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@@ -200,6 +200,16 @@ IPsec capability enabled, any IPsec offloading is blocked on the PF.
mlx5 driver support devlink port function attr mechanism to setup ipsec_crypto
capability. (refer to Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst)
+IPsec packet capability setup
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+User who wants mlx5 PCI VFs to be able to perform IPsec packet offloading need
+to explicitly enable the VF ipsec_packet capability. Enabling IPsec capability
+for VFs is supported starting with ConnectX6dx devices and above. When a VF has
+IPsec capability enabled, any IPsec offloading is blocked on the PF.
+
+mlx5 driver support devlink port function attr mechanism to setup ipsec_packet
+capability. (refer to Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst)
+
SF state setup
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