@@ -213,6 +213,45 @@ or ``vfio`` in non-IOMMU mode.
Please see :ref:`Limitations <enic_limitations>` for limitations in
the use of SR-IOV.
+.. _enic-genic-flow-api:
+
+Generic Flow API support
+------------------------
+
+Generic Flow API is supported. The baseline support is:
+
+- **1200 series VICs**
+
+ 5-tuple exact Flow support for 1200 series adapters. This allows:
+
+ - Attributes: ingress
+ - Items: ipv4, ipv6, udp, tcp (must exactly match src/dst IP
+ addresses and ports and all must be specified).
+ - Actions: queue and void
+ - Selectors: 'is'
+
+- **1300 series VICS with Advanced filters disabled**
+
+ With advanced filters disabled, an IPv4 or IPv6 item must be specified
+ in the pattern.
+
+ - Attributes: ingress
+ - Items: eth, ipv4, ipv6, udp, tcp, vxlan, inner eth, ipv4, ipv6, udp, tcp
+ - Actions: queue and void
+ - Selectors: 'is', 'spec' and 'mask'. 'last' is not supported
+ - In total, up to 64 bytes of mask is allowed across all haeders
+
+- **1300 series VICS with Advanced filters enabled**
+
+ - Attributes: ingress
+ - Items: eth, ipv4, ipv6, udp, tcp, vxlan, inner eth, ipv4, ipv6, udp, tcp
+ - Actions: queue, mark, flag and void
+ - Selectors: 'is', 'spec' and 'mask'. 'last' is not supported
+ - In total, up to 64 bytes of mask is allowed across all haeders
+
+More features may be added in future firmware and new versions of the VIC.
+Please refer to the release notes.
+
.. _enic_limitations:
Limitations
@@ -260,9 +299,21 @@ Limitations
- The number of SR-IOV devices is limited to 256. Components on target system
might limit this number to fewer than 256.
+- **Flow API**
+
+ - The number of filters that can be specified with the Generic Flow API is
+ dependent on how many header fields are being masked. Use 'flow create' in
+ a loop to determine how many filters your VIC will support (not more than
+ 1000 for 1300 series VICs). Filter are checked for matching in the order they
+ were added. Since there currently is no grouping or priority support,
+ 'catch-all' filters should be added last.
+
How to build the suite
----------------------
+The build instructions for the DPDK suite should be followed. By default
+the ENIC PMD library will be built into the DPDK library.
+
Refer to the document :ref:`compiling and testing a PMD for a NIC
<pmd_build_and_test>` for details.
@@ -313,6 +364,7 @@ Supported features
- Scattered Rx
- MTU update
- SR-IOV on UCS managed servers connected to Fabric Interconnects.
+- Flow API
Known bugs and unsupported features in this release
---------------------------------------------------
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ VLAN filter = Y
CRC offload = Y
VLAN offload = Y
Flow director = Y
+Flow API = Y
L3 checksum offload = Y
L4 checksum offload = Y
Packet type parsing = Y
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ New Features
Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
=========================================================
+* **Added Generic Flow API support to enic.**
+
+ Flow API support for outer Ethernet, VLAN, IPv4, IPv6, UDP, TCP, SCTP, VxLAN
+ and inner Ethernet, VLAN, IPv4, IPv6, UDP and TCP pattern items with QUEUE,
+ MARK, FLAG and VOID actions for ingress traffic.
+
Resolved Issues
---------------