Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add new tables for rte flow items and actions support

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

04/02/2021 18:05, Asaf Penso:
> In http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/nics/overview.html, table 1.1 lists all
> supported features.
> It has a single line for "Flow API" that refers to rte_flow support.
> rte_flow is composed of many items and actions that are not expressed in
> this single line.
> 
> The following new tables are suggested:
> 1. rte_flow items
> 2. rte_flow actions
> 3. rte_flow shared actions
> 
> Signed-off-by: Asaf Penso <asafp@nvidia.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/conf.py                   |  23 +++++---
>  doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini | 109 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  doc/guides/nics/features/mlx4.ini    |  15 +++++
>  doc/guides/nics/features/mlx5.ini    |  70 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  doc/guides/nics/overview.rst         |  11 ++++
>  5 files changed, 221 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

After running git status I remembered the generated .txt files
must be added in .gitignore.

[...]
> +[rte_flow actions]
> +end                  = Y
> +void                 = Y
> +jump                 = Y
> +mark                 = Y
> +flag                 = Y
> +queue                = Y
> +drop                 = Y
> +count                = Y
> +rss                  = Y
> +port_id              = Y
> +meter                = Y
> +of_pop_vlan          = Y
> +of_push_vlan         = Y
> +of_set_vlan_vid      = Y
> +of_set_vlan_pcp      = Y
> +vxlan_encap          = Y
> +vxlan_decap          = Y
> +raw_encap            = Y
> +raw_decap            = Y
> +set_ipv4_src         = Y
> +set_ipv4_dst         = Y
> +set_ipv6_src         = Y
> +set_ipv6_dst         = Y
> +set_tp_src           = Y
> +set_tp_dst           = Y
> +dec_ttl              = Y
> +set_ttl              = Y
> +set_mac_src          = Y
> +set_mac_dst          = Y
> +inc_tcp_seq          = Y
> +dec_tcp_seq          = Y
> +inc_tcp_ack          = Y
> +dec_tcp_ack          = Y
> +set_tag              = Y
> +set_meta             = Y
> +set_ipv4_dscp        = Y
> +set_ipv6_dscp        = Y
> +age                  = Y
> +sample               = Y
> +shared               = S
> +modify_field         = Y

I suggest not having "shared" in above table but marking "age" and "rss"
as shared with "S" in above table.

> +[rte_flow shared actions]
> +age                  = Y
> +rss                  = Y