[v2,6/6] doc: update GTP extension header support

Message ID 20210111182153.9972-7-shirik@nvidia.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: Ferruh Yigit
Headers
Series add GTP PSC extension header support |

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Commit Message

Shiri Kuzin Jan. 11, 2021, 6:21 p.m. UTC
  added GTP extension header support to mlx5 PMD.

The limitations and support were updated in
documentation.

Signed-off-by: Shiri Kuzin <shirik@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst               | 10 ++++++++++
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
  

Patch

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index 3bda0f8417..b025eb7bc9 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@  Features
 - Hardware LRO.
 - Hairpin.
 - Multiple-thread flow insertion.
+- Matching on GTP extension header with raw encap/decap action.
 
 Limitations
 -----------
@@ -186,6 +187,10 @@  Limitations
      - msg_type
      - teid
 
+- Match on GTP extension header only for GTP PDU session container (next
+  extension header type = 0x85).
+- Match on GTP extension header is not supported in group 0.
+
 - No Tx metadata go to the E-Switch steering domain for the Flow group 0.
   The flows within group 0 and set metadata action are rejected by hardware.
 
@@ -1501,6 +1506,11 @@  Supported hardware offloads
    |                       | |  rdma-core 32 | | rdma-core 32  |
    |                       | |  ConnectX-6 Dx| | ConnectX-6 Dx |
    +-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+
+   | Encapsulation         | |  DPDK 21.02   | | DPDK 21.02    |
+   | GTP PSC               | |  OFED 5.2     | | OFED 5.2      |
+   |                       | |  rdma-core 35 | | rdma-core 35  |
+   |                       | |  ConnectX-6 Dx| | ConnectX-6 Dx |
+   +-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+
 
 Notes for metadata
 ------------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
index 638f98168b..61961aab2b 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@  New Features
      Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
      =======================================================
 
+* **Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver.**
+
+  Updated the Mellanox mlx5 driver with new features and improvements, including:
+
+  * Added GTP PDU session container matching and raw encap/decap.
 
 Removed Items
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