net/ionic: clean up Tx queue version support

The ionic PMD only supports Tx queue version 1 or greater.
Version 1 introduced a new SGL format with support for more
fragments per descriptor.

Add release notes and an explanation to the docs.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Boyer <aboyer@pensando.io>

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ionic.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ionic.rst
index 3b93592..673700d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/nics/ionic.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/ionic.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ on the host, check for the PCI devices:
       b5:00.0 Ethernet controller: Device 1dd8:1002
       b6:00.0 Ethernet controller: Device 1dd8:1002
 
+Firmware Support
+----------------
+
+The ionic PMD requires firmware which supports 16 segment transmit SGLs.
+This support was added prior to version 1.0. For help upgrading older versions,
+please contact Pensando support.
 
 Building DPDK
 -------------

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
index cc181df..4caef9e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.rst
@@ -121,6 +121,17 @@ New Features
   * Added support for the Tx mbuf fast free offload.
   * Added support for flow modify field action.
 
+* **Updated the Pensando ionic driver.**
+
+  Updated the Pensando ionic driver with new features and improvements, including:
+
+  * Fixed bugs related to link autonegotiation.
+  * Fixed bugs related to port start/stop and queue start/stop.
+  * Added support for probing the supported queue versions. Note that
+    extremely old (pre-1.0) firmware will no longer be usable with the PMD.
+  * Removed unused code.
+  * Reduced device startup time.
+
 * **Updated Wangxun txgbe driver.**
 
   Updated the Wangxun txgbe driver with new features and improvements, including:

diff --git a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_dev.h b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_dev.h
index e13b6c8..bacbe3f 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_dev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_dev.h
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static inline void ionic_struct_size_checks(void)
 
        /* I/O */
        RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct ionic_txq_desc) != 16);
-       RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct ionic_txq_sg_desc) != 128);
+       RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct ionic_txq_sg_desc_v1) != 256);
        RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct ionic_txq_comp) != 16);
 
        RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct ionic_rxq_desc) != 16);

diff --git a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_ethdev.c
index 67f38cd..c9d8493 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_ethdev.c
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ static const struct rte_eth_desc_lim rx_desc_lim = {
        .nb_align = 1,
 };
 
-static const struct rte_eth_desc_lim tx_desc_lim = {
+static const struct rte_eth_desc_lim tx_desc_lim_v1 = {
        .nb_max = IONIC_MAX_RING_DESC,
        .nb_min = IONIC_MIN_RING_DESC,
        .nb_align = 1,
-       .nb_seg_max = IONIC_TX_MAX_SG_ELEMS,
-       .nb_mtu_seg_max = IONIC_TX_MAX_SG_ELEMS,
+       .nb_seg_max = IONIC_TX_MAX_SG_ELEMS_V1,
+       .nb_mtu_seg_max = IONIC_TX_MAX_SG_ELEMS_V1,
 };
 
 static const struct eth_dev_ops ionic_eth_dev_ops = {
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ ionic_dev_info_get(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
                0;
 
        dev_info->rx_desc_lim = rx_desc_lim;
-       dev_info->tx_desc_lim = tx_desc_lim;
+       dev_info->tx_desc_lim = tx_desc_lim_v1;
 
        /* Driver-preferred Rx/Tx parameters */
        dev_info->default_rxportconf.burst_size = 32;

diff --git a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.c b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.c
index 3d4e155..e083f92 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.c
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ ionic_tx_qcq_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif, uint32_t index, uint16_t ntxq_descs,
                ntxq_descs,
                sizeof(struct ionic_txq_desc),
                sizeof(struct ionic_txq_comp),
-               sizeof(struct ionic_txq_sg_desc),
+               sizeof(struct ionic_txq_sg_desc_v1),
                &lif->txqcqs[index]);
        if (err)
                return err;
@@ -925,6 +925,11 @@ ionic_lif_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 
        ionic_lif_queue_identify(lif);
 
+       if (lif->qtype_info[IONIC_QTYPE_TXQ].version < 1) {
+               IONIC_PRINT(ERR, "FW too old, please upgrade");
+               return -ENXIO;
+       }
+
        IONIC_PRINT(DEBUG, "Allocating Lif Info");
 
        rte_spinlock_init(&lif->adminq_lock);

diff --git a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_rxtx.c
index 2a706b8..5ae9ecf 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_rxtx.c
@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@ static struct ionic_txq_desc *
 ionic_tx_tso_next(struct ionic_queue *q, struct ionic_txq_sg_elem **elem)
 {
        struct ionic_txq_desc *desc_base = q->base;
-       struct ionic_txq_sg_desc *sg_desc_base = q->sg_base;
+       struct ionic_txq_sg_desc_v1 *sg_desc_base = q->sg_base;
        struct ionic_txq_desc *desc = &desc_base[q->head_idx];
-       struct ionic_txq_sg_desc *sg_desc = &sg_desc_base[q->head_idx];
+       struct ionic_txq_sg_desc_v1 *sg_desc = &sg_desc_base[q->head_idx];
 
        *elem = sg_desc->elems;
        return desc;
@@ -456,9 +456,9 @@ ionic_tx(struct ionic_qcq *txq, struct rte_mbuf *txm,
 {
        struct ionic_queue *q = &txq->q;
        struct ionic_txq_desc *desc_base = q->base;
-       struct ionic_txq_sg_desc *sg_desc_base = q->sg_base;
+       struct ionic_txq_sg_desc_v1 *sg_desc_base = q->sg_base;
        struct ionic_txq_desc *desc = &desc_base[q->head_idx];
-       struct ionic_txq_sg_desc *sg_desc = &sg_desc_base[q->head_idx];
+       struct ionic_txq_sg_desc_v1 *sg_desc = &sg_desc_base[q->head_idx];
        struct ionic_txq_sg_elem *elem = sg_desc->elems;
        struct ionic_tx_stats *stats = IONIC_Q_TO_TX_STATS(q);
        struct rte_mbuf *txm_seg;