Commit b3c4d7c9 authored by Shannon Nelson's avatar Shannon Nelson Committed by Jeff Kirsher

ixgbe: add ipsec hw offload note to ixgbe Documentation

Add a short note about using IPsec Hardware Offload with
the ixgbe driver.
Signed-off-by: default avatarShannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@oracle.com>
Tested-by: default avatarAndrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
parent 11c6c0c2
......@@ -501,6 +501,19 @@ NOTE: This feature can be disabled for a specific Virtual Function (VF)::
ip link set <pf dev> vf <vf id> spoofchk {off|on}
IPsec Offload
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The ixgbe driver supports IPsec Hardware Offload. When creating Security
Associations with "ip xfrm ..." the 'offload' tag option can be used to
register the IPsec SA with the driver in order to get higher throughput in
the secure communications.
The offload is also supported for ixgbe's VFs, but the VF must be set as
'trusted' and the support must be enabled with::
ethtool --set-priv-flags eth<x> vf-ipsec on
ip link set eth<x> vf <y> trust on
Known Issues/Troubleshooting
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