[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.
+
Reporting Bugs
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