Changes and New Feature History

NVIDIA BlueField-2 DPU NIC Operation Mode

In this mode, the DPU behaves exactly like a ConnectX SmartNIC from the perspective of the external host.

As part of this operation mode, this new capability allows the host Physical Function:

• to supply pages to the Host eSwitch functions

• to execute the same flows as a Host PF on a regular ConnectX device

For further information, see section "NVIDIA BlueField-2 DPU NIC Operation Mode" in this document.

200Gb/s Throughput on Crypto Capable Devices

Enabled 200Gb/s out-of-the-box throughput on crypto capable devices.

Note: If any crypto offloads is in use, 200Gb/s throughput can be achieved only after the next firmware reset

VF Migration

Added support for VF migration. The hypervisor can now suspend its VF, meaning from that point the VF cannot perform action such as send/receive traffic or run any command. In this firmware version only the suspend resume mode is supported (on the same VM).

MADs

Added a new MAD of class SMP that has the attributes hierarchy_Info as defined in the IB Specification and is used to query the hierarchy information stored on the node and the physical port.

NV Configurations via the Relevant Reset Flow

Added pci_rescan_needed field to the MFRL access register to indicate whether a PCI rescan is needed based on the NV configurations issued by the software.
Note: If the Keep Link Up NV configuration is changed, phyless reset will be blocked.

Increasing Firmware's Queue Depth Limit

Changing the mlxconfig parameter allows the user to expose different value of max queue depth in NVMe CAP on static emulated functions which results in NVMe module creating longer NVMe queues.

RSHIM PF Interrupts Implementation

Added support for interrupts on the RSHIM PFs to enable gracefully stop of the RSHIM host driver.

ICM Pages

Added a new register (vhca_icm_ctrl access_reg) to enable querying and limiting the ICM pages in use.

VF Migration

Added support for VF migration.

NetworkPort Schema Replacement

Replaced the deprecated NetworkPort schema with Port schema in NIC RDE implementation.

RShim PF

Added support for "mlxfwreset --sync 1" for the RShim PF.

Steering Definer

Added support for creating a steering definer with a dword selector using create_match_definer_object and the "SELECT" format.

XRQ QP Errors Enhancements

Enhanced the XRQ QP error information provided to the user in case QP goes into an error state. In such case, QUERY_QP will provide information on the syndrome type and which side caused
the error.

HW Steering: WQE Insertion Rules

[Beta] Added HW Steering support for the following:

• set, add and copy inline STC action

• set and copy actions for several fields using modify_pattern object and inline stc modify action

• FDB mode in HW steering using FDB_RX and FDB_TX flow table types

• ASO flow meter action via STC

• flow counter query using ASO WQE

• allocation of large bulks for the objects: STE, ASO flow meter and modify argument

• jumbo match RTC

• count action in STC

Holdover Mode

Added support for holdover mode to comply to SyncE specifications (EEC compliance) to limit the maximum phase transient response upon link loss.

SyncE Enhancements

Added support for noise filtering to comply to the SyncE specifications requirements.

ibstat

Updated the ibstat status reported when the phy link is down. Now QUERY_VPORT_STATE.max_tx_speed of UPLINK will not be reported as 0 anymore.

ZTRCC

Added support for advanced ZTR_RTTCC algorithm based on the Programmable CC platform to achieve better congestion control without dependency on the switch ECN marking.

SMPs

Disabled the option to send SMPs from unauthorized hosts.

Dynamic Completion Event Moderation for vDPA

DIM is used to tune moderation parameter dynamically using an mlxreg command.

To disable this capability, run:

mlxreg -d /dev/mst/mt41686_pciconf0 --reg_id 0xc00d --reg_len 0x8 -s "0x4.1:1=0x0"

UPT Performance Improvement

Improved UPT PPS performance.

SW Steering Cache

Modified the TX or RX cache invalidation behavior. TX or RX cache invalidation now does not occur automatically but only when the software performs the sync operation using the using sync_steering command.

Mega Allocations in Bulk Allocator Mechanism

Modified the maximum bulk size per single allocation from "log_table_size - log_num_unisizes", to allocate any range size, to remove limitations that HWS objects such as counters and modify arguments might encounter.

Dynamic Flex Parser over a VF

Added support for creating a dynamic flex parser on untrusted function, and changed the flex parser cap for untrusted function to the following:

• maximum flex parser node = 2

• maximum dw sample = 4

Changing all the Crypto Features to Wrapped or Cleartext

Crypto features can be in either wrapped or unwrapped mode. Meaning, the key can be wrapped or in plaintext when running the CREATE_DEK PRM command. To comply with the requirements specified in FIPS publication, all the created DEKs must be wrapped.

This feature adds new NV_CONFIG per device to control this mode, and enables the user to change all the crypto features to wrapped or cleartext.

ICM Direct Access by the Software to write/modify the DEK Objects

[Beta] This new capability enables the software to directly access ICM and write/modify the DEK objects. Such change improves the DEK object update rate by re-using DEK object instead of creating a new one.

In addition, added the following:

• New for DEK object: bulk allocation, modify_dek cmd, and new mode - sw_wrapped.

• New general object INT_KEK

Bug Fixes

See Bug Fixes section.