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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx5.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx5.rst index 29ad304e6fba..3321117cf605 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx5.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx5.rst @@ -54,6 +54,24 @@ parameters. - Control the number of large groups (size > 1) in the FDB table. * The default value is 15, and the range is between 1 and 1024. + * - ``esw_multiport`` + - Boolean + - runtime + - Control MultiPort E-Switch shared fdb mode. + + An experimental mode where a single E-Switch is used and all the vports + and physical ports on the NIC are connected to it. + + An example is to send traffic from a VF that is created on PF0 to an + uplink that is natively associated with the uplink of PF1 + + Note: Future devices, ConnectX-8 and onward, will eventually have this + as the default to allow forwarding between all NIC ports in a single + E-switch environment and the dual E-switch mode will likely get + deprecated. + + Default: disabled + The ``mlx5`` driver supports reloading via ``DEVLINK_CMD_RELOAD`` |