[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: add mirror rule limitation of X722

[Xing, Beilei]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Liu, Lingyu <lingyu.liu at intel.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2021 5:56 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org; Xing, Beilei <beilei.xing at intel.com>
> Cc: Liu, Lingyu <lingyu.liu at intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v2] doc: add mirror rule limitation of X722
> 
> Currently, X722 firmware doesn't support to add more than one mirror rule in
> one VSI.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Liulingyu <lingyu.liu at intel.com>
> ---
> V2 change:
>  - refine commit log
> 
>  doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst index
> 20c998398c..c9de2e19aa 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
> @@ -723,6 +723,11 @@ When programming cloud filters for
> IPv4/6_UDP/TCP/SCTP with SRC port only or DST  it will make any cloud filter
> using inner_vlan or tunnel key invalid. Default configuration will be  recovered
> only by NIC core reset.
> 
> +Mirror rule limitation for X722
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +Due to firmware restriction of X722, the same VSI cannot have more than one
> mirror rule.
> +
>  High Performance of Small Packets on 40GbE NIC
>  ----------------------------------------------
> 
> --
> 2.25.1

Acked-by: Beilei Xing <beilei.xing at intel.com>