[PATCH v3 2/2] net/hns3: add FDIR VLAN match mode runtime config

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at amd.com
Thu Jun 29 17:52:49 CEST 2023


On 6/29/2023 2:21 PM, Dongdong Liu wrote:
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/hns3.rst b/doc/guides/nics/hns3.rst
> index 5373ec5a8f..001ccbdb62 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/hns3.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/hns3.rst
> @@ -140,6 +140,32 @@ Runtime Configuration
>     For example::
>     -a 0000:7d:00.0,mbx_time_limit_ms=600
>  
> +- ``fdir_vlan_match_mode`` (default ``strict``)
> +
> +  Used to select VLAN match mode. This runtime config can be ``strict``
> +  or ``nostrict`` and is only valid for PF devices.
> +  If driver works on ``strict`` mode (default mode), hardware does strictly
> +  match the input flow base on VLAN number.
> +
> +  For the following scenarios with two rules:
> +
> +  .. code-block:: console
> +
> +    rule0:
> +      pattern: eth type is 0x0806
> +      actions: queue index 3
> +    rule1:
> +      pattern: eth type is 0x0806 / vlan vid is 20
> +      actions: queue index 4
> +
> +  If application select ``strict`` mode, only the ARP packets with VLAN
> +  20 are directed to queue 4, and the ARP packets with other VLAN ID
> +  cannot be directed to the specified queue. If application want to all
> +  ARP packets with or without VLAN to be directed to the specified queue,
> +  application can select ``nostrict`` mode and just need to set rule0.
> +
> +  For example::
> +  -a 0000:7d:00.0,fdir_vlan_match_mode=nostrict>

'::' doesn't provide pre-formatted text without an empty line after it,
I will fix this while merging, but other device argument documentations
have same problem, can you please send a patch to fix it?



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