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  1. OpenShift Request For Enhancement
  2. RFE-3816

Support for Mellanox CX-5 and CX-6 in-tree drivers in DPDK 22.11

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      1. Proposed title of this feature request

      Support for Mellanox CX-5 and CX-6 in-tree drivers for DPDK 22.11 

       

      2. What is the nature and description of the request?

      Target DPDK version: 22.11.1

      Target NIC firmware version:

      • CX-5: 16.35.2000
      • CX-6: 26.35.2000-LTS

      The following list is the functionality required on NIC level:

      • https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-21.11/nics/mlx5.html
      • Multiple TX and RX queues
      • VLAN filtering
      • RX VLAN stripping
      • TX VLAN insertion
      • Hardware checksum offloads
      • RSS using different combinations of fields: L3 only, L4 only or both, and source only, destination only or both
      • RX interrupts
      • Hardware checksum Tx offload for generic IP or UDP tunnel 

       

      3. Why does the customer need this? (List the business requirements here)

      DPDK is used by partner and needs to support Mellanox CX-5 and CX-6 in-tree drivers.

       

      4. List any affected packages or components.

      • DPDK
      • OCP/RHCOS 4.13+

            mzasepa@redhat.com Michal Zasepa
            dvassili@redhat.com Demetris Vassiliades
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