[net-next 07/15] net/mlx5: Update Kconfig parameter documentation

[Saeed Mahameed <saeed@kernel.org>]

From: Rahul Rameshbabu <rrameshbabu@nvidia.com>

Provide information for Kconfig flags defined but not documented till this
patch series for the mlx5 driver.

Signed-off-by: Rahul Rameshbabu <rrameshbabu@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Gal Pressman <gal@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>
---
 .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/kconfig.rst        | 127 ++++++++++++++----
 .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/switchdev.rst      |   2 +
 2 files changed, 100 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/kconfig.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/kconfig.rst
index a5186d59821e..43b1f7e87ec4 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/kconfig.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/kconfig.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ Enabling the driver and kconfig options
 | CONFIG_MLX5_CORE=y/m and CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_EN=y.
 | For the list of advanced features, please see below.
 
+**CONFIG_MLX5_BRIDGE=(y/n)**
+
+|    Enable :ref:`Ethernet Bridging (BRIDGE) offloading support <mlx5_bridge_offload>`.
+|    This will provide the ability to add representors of mlx5 uplink and VF
+|    ports to Bridge and offloading rules for traffic between such ports.
+|    Supports VLANs (trunk and access modes).
+
+
 **CONFIG_MLX5_CORE=(y/m/n)** (module mlx5_core.ko)
 
 |    The driver can be enabled by choosing CONFIG_MLX5_CORE=y/m in kernel config.
@@ -26,28 +34,53 @@ Enabling the driver and kconfig options
 |    built-in into mlx5_core.ko.
 
 
+**CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_EN_DCB=(y/n)**:
+
+|    Enables `Data Center Bridging (DCB) Support <https://community.mellanox.com/s/article/howto-auto-config-pfc-and-ets-on-connectx-4-via-lldp-dcbx>`_.
+
+
+**CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_IPOIB=(y/n)**
+
+|    IPoIB offloads & acceleration support.
+|    Requires CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_EN to provide an accelerated interface for the rdma
+|    IPoIB ulp netdevice.
+
+
+**CONFIG_MLX5_CLS_ACT=(y/n)**
+
+|    Enables offload support for TC classifier action (NET_CLS_ACT).
+|    Works in both native NIC mode and Switchdev SRIOV mode.
+|    Flow-based classifiers, such as those registered through
+|    `tc-flower(8)`, are processed by the device, rather than the
+|    host. Actions that would then overwrite matching classification
+|    results would then be instant due to the offload.
+
+
 **CONFIG_MLX5_EN_ARFS=(y/n)**
 
-|     Enables Hardware-accelerated receive flow steering (arfs) support, and ntuple filtering.
-|     https://community.mellanox.com/s/article/howto-configure-arfs-on-connectx-4
+|    Enables Hardware-accelerated receive flow steering (arfs) support, and ntuple filtering.
+|    https://community.mellanox.com/s/article/howto-configure-arfs-on-connectx-4
 
 
-**CONFIG_MLX5_EN_RXNFC=(y/n)**
+**CONFIG_MLX5_EN_IPSEC=(y/n)**
 
-|    Enables ethtool receive network flow classification, which allows user defined
-|    flow rules to direct traffic into arbitrary rx queue via ethtool set/get_rxnfc API.
+|    Enables `IPSec XFRM cryptography-offload acceleration <https://support.mellanox.com/s/article/ConnectX-6DX-Bluefield-2-IPsec-HW-Full-Offload-Configuration-Guide>`_.
 
 
-**CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_EN_DCB=(y/n)**:
+**CONFIG_MLX5_EN_MACSEC=(y/n)**
 
-|    Enables `Data Center Bridging (DCB) Support <https://community.mellanox.com/s/article/howto-auto-config-pfc-and-ets-on-connectx-4-via-lldp-dcbx>`_.
+|    Build support for MACsec cryptography-offload acceleration in the NIC.
 
 
-**CONFIG_MLX5_MPFS=(y/n)**
+**CONFIG_MLX5_EN_RXNFC=(y/n)**
 
-|    Ethernet Multi-Physical Function Switch (MPFS) support in ConnectX NIC.
-|    MPFs is required for when `Multi-Host <http://www.mellanox.com/page/multihost>`_ configuration is enabled to allow passing
-|    user configured unicast MAC addresses to the requesting PF.
+|    Enables ethtool receive network flow classification, which allows user defined
+|    flow rules to direct traffic into arbitrary rx queue via ethtool set/get_rxnfc API.
+
+
+**CONFIG_MLX5_EN_TLS=(y/n)**
+
+|    TLS cryptography-offload acceleration.
 
 
 **CONFIG_MLX5_ESWITCH=(y/n)**
@@ -58,13 +91,6 @@ Enabling the driver and kconfig options
 |           2) `Switchdev mode (eswitch offloads) <https://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/prod_software/ASAP2_Hardware_Offloading_for_vSwitches_User_Manual_v4.4.pdf>`_.
 
 
-**CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_IPOIB=(y/n)**
-
-|    IPoIB offloads & acceleration support.
-|    Requires CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_EN to provide an accelerated interface for the rdma
-|    IPoIB ulp netdevice.
-
-
 **CONFIG_MLX5_FPGA=(y/n)**
 
 |    Build support for the Innova family of network cards by Mellanox Technologies.
@@ -73,27 +99,70 @@ Enabling the driver and kconfig options
 |    building sandbox-specific client drivers.
 
 
-**CONFIG_MLX5_EN_IPSEC=(y/n)**
-
-|    Enables `IPSec XFRM cryptography-offload acceleration <http://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/prod_software/Mellanox_Innova_IPsec_Ethernet_Adapter_Card_User_Manual.pdf>`_.
+**CONFIG_MLX5_INFINIBAND=(y/n/m)** (module mlx5_ib.ko)
 
-**CONFIG_MLX5_EN_TLS=(y/n)**
+|    Provides low-level InfiniBand/RDMA and `RoCE <https://community.mellanox.com/s/article/recommended-network-configuration-examples-for-roce-deployment>`_ support.
 
-|   TLS cryptography-offload acceleration.
 
+**CONFIG_MLX5_MPFS=(y/n)**
 
-**CONFIG_MLX5_INFINIBAND=(y/n/m)** (module mlx5_ib.ko)
+|    Ethernet Multi-Physical Function Switch (MPFS) support in ConnectX NIC.
+|    MPFs is required for when `Multi-Host <http://www.mellanox.com/page/multihost>`_ configuration is enabled to allow passing
+|    user configured unicast MAC addresses to the requesting PF.
 
-|   Provides low-level InfiniBand/RDMA and `RoCE <https://community.mellanox.com/s/article/recommended-network-configuration-examples-for-roce-deployment>`_ support.
 
 **CONFIG_MLX5_SF=(y/n)**
 
-|   Build support for subfunction.
-|   Subfunctons are more light weight than PCI SRIOV VFs. Choosing this option
-|   will enable support for creating subfunction devices.
+|    Build support for subfunction.
+|    Subfunctons are more light weight than PCI SRIOV VFs. Choosing this option
+|    will enable support for creating subfunction devices.
+
+
+**CONFIG_MLX5_SF_MANAGER=(y/n)**
+
+|    Build support for subfuction port in the NIC. A Mellanox subfunction
+|    port is managed through devlink.  A subfunction supports RDMA, netdevice
+|    and vdpa device. It is similar to a SRIOV VF but it doesn't require
+|    SRIOV support.
+
+
+**CONFIG_MLX5_SW_STEERING=(y/n)**
+
+|    Build support for software-managed steering in the NIC.
+
+
+**CONFIG_MLX5_TC_CT=(y/n)**
+
+|    Support offloading connection tracking rules via tc ct action.
+
+
+**CONFIG_MLX5_TC_SAMPLE=(y/n)**
+
+|    Support offloading sample rules via tc sample action.
+
+
+**CONFIG_MLX5_VDPA=(y/n)**
+
+|    Support library for Mellanox VDPA drivers. Provides code that is
+|    common for all types of VDPA drivers. The following drivers are planned:
+|    net, block.
+
+
+**CONFIG_MLX5_VDPA_NET=(y/n)**
+
+|    VDPA network driver for ConnectX6 and newer. Provides offloading
+|    of virtio net datapath such that descriptors put on the ring will
+|    be executed by the hardware. It also supports a variety of stateless
+|    offloads depending on the actual device used and firmware version.
+
+
+**CONFIG_MLX5_VFIO_PCI=(y/n)**
+
+|    This provides migration support for MLX5 devices using the VFIO framework.
+
 
 **External options** ( Choose if the corresponding mlx5 feature is required )
 
+- CONFIG_MLXFW: When chosen, mlx5 firmware flashing support will be enabled (via devlink and ethtool).
 - CONFIG_PTP_1588_CLOCK: When chosen, mlx5 ptp support will be enabled
 - CONFIG_VXLAN: When chosen, mlx5 vxlan support will be enabled.
-- CONFIG_MLXFW: When chosen, mlx5 firmware flashing support will be enabled (via devlink and ethtool).
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/switchdev.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/switchdev.rst
index c8d895a17eb6..01deedb71597 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/switchdev.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/switchdev.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Switchdev
 
 :Copyright: |copy| 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
 
+.. _mlx5_bridge_offload:
+
 Bridge offload
 ==============
 
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