[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] doc: update sample actions support in mlx5 guide

Jiawei Wang jiaweiw at nvidia.com
Tue Mar 16 16:18:19 CET 2021


Updates the documentation for supported sample actions in the NIC Rx
and E-Switch steering flow.

Signed-off-by: Jiawei Wang <jiaweiw at nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo at nvidia.com>
---
v3:
* Update the description.

v2:
* Update the description.

---
 doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index 7c50497..a2cfc51 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -367,9 +367,17 @@ Limitations
 
 - Sample flow:
 
-  - Supports ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SAMPLE`` action only within NIC Rx and E-Switch steering domain.
-  - The E-Switch Sample flow must have the eswitch_manager VPORT destination (PF or ECPF) and no additional actions.
-  - For ConnectX-5, the ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SAMPLE`` is typically used as first action in the E-Switch egress flow if with header modify or encapsulation actions.
+  - Supports ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SAMPLE`` action only within NIC Rx and
+    E-Switch steering domain.
+  - For E-Switch Sampling flow with sample ratio > 1, additional actions are not
+    supported in the sample actions list.
+  - For ConnectX-5, the ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SAMPLE`` is typically used as
+    first action in the E-Switch egress flow if with header modify or
+    encapsulation actions.
+  - For NIC Rx flow, supports ``MARK``, ``COUNT``, ``QUEUE``, ``RSS`` in the
+    sample actions list.
+  - For E-Switch mirroring flow, supports ``RAW ENCAP``, ``Port ID`` in the
+    sample actions list.
 
 - Modify Field flow:
 
-- 
1.8.3.1



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