[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update push/pop VLAN support in mlx5 guide

[Asaf Penso]

Hello Bill,

>-----Original Message-----
>From: dev <dev-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Dong Zhou
>Sent: Thursday, April 1, 2021 4:23 PM
>To: Jiawei(Jonny) Wang <jiaweiw at nvidia.com>; Raslan Darawsheh
><rasland at nvidia.com>
>Cc: dev at dpdk.org
>Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update push/pop VLAN support in mlx5
>guide
>
>Updates the documentation for push/pop VLAN support. In E-Switch mode,
>push VLAN on ingress traffic and pop VLAN in egress traffic are both support.
>
>Signed-off-by: Dong Zhou <dongzhou at nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Asaf Penso <asafp at nvidia.com>
>---
> doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst               | 12 ++++++++++--
> doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst |  6 ++++++
> 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst index
>8703435..2f6b875 100644
>--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
>+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
>@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ Limitations
>
>   - Flow rules having a VLAN pop offload command as one of their actions and
>     are lacking a match on VLAN as one of their items are not supported.
>-  - The command is not supported on egress traffic.
>+  - The command is not supported on egress traffic in NIC mode.
>
>-- VLAN push offload is not supported on ingress traffic.
>+- VLAN push offload is not supported on ingress traffic in NIC mode.
>
> - VLAN set PCP offload is not supported on existing headers.
>
>@@ -1566,6 +1566,14 @@ Supported hardware offloads
>    | | of_set_vlan_pcp /   | |               | |               |
>    | | of_set_vlan_vid)    | |               | |               |
>    +-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+
>+   | | VLAN                | | DPDK 21.05    | |               |
>+   | | ingress and /       | | OFED 5.3      | |    N/A        |
>+   | | of_push_vlan /      | | ConnectX-6 Dx | |               |
>+   +-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+
>+   | | VLAN                | | DPDK 21.05    | |               |
>+   | | egress and /        | | OFED 5.3      | |    N/A        |
>+   | | of_pop_vlan /       | | ConnectX-6 Dx | |               |
>+   +-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+
>    | Encapsulation         | | DPDK 19.05    | | DPDK 19.02    |
>    | (VXLAN / NVGRE / RAW) | | OFED 4.7-1    | | OFED 4.6      |
>    |                       | | rdma-core 24  | | rdma-core 23  |
>diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst
>b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst
>index 873140b..5c4159e 100644
>--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst
>+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst
>@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ New Features
>
>   * Added support for preferred busy polling.
>
>+* **Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver.**
>+
>+  Updated the Mellanox mlx5 driver with new features and improvements,
>including:
>+
>+  * Support push VLAN on ingress traffic and pop VLAN on egress traffic in E-
>Switch mode.
>+
> * **Updated testpmd.**
>
>   * Added a command line option to configure forced speed for Ethernet port.
>--
>1.8.3.1