From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Shahaf Shuler Subject: [PATCH] doc: document Direct Verbs flow engine limitation Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 08:04:51 +0200 Message-ID: <20181112060451.94982-1-shahafs@mellanox.com> Cc: dev@dpdk.org To: yskoh@mellanox.com Return-path: Received: from mellanox.co.il (mail-il-dmz.mellanox.com [193.47.165.129]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E54C429AC for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2018 07:05:12 +0100 (CET) List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Would be good to add also a code which disable the dv_flow_en the user requested. However such support will need to use new netlink command to query the switchdev mode from the underlying kernel. Considering the current 18.11 release is close to RC3, only a documentation is added. Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler --- doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst index 7af5ead813..6ab7d8ec43 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst @@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ Run-time configuration A nonzero value enables the DV flow steering assuming it is supported by the driver. + The DV flow steering is not supported on switchdev mode. Disabled by default. -- 2.12.0