[ovs-dev] [PATCH 1/1] docs: Add HWOL validated NIC

Tomasz Konieczny tomaszx.konieczny at intel.com
Wed Feb 12 14:54:47 UTC 2020


Signed-off-by: Tomasz Konieczny <tomaszx.konieczny at intel.com>
---
 Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst         | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst b/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst
index be950d7..e890323 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst
+++ b/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst
@@ -377,10 +377,21 @@ drivers that support the configured rte_flow actions.
 Partial flow offload requires support of "MARK + RSS" actions. Full
 hardware offload requires support of the actions listed below.
 
-The validated NICs are:
-
-- Mellanox (ConnectX-4, ConnectX-4 Lx, ConnectX-5)
-- Napatech (NT200B01)
+.. table:: Validated NICs
+
+  +----------+---------------+--------------+-----------------+
+  | Vendor   | Model         | Full offload | Partial offload |
+  +==========+===============+==============+=================+
+  | Intel    | 700 Series    | no           | yes             |
+  +----------+---------------+--------------+-----------------+
+  | Mellanox | ConnectX-4    |              | yes             |
+  |          +---------------+--------------+-----------------+
+  |          | ConnectX-4 Lx |              | yes             |
+  |          +---------------+--------------+-----------------+
+  |          | ConnectX-5    |              | yes             |
+  +----------+---------------+--------------+-----------------+
+  | Napatech | NT200B01      |              | yes             |
+  +----------+---------------+--------------+-----------------+
 
 Supported protocols for hardware offload matches are:
 
diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
index dbf88ec..db5910c 100644
--- a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
+++ b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
@@ -687,6 +687,10 @@ Limitations
   around is temporary and is expected to be removed once a method is provided
   by DPDK to query the upper bound MTU value for a given device.
 
+- Flow Hardware Offload: i40e devices (Intel(R) 700 Series) do not support
+  L2: Ethernet and L4: ICMP for offload matches. Flow rule needs to specify
+  highest supported layer for traffic match.
+
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