doc: update sample actions support in mlx5 guide
authorJiawei Wang <jiaweiw@nvidia.com>
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:18:19 +0000 (17:18 +0200)
committerRaslan Darawsheh <rasland@nvidia.com>
Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:52:31 +0000 (13:52 +0100)
Updates the documentation for supported sample actions in the NIC Rx
and E-Switch steering flow.

Signed-off-by: Jiawei Wang <jiaweiw@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>
doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst

index 7c50497..a2cfc51 100644 (file)
@@ -367,9 +367,17 @@ Limitations
 
 - Sample flow:
 
-  - Supports ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SAMPLE`` action only within NIC Rx and E-Switch steering domain.
-  - The E-Switch Sample flow must have the eswitch_manager VPORT destination (PF or ECPF) and no additional actions.
-  - For ConnectX-5, the ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SAMPLE`` is typically used as first action in the E-Switch egress flow if with header modify or encapsulation actions.
+  - Supports ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SAMPLE`` action only within NIC Rx and
+    E-Switch steering domain.
+  - For E-Switch Sampling flow with sample ratio > 1, additional actions are not
+    supported in the sample actions list.
+  - For ConnectX-5, the ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SAMPLE`` is typically used as
+    first action in the E-Switch egress flow if with header modify or
+    encapsulation actions.
+  - For NIC Rx flow, supports ``MARK``, ``COUNT``, ``QUEUE``, ``RSS`` in the
+    sample actions list.
+  - For E-Switch mirroring flow, supports ``RAW ENCAP``, ``Port ID`` in the
+    sample actions list.
 
 - Modify Field flow: