[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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