The implication of the previous help text was that without this option
enabled, representor devices couldn't be added to a bridge device, while
in fact that was possible, just that rules didn't get offloaded to hw.
This commit clarifies the help text.
Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250219114112.403808-2-tariqt@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
default y
help
mlx5 ConnectX offloads support for Ethernet Bridging (BRIDGE).
- Enable adding representors of mlx5 uplink and VF ports to Bridge and
- offloading rules for traffic between such ports. Supports VLANs (trunk and
+ Enable offloading FDB rules from a bridge device containing
+ representors of mlx5 uplink and VF ports. Supports VLANs (trunk and
access modes).
config MLX5_CLS_ACT