Update release note to declare MPLSoUDP/MPLSoGRE/ GTP-U/GTP-C/PPPoE/PPPoL2TP steering support in i40e driver. Update i40e.rst to declare DDP support and input set configuration.
Signed-off-by: Beilei Xing <beilei.x...@intel.com> --- v2 changes: - Add DDP support and input set configuration in i40e.rst. doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 78 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst index 2507d5f..789d6d6 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Features of the I40E PMD are: - Hot plug - IEEE1588/802.1AS timestamping - VF Daemon (VFD) - EXPERIMENTAL +- Dynamic Device Personalization (DDP) Prerequisites @@ -374,6 +375,52 @@ configuration passed on the EAL command line. The floating VEB functionality requires a NIC firmware version of 5.0 or greater. +Dynamic Device Personalization (DDP) +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The Intel® Ethernet Controller X*710 support a feature called "Dynamic Device +Personalization (DDP)", which is used to configure hardware by downloading +a profile to support protocols/filters which are not supported by default. +The DDP functionality requires a NIC firmware version of 6.0 or greater. + +Current implementation supports MPLSoUDP/MPLSoGRE/GTP-C/GTP-U/PPPoE/PPPoL2TP, +steering can be used with rte_flow API. + +Load a profile which supports MPLSoUDP/MPLSoGRE: + +.. code-block:: console + + testpmd> ddp add 0 ./mpls.pkgo + +Delete a MPLS profile: + +.. code-block:: console + + testpmd> ddp del 0 ./mpls.pkgo + +Get loaded DDP package info list: + +.. code-block:: console + + testpmd> ddp get list 0 + +Display information about a MPLS profile: + +.. code-block:: console + + testpmd> ddp get info ./mpls.pkgo + +Input set configuration +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Input set for any PCTYPE can be configured with user defined configuration, +For example, to use only 48bit prefix for IPv6 src address for IPv6 TCP RSS: + +.. code-block:: console + + testpmd> port config 0 pctype 43 hash_inset clear all + testpmd> port config 0 pctype 43 hash_inset set field 13 + testpmd> port config 0 pctype 43 hash_inset set field 14 + testpmd> port config 0 pctype 43 hash_inset set field 15 Limitations or Known issues --------------------------- diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst index 621b8f5..b016c54 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst @@ -47,6 +47,37 @@ New Features users. According to the device configuration, it will setup TX->RX loopback link or not. +* **Updated i40e driver to support MPLSoUDP/MPLSoGRE.** + + Updated i40e PMD to support MPLSoUDP/MPLSoGRE with MPLSoUDP/MPLSoGRE + supporting profiles which can be programmed by dynamic device + personalization (DDP) process: + + * Support cloud filer of MPLSoUDP/MPLSoGRE flow based on MPLS label. + + This feature was implemented in release_17_05. + +* **Updated i40e driver to support GTP-C/GTP-U.** + + Updated i40e PMD to support GTP-C/GTP-U with GTP-C/GTP-U supporting + profiles which can be programmed by dynamic device personalization (DDP) + process: + + * Support RSS of GTP-C/GTP-U flow. + * Support flow director of GTP-C/GTP-U flow based on TEID. + * Support cloud filer of GTP-C/GTP-U flow based on TEID. + + This feature was implemented in release_17_11, and only GTPv1 is supported. + +* **Updated i40e driver to support PPPoE/PPPoL2TP.** + + Updated i40e PMD to support PPPoE/PPPoL2TP with PPPoE/PPPoL2TP supporting + profiles which can be programmed by dynamic device personalization (DDP) + process: + + * Support RSS of PPPoE/PPPoL2TP flow based on user defined input set. + * Support FDIR of PPPoE/PPPoL2TP flow based on user defined input set. + API Changes ----------- -- 2.5.5
