[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update ICE doc
Wenzhuo Lu
wenzhuo.lu at intel.com
Fri Apr 12 05:33:47 CEST 2019
Update ICE document to describe a MDD event.
Signed-off-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu at intel.com>
---
doc/guides/nics/ice.rst | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
index 15c2766..666b1b2 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ are chosen based on 2 conditions.
If any not supported features are used, ICE vector PMD is disabled and the
normal paths are chosen.
+Malicious driver detection (MDD)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+It's not appropriate to send a packet, if this packet's destination MAC address
+is just this port's MAC address. If SW tries to send such packets, HW will
+report a MDD event and drop the packets.
+
+The APPs based on DPDK should avoid providing such packets.
+
Sample Application Notes
------------------------
--
1.9.3
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