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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2021-04-15 00:14:03 +0300 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2021-04-15 00:14:03 +0300 |
| commit | 4a65912fde5b2a0bde4df90426bb8c51a48f1230 (patch) | |
| tree | 9c4c0e377400b9b4a072f2b8e6916d8cab22d2e9 /Documentation | |
| parent | 652d3be21dc838f526c01837cbc837894f9c7bc1 (diff) | |
| parent | 5b232ea94c90aa6196321820740e2969ae64e9cb (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'mlx5-updates-2021-04-13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/saeed/linux
Saeed Mahameed says:
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mlx5-updates-2021-04-13
mlx5 core and netdev driver updates
1) E-Switch updates from Parav,
1.1) Devlink parameter to control mlx5 metadata enablement for E-Switch
1.2) Trivial cleanups for E-Switch code
1.3) Dynamically allocate vport steering namespaces only when required
2) From Jianbo, Use variably sized data structures for Software steering
3) Several minor cleanups
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5.rst | 34 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5.rst index 1b7e32d8a61b..936a10f1942c 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5.rst @@ -183,6 +183,40 @@ User command examples: values: cmode driverinit value true +esw_port_metadata: Eswitch port metadata state +---------------------------------------------- +When applicable, disabling Eswitch metadata can increase packet rate +up to 20% depending on the use case and packet sizes. + +Eswitch port metadata state controls whether to internally tag packets with +metadata. Metadata tagging must be enabled for multi-port RoCE, failover +between representors and stacked devices. +By default metadata is enabled on the supported devices in E-switch. +Metadata is applicable only for E-switch in switchdev mode and +users may disable it when NONE of the below use cases will be in use: +1. HCA is in Dual/multi-port RoCE mode. +2. VF/SF representor bonding (Usually used for Live migration) +3. Stacked devices + +When metadata is disabled, the above use cases will fail to initialize if +users try to enable them. + +- Show eswitch port metadata:: + + $ devlink dev param show pci/0000:06:00.0 name esw_port_metadata + pci/0000:06:00.0: + name esw_port_metadata type driver-specific + values: + cmode runtime value true + +- Disable eswitch port metadata:: + + $ devlink dev param set pci/0000:06:00.0 name esw_port_metadata value false cmode runtime + +- Change eswitch mode to switchdev mode where after choosing the metadata value:: + + $ devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:06:00.0 mode switchdev + mlx5 subfunction ================ mlx5 supports subfunction management using devlink port (see :ref:`Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst <devlink_port>`) interface. |