From: Shahaf Shuler Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:20:58 +0000 (+0300) Subject: doc: add VLAN flow limitation on mlx5 PMD X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d88f0449be0c4dd97df16e6d24680047f244534b;p=dpdk.git doc: add VLAN flow limitation on mlx5 PMD On mlx5 PMD Flow pattern without any specific vlan will match for vlan packets as well. Cc: stable@dpdk.org Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler Acked-by: Nelio Laranjeiro --- diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst index da6dc278e5..a68b7adc05 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst @@ -330,6 +330,26 @@ Supported NICs * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G) * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 Ex EN 100G MCX516A-CDAT (2x100G) +Known issues +------------ + +* **Flow pattern without any specific vlan will match for vlan packets as well.** + + When VLAN spec is not specified in the pattern, the matching rule will be created with VLAN as a wild card. + Meaning, the flow rule:: + + flow create 0 ingress pattern eth / vlan vid is 3 / ipv4 / end ... + + Will only match vlan packets with vid=3. and the flow rules:: + + flow create 0 ingress pattern eth / ipv4 / end ... + + Or:: + + flow create 0 ingress pattern eth / vlan / ipv4 / end ... + + Will match any ipv4 packet (VLAN included). + Notes for testpmd -----------------