[2/3] doc: add references to flow isolated mode in NICs guide
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Some drivers (mlx, mvpp2, sfc) support the flow isolated mode,
but the feature was not advertised.
A reference to the feature description is added for each driver.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
---
doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst | 2 ++
doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 2 +-
doc/guides/nics/mvpp2.rst | 3 +++
doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst | 2 ++
doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst | 6 ++++--
5 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ This capability allows the PMD to coexist with kernel network interfaces
which remain functional, although they stop receiving unicast packets as
long as they share the same MAC address.
+The :ref:`flow_isolated_mode` is supported.
+
Compiling librte_pmd_mlx4 causes DPDK to be linked against libibverbs.
Configuration
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Features
- Hardware checksum offloads.
- Flow director (RTE_FDIR_MODE_PERFECT, RTE_FDIR_MODE_PERFECT_MAC_VLAN and
RTE_ETH_FDIR_REJECT).
-- Flow API.
+- Flow API, including :ref:`flow_isolated_mode`.
- Multiple process.
- KVM and VMware ESX SR-IOV modes are supported.
- RSS hash result is supported.
@@ -410,6 +410,9 @@ Flow API
PPv2 offers packet classification capabilities via classifier engine which
can be configured via generic flow API offered by DPDK.
+
+The :ref:`flow_isolated_mode` is supported.
+
For an additional description please refer to DPDK :doc:`../prog_guide/rte_flow`.
Supported flow actions
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ Supported actions:
Validating flow rules depends on the firmware variant.
+The :ref:`flow_isolated_mode` is supported.
+
Ethernet destinaton individual/group match
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -2557,8 +2557,10 @@ Return values:
- 0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and ``rte_errno`` is set.
-Isolated mode
--------------
+.. _flow_isolated_mode:
+
+Flow isolated mode
+------------------
The general expectation for ingress traffic is that flow rules process it
first; the remaining unmatched or pass-through traffic usually ends up in a