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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
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Copyright 2020 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
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.. include:: <isonum.txt>
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NVIDIA MLX5 RegEx Driver
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.. note::
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NVIDIA acquired Mellanox Technologies in 2020.
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The DPDK documentation and code might still include instances
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of or references to Mellanox trademarks (like BlueField and ConnectX)
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that are now NVIDIA trademarks.
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The mlx5 RegEx (Regular Expression) driver library
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(**librte_regex_mlx5**) provides support for **NVIDIA BlueField-2**
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families of 25/50/100/200 Gb/s adapters.
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Design
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------
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This PMD is configuring the RegEx HW engine.
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For the PMD to work, the application must supply
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a precompiled rule file in rof2 format.
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See :doc:`../../platform/mlx5` guide for more design details.
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Features
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--------
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- Multi segments mbuf support.
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Configuration
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-------------
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See :ref:`mlx5 common compilation <mlx5_common_compilation>`,
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:ref:`mlx5 firmware configuration <mlx5_firmware_config>`,
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and :ref:`mlx5 common driver options <mlx5_common_driver_options>`.
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Supported NICs
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* NVIDIA\ |reg| BlueField-2 SmartNIC
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Prerequisites
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- BlueField-2 running NVIDIA supported kernel.
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- Enable the RegEx capabilities using system call from the BlueField-2.
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- Official support is not yet released.
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Limitations
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- The firmware version must be greater than XX.31.0364
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