On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 04:10:28PM +0100, Ilya Maximets wrote: > On 2/12/20 3:54 PM, Tomasz Konieczny wrote: > > Signed-off-by: Tomasz Konieczny <tomaszx.koniec...@intel.com> > > --- > > Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++---- > > Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst | 4 ++++ > > 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst b/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst > > index be950d7..e890323 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst > > +++ b/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst > > @@ -377,10 +377,21 @@ drivers that support the configured rte_flow actions. > > Partial flow offload requires support of "MARK + RSS" actions. Full > > hardware offload requires support of the actions listed below. > > > > -The validated NICs are: > > - > > -- Mellanox (ConnectX-4, ConnectX-4 Lx, ConnectX-5) > > -- Napatech (NT200B01) > > +.. table:: Validated NICs > > + > > + +----------+---------------+--------------+-----------------+ > > + | Vendor | Model | Full offload | Partial offload | > > + +==========+===============+==============+=================+ > > + | Intel | 700 Series | no | yes | > > + +----------+---------------+--------------+-----------------+ > > + | Mellanox | ConnectX-4 | | yes | > > + | +---------------+--------------+-----------------+ > > + | | ConnectX-4 Lx | | yes | > > + | +---------------+--------------+-----------------+ > > + | | ConnectX-5 | | yes | > > + +----------+---------------+--------------+-----------------+ > > + | Napatech | NT200B01 | | yes | > > + +----------+---------------+--------------+-----------------+ > > > Do we need this at all? Maybe it's better to just remove > "validated NICs" section? > > Rationale: We can't test all NICs and it's literally not an OVS > responsibility to test every single NIC. OVS just uses DPDK API > provided by the DPDK library and we're clearly stating which > functionality we're requiring from NIC. Users should check the > DPDK documentation if their driver supports required offloading > features. Above list of validated NICs forces us to test these > NICs for each release to be sure that they are still working. > I doubt someone does that. > > Thoughts?
+1 here. > > > > Supported protocols for hardware offload matches are: > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst > > b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst > > index dbf88ec..db5910c 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst > > +++ b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst > > @@ -687,6 +687,10 @@ Limitations > > around is temporary and is expected to be removed once a method is > > provided > > by DPDK to query the upper bound MTU value for a given device. > > > > +- Flow Hardware Offload: i40e devices (Intel(R) 700 Series) do not support > > + L2: Ethernet and L4: ICMP for offload matches. Flow rule needs to specify > > + highest supported layer for traffic match. > > We could document known issues though. +1 here as well. fbl _______________________________________________ dev mailing list d...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
