Add a known issue: Rx path dynamic change is not supported for PMD. Fixes: de853a3bb151 ("net/ice: disable DDP package on Windows") Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Mingjin Ye <mingjinx...@intel.com> --- doc/guides/nics/ice.rst | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst index ce075e067c..115625523e 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst @@ -395,3 +395,15 @@ file is used by both the kernel driver and the DPDK PMD. Windows support: The DDP package is not supported on Windows so, loading of the package is disabled on Windows. + +ice: Rx path does not support dynamic change +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The ice driver supports fast and offload rx path. When pmd is initialized, +the fast rx path is selected by default. Even if offload is subsequently +enabled through the API, which will not work because the past rx path is +still used. + +The ice driver does not support to change the rx path after application +is initialized. If HW offload is required, the ``--rx-offloads`` parameter +should be used to choose the offload Rx path by default. -- 2.34.1