[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] doc: update tap with systems supported flows

[Pascal Mazon]

Acked-by: Pascal Mazon <pascal.mazon at 6wind.com>

On 08/02/2018 15:54, Ophir Munk wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Ophir Munk <ophirmu at mellanox.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/nics/tap.rst | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/tap.rst b/doc/guides/nics/tap.rst
> index b69ee67..ea61be3 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/tap.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/tap.rst
> @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Supported actions:
>  - DROP
>  - QUEUE
>  - PASSTHRU
> -- RSS
> +- RSS (requires kernel 4.9)
>  
>  It is generally not possible to provide a "last" item. However, if the "last"
>  item, once masked, is identical to the masked spec, then it is supported.
> @@ -241,3 +241,23 @@ Please refer to ``iproute2`` package file ``lib/bpf.c`` function
>  An example utility for eBPF instruction generation in the format of C arrays will
>  be added in next releases
>  
> +Systems supporting flow API
> +---------------------------
> +
> +- "tc flower" classifier requires linux kernel above 4.2
> +- eBPF/RSS requires linux kernel above 4.9
> +
> ++--------------------+-----------------------+
> +| RH7.3              | No flow rule support  |
> ++--------------------+-----------------------+
> +| RH7.4              | No RSS action support |
> ++--------------------+-----------------------+
> +| RH7.5              | No RSS action support |
> ++--------------------+-----------------------+
> +| SLES 15,           | No limitation         |
> +| kernel 4.12        |                       |
> ++--------------------+-----------------------+
> +| Azure Ubuntu 16.04,| No limitation         |
> +| kernel 4.13        |                       |
> ++--------------------+-----------------------+
> +