Re: [PATCH v20 03/25] doc: update features for PCAP PMD

Bruce Richardson
2026-03-16T11:16:59Z

On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 09:09:41AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> The PCAP PMD supports more features that were not flagged
> in the feature matrix.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> ---

With one item below fixed:

Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>

> doc/guides/nics/features/pcap.ini | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/pcap.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/pcap.ini
> index 7fd22b190e..c4f0360a06 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/features/pcap.ini
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/pcap.ini
> @@ -4,8 +4,15 @@
> ; Refer to default.ini for the full list of available PMD features.
> ;
> [Features]
> +Link status = Y
> +Queue start/stop = Y
> +Timestamp offload = Y

I'd omit this or put it as partial. There is no support for Timestamps on
Tx, so you can't use this for PTP, for example, as you can't get the exact
time a packet was transmitted.

> Basic stats = Y
> +Stats per queue = Y
> Multiprocess aware = Y
> +FreeBSD = Y
> +Linux = Y
> +Windows = Y
> ARMv7 = Y
> ARMv8 = Y
> Power8 = Y
> --
> 2.51.0
>