Documentation: net: mlx5: Add mlx5 initial documentation

Add initial documentation for mlx5 driver.

Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@mellanox.com>

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    intel/i40e
    intel/iavf
    intel/ice
+   mellanox/mlx5
 
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR Linux-OpenIB
+
+=================================================
+Mellanox ConnectX(R) mlx5 core VPI Network Driver
+=================================================
+
+Copyright (c) 2019, Mellanox Technologies LTD.
+
+Contents
+========
+
+- `Enabling the driver and kconfig options`_
+
+Enabling the driver and kconfig options
+================================================
+
+| mlx5 core is modular and most of the major mlx5 core driver features can be selected (compiled in/out)
+| at build time via kernel Kconfig flags.
+| Basic features, ethernet net device rx/tx offloads and XDP, are available with the most basic flags
+| CONFIG_MLX5_CORE=y/m and CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_EN=y.
+| For the list of advanced features please see below.
+
+**CONFIG_MLX5_CORE=(y/m/n)** (module mlx5_core.ko)
+
+|    The driver can be enabled by choosing CONFIG_MLX5_CORE=y/m in kernel config.
+|    This will provide mlx5 core driver for mlx5 ulps to interface with (mlx5e, mlx5_ib).
+
+
+**CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_EN=(y/n)**
+
+|    Choosing this option will allow basic ethernet netdevice support with all of the standard rx/tx offloads.
+|    mlx5e is the mlx5 ulp driver which provides netdevice kernel interface, when chosen, mlx5e will be
+|    built-in into mlx5_core.ko.
+
+
+**CONFIG_MLX5_EN_ARFS=(y/n)**
+
+|     Enables Hardware-accelerated receive flow steering (arfs) support, and ntuple filtering.
+|     https://community.mellanox.com/s/article/howto-configure-arfs-on-connectx-4
+
+
+**CONFIG_MLX5_EN_RXNFC=(y/n)**
+
+|    Enables ethtool receive network flow classification, which allows user defined
+|    flow rules to direct traffic into arbitrary rx queue via ethtool set/get_rxnfc API.
+
+
+**CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_EN_DCB=(y/n)**:
+
+|    Enables `Data Center Bridging (DCB) Support <https://community.mellanox.com/s/article/howto-auto-config-pfc-and-ets-on-connectx-4-via-lldp-dcbx>`_.
+
+
+**CONFIG_MLX5_MPFS=(y/n)**
+
+|    Ethernet Multi-Physical Function Switch (MPFS) support in ConnectX NIC.
+|    MPFs is required for when `Multi-Host <http://www.mellanox.com/page/multihost>`_ configuration is enabled to allow passing
+|    user configured unicast MAC addresses to the requesting PF.
+
+
+**CONFIG_MLX5_ESWITCH=(y/n)**
+
+|    Ethernet SRIOV E-Switch support in ConnectX NIC. E-Switch provides internal SRIOV packet steering
+|    and switching for the enabled VFs and PF in two available modes:
+|           1) `Legacy SRIOV mode (L2 mac vlan steering based) <https://community.mellanox.com/s/article/howto-configure-sr-iov-for-connectx-4-connectx-5-with-kvm--ethernet-x>`_.
+|           2) `Switchdev mode (eswitch offloads) <https://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/prod_software/ASAP2_Hardware_Offloading_for_vSwitches_User_Manual_v4.4.pdf>`_.
+
+
+**CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_IPOIB=(y/n)**
+
+|    IPoIB offloads & acceleration support.
+|    Requires CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_EN to provide an accelerated interface for the rdma
+|    IPoIB ulp netdevice.
+
+
+**CONFIG_MLX5_FPGA=(y/n)**
+
+|    Build support for the Innova family of network cards by Mellanox Technologies.
+|    Innova network cards are comprised of a ConnectX chip and an FPGA chip on one board.
+|    If you select this option, the mlx5_core driver will include the Innova FPGA core and allow
+|    building sandbox-specific client drivers.
+
+
+**CONFIG_MLX5_EN_IPSEC=(y/n)**
+
+|    Enables `IPSec XFRM cryptography-offload accelaration <http://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/prod_software/Mellanox_Innova_IPsec_Ethernet_Adapter_Card_User_Manual.pdf>`_.
+
+**CONFIG_MLX5_EN_TLS=(y/n)**
+
+|   TLS cryptography-offload accelaration.
+
+
+**CONFIG_MLX5_INFINIBAND=(y/n/m)** (module mlx5_ib.ko)
+
+|   Provides low-level InfiniBand/RDMA and `RoCE <https://community.mellanox.com/s/article/recommended-network-configuration-examples-for-roce-deployment>`_ support.
+
+
+**External options** ( Choose if the corresponding mlx5 feature is required )
+
+- CONFIG_PTP_1588_CLOCK: When chosen, mlx5 ptp support will be enabled
+- CONFIG_VXLAN: When chosen, mlx5 vxaln support will be enabled.
+- CONFIG_MLXFW: When chosen, mlx5 firmware flashing support will be enabled (via devlink and ethtool).