816ccbd;hb=1736219b3c5737c943620c22121b361e35b18d0d;hp=00427b00e614670f18c10f863c425231118ed665;hpb=5522da6b201b3db935e2f1e2b107267203288fc2;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst index 00427b00e6..b0614ae335 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst @@ -253,6 +253,14 @@ Limitations reported via device xstats to assist applications to detect the time-related problems. + The timestamp upper "too-distant-future" limit + at the moment of invoking the Tx burst routine + can be estimated as ``tx_pp`` option (in nanoseconds) multiplied by 2^23. + Please note, for the testpmd txonly mode, + the limit is deduced from the expression:: + + (n_tx_descriptors / burst_size + 1) * inter_burst_gap + There is no any packet reordering according timestamps is supposed, neither within packet burst, nor between packets, it is an entirely application responsibility to generate packets and its timestamps @@ -297,6 +305,12 @@ Limitations Other TCP packets (e.g. with MPLS label) received on Rx queue with LRO enabled, will be received with bad checksum. +- CRC: + + - ``DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_KEEP_CRC`` cannot be supported with decapsulation + for some NICs (such as ConnectX-6 Dx and BlueField 2). + The capability bit ``scatter_fcs_w_decap_disable`` shows NIC support. + Statistics ---------- @@ -923,6 +937,15 @@ Driver options By default, the PMD will set this value to 0. +- ``decap_en`` parameter [int] + + Some devices do not support FCS (frame checksum) scattering for + tunnel-decapsulated packets. + If set to 0, this option forces the FCS feature and rejects tunnel + decapsulation in the flow engine for such devices. + + By default, the PMD will set this value to 1. + .. _mlx5_firmware_config: Firmware configuration @@ -1224,8 +1247,8 @@ Quick Start Guide on OFED/EN echo [num_vfs] > /sys/class/infiniband/mlx5_0/device/sriov_numvfs -6. Compile DPDK and you are ready to go. See instructions on - :ref:`Development Kit Build System ` +6. Install DPDK and you are ready to go. + See :doc:`compilation instructions <../linux_gsg/build_dpdk>`. Enable switchdev mode ---------------------