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From: Hyong Youb Kim <hyonkim@cisco.com>
To: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, John Daley <johndale@cisco.com>,
	Hyong Youb Kim <hyonkim@cisco.com>
Subject: [PATCH 14/15] doc: update enic guide
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 23:03:16 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190228070317.17002-15-hyonkim@cisco.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190228070317.17002-1-hyonkim@cisco.com>

Minor changes to text around flow API.
- Add vlan to the supported items.
- Describe VLAN stripping's effect on ETH/VLAN match
- Mention limitations on MARK, RAW, RSS, and PASSTHRU

Signed-off-by: Hyong Youb Kim <hyonkim@cisco.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/enic.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/enic.rst b/doc/guides/nics/enic.rst
index bc38f51aa..8b6be7ef4 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/enic.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/enic.rst
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ Generic Flow API is supported. The baseline support is:
   in the pattern.
 
   - Attributes: ingress
-  - Items: eth, ipv4, ipv6, udp, tcp, vxlan, inner eth, ipv4, ipv6, udp, tcp
+  - Items: eth, vlan, ipv4, ipv6, udp, tcp, vxlan, inner eth, vlan, ipv4, ipv6, udp, tcp
   - Actions: queue and void
   - Selectors: 'is', 'spec' and 'mask'. 'last' is not supported
   - In total, up to 64 bytes of mask is allowed across all headers
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ Generic Flow API is supported. The baseline support is:
 - **1300 and later series VICS with advanced filters enabled**
 
   - Attributes: ingress
-  - Items: eth, ipv4, ipv6, udp, tcp, vxlan, inner eth, ipv4, ipv6, udp, tcp
+  - Items: eth, vlan, ipv4, ipv6, udp, tcp, vxlan, inner eth, vlan, ipv4, ipv6, udp, tcp
   - Actions: queue, mark, drop, flag and void
   - Selectors: 'is', 'spec' and 'mask'. 'last' is not supported
   - In total, up to 64 bytes of mask is allowed across all headers
@@ -266,6 +266,12 @@ Generic Flow API is supported. The baseline support is:
 
   - Action: count
 
+The VIC performs packet matching after applying VLAN strip. If VLAN
+stripping is enabled, EtherType in the ETH item corresponds to the
+stripped VLAN header's EtherType. Stripping does not affect the VLAN
+item. TCI and EtherType in the VLAN item are matched against those in
+the (stripped) VLAN header whether stripping is enabled or disabled.
+
 More features may be added in future firmware and new versions of the VIC.
 Please refer to the release notes.
 
@@ -450,6 +456,12 @@ PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED mbuf flags would not be set. This mode is enabled with the
     1000 for 1300 series VICs). Filters are checked for matching in the order they
     were added. Since there currently is no grouping or priority support,
     'catch-all' filters should be added last.
+  - The supported range of IDs for the 'MARK' action is 0 - 0xFFFD.
+  - RSS and PASSTHRU actions only support "receive normally". They are limited
+    to supporting MARK + RSS and PASSTHRU + MARK to allow the application to mark
+    packets and then receive them normally. These require 1400 series VIC adapters
+    and latest firmware.
+  - RAW items are limited to matching UDP tunnel headers like VXLAN.
 
 - **Statistics**
 
-- 
2.16.2

  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-02-28  7:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-02-28  7:03 [PATCH 00/15] net/enic: 19.05 updates Hyong Youb Kim
2019-02-28  7:03 ` [PATCH 01/15] net/enic: remove unused code Hyong Youb Kim
2019-02-28  7:03 ` [PATCH 02/15] net/enic: fix flow director SCTP matching Hyong Youb Kim
2019-02-28  7:03 ` [PATCH 03/15] net/enic: fix SCTP match for flow API Hyong Youb Kim
2019-02-28  7:03 ` [PATCH 04/15] net/enic: allow flow mark ID 0 Hyong Youb Kim
2019-02-28  7:03 ` [PATCH 05/15] net/enic: check for unsupported flow item types Hyong Youb Kim
2019-02-28  7:03 ` [PATCH 06/15] net/enic: enable limited RSS flow action Hyong Youb Kim
2019-02-28  7:03 ` [PATCH 07/15] net/enic: enable limited PASSTHRU " Hyong Youb Kim
2019-02-28  7:03 ` [PATCH 08/15] net/enic: move arguments into struct Hyong Youb Kim
2019-02-28  7:03 ` [PATCH 09/15] net/enic: enable limited support for RAW flow item Hyong Youb Kim
2019-02-28  7:03 ` [PATCH 10/15] net/enic: initialize VXLAN port regardless of overlay offload Hyong Youb Kim
2019-02-28  7:03 ` [PATCH 11/15] net/enic: fix a couple issues with VXLAN match Hyong Youb Kim
2019-02-28  7:03 ` [PATCH 12/15] net/enic: fix an endian bug in VLAN match Hyong Youb Kim
2019-02-28  7:03 ` [PATCH 13/15] net/enic: fix several issues with inner packet matching Hyong Youb Kim
2019-02-28  7:03 ` Hyong Youb Kim [this message]
2019-02-28  7:03 ` [PATCH 15/15] doc: update release notes for enic Hyong Youb Kim
2019-03-01 14:26 ` [PATCH 00/15] net/enic: 19.05 updates Thomas Monjalon
2019-03-01 14:56   ` Hyong Youb Kim

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