doc: fix description of some mlx5 features
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From: Asaf Penso <asafp@nvidia.com>
The support of the new RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_INTEGRITY
was added in the release notes 21.02 by mistake.
The support of the Sub-Function representors was missing
in the release notes and the mlx5 guide.
Fixes: 79f8952783d0 ("net/mlx5: support integrity flow item")
Fixes: cb95feefdd03 ("net/mlx5: support sub-function representor")
Signed-off-by: Asaf Penso <asafp@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
---
doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 8 +++++---
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst | 1 -
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst | 2 ++
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
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19/05/2021 16:20, Thomas Monjalon:
> From: Asaf Penso <asafp@nvidia.com>
>
> The support of the new RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_INTEGRITY
> was added in the release notes 21.02 by mistake.
>
> The support of the Sub-Function representors was missing
> in the release notes and the mlx5 guide.
>
> Fixes: 79f8952783d0 ("net/mlx5: support integrity flow item")
> Fixes: cb95feefdd03 ("net/mlx5: support sub-function representor")
>
> Signed-off-by: Asaf Penso <asafp@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Applied
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ Features
- Flow metering, including meter policy API.
- Flow integrity offload API.
- Connection tracking.
+- Sub-Function representors.
Limitations
-----------
@@ -1437,9 +1438,10 @@ the DPDK application.
echo switchdev > /sys/class/net/<net device>/compat/devlink/mode
-SubFunction representor support
--------------------------------
-SubFunction is a portion of the PCI device, a SF netdev has its own
+Sub-Function representor
+------------------------
+
+Sub-Function is a portion of the PCI device, a SF netdev has its own
dedicated queues(txq, rxq). A SF netdev supports E-Switch representation
offload similar to existing PF and VF representors. A SF shares PCI
level resources with other SFs and/or with its parent PCI function.
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ New Features
egress flow groups greater than 0 and for any transfer flow group.
* Added support for the Tx mbuf fast free offload.
* Added support for flow modify field action.
- * Added support for flow integrity item.
* **Updated the Pensando ionic driver.**
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ New Features
Updated the Mellanox mlx5 driver with new features and improvements, including:
+ * Added support for matching on packet integrity status.
* Added support for VXLAN and NVGRE encap as sample actions.
* Added support for flow COUNT action handle.
* Support push VLAN on ingress traffic and pop VLAN on egress traffic in E-Switch mode.
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ New Features
* Added support for ASO metering by PPS (packet per second).
* Added support for the monitor policy of Power Management API.
* Added support for connection tracking.
+ * Added support for Sub-Function representors.
* **Updated NXP DPAA driver.**