New upstream version 18.11-rc3

[deb_dpdk.git] / doc / guides / nics / mlx5.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index 7af5ead..3610e00 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ Limitations
   enabled (``rxq_cqe_comp_en``) at the same time, RSS hash result is not fully
   supported. Some Rx packets may not have PKT_RX_RSS_HASH.
 
+- IPv6 Multicast messages are not supported on VM, while promiscuous mode
+  and allmulticast mode are both set to off.
+  To receive IPv6 Multicast messages on VM, explicitly set the relevant
+  MAC address using rte_eth_dev_mac_addr_add() API.
+
 Statistics
 ----------
 
@@ -434,6 +439,7 @@ Run-time configuration
 
   A nonzero value enables the DV flow steering assuming it is supported
   by the driver.
+  The DV flow steering is not supported on switchdev mode.
 
   Disabled by default.