From 1ca601d160fc9ec56847c772526576f425159991 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrien Mazarguil Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 19:55:19 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] mlx5: update documentation Add new features related to Mellanox OFED 3.1 support. Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil --- doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst index fdb621c2bd..2d68914408 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst @@ -73,6 +73,25 @@ long as they share the same MAC address. Enabling librte_pmd_mlx5 causes DPDK applications to be linked against libibverbs. +Features +-------- + +- Multiple TX and RX queues. +- Support for scattered TX and RX frames. +- IPv4, TCPv4 and UDPv4 RSS on any number of queues. +- Several RSS hash keys, one for each flow type. +- Support for multiple MAC addresses. +- VLAN filtering. +- Promiscuous mode. + +Limitations +----------- + +- IPv6 and inner VXLAN RSS are not supported yet. +- Port statistics through software counters only. +- No allmulticast mode. +- Hardware checksum offloads are not supported yet. + Configuration ------------- @@ -171,6 +190,13 @@ DPDK and must be installed separately: Both libraries are BSD and GPL licensed. Linux kernel modules are GPL licensed. +Currently supported by DPDK: + +- Mellanox OFED **3.1**. +- Minimum firmware version: + - ConnectX-4: **12.12.0780**. + - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.12.0780**. + Getting Mellanox OFED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- 2.20.1