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29 Solarflare libefx-based Poll Mode Driver
30 ========================================
32 The SFC EFX PMD (**librte_pmd_sfc_efx**) provides poll mode driver support
33 for **Solarflare SFN7xxx and SFN8xxx** family of 10/40 Gbps adapters.
34 SFC EFX PMD has support for the latest Linux and FreeBSD operating systems.
36 More information can be found at `Solarflare Communications website
37 <http://solarflare.com>`_.
43 SFC EFX PMD has support for:
45 - Multiple transmit and receive queues
47 - Link state information including link status change interrupt
49 - IPv4/IPv6 TCP/UDP transmit checksum offload
51 - Port hardware statistics
53 - Extended statistics (see Solarflare Server Adapter User's Guide for
54 the statistics description)
59 Non-supported Features
60 ----------------------
62 The features not yet supported include:
64 - Receive queue interupts
66 - Priority-based flow control
70 - Configurable RX CRC stripping (always stripped)
72 - Header split on receive
86 Due to requirements on receive buffer alignment and usage of the receive
87 buffer for the auxiliary packet information provided by the NIC up to
88 extra 269 (14 bytes prefix plus up to 255 bytes for end padding) bytes may be
89 required in the receive buffer.
90 It should be taken into account when mbuf pool for receive is created.
96 - Solarflare Flareon [Ultra] Server Adapters:
98 - Solarflare SFN8522 Dual Port SFP+ Server Adapter
100 - Solarflare SFN8542 Dual Port QSFP+ Server Adapter
102 - Solarflare SFN7002F Dual Port SFP+ Server Adapter
104 - Solarflare SFN7004F Quad Port SFP+ Server Adapter
106 - Solarflare SFN7042Q Dual Port QSFP+ Server Adapter
108 - Solarflare SFN7122F Dual Port SFP+ Server Adapter
110 - Solarflare SFN7124F Quad Port SFP+ Server Adapter
112 - Solarflare SFN7142Q Dual Port QSFP+ Server Adapter
114 - Solarflare SFN7322F Precision Time Synchronization Server Adapter
120 - Requires firmware version:
122 - SFN7xxx: **4.7.1.1001** or higher
124 - SFN8xxx: **6.0.2.1004** or higher
126 Visit `Solarflare Support Downloads <https://support.solarflare.com>`_ to get
127 Solarflare Utilities (either Linux or FreeBSD) with the latest firmware.
128 Follow instructions from Solarflare Server Adapter User's Guide to
129 update firmware and configure the adapter.
132 Pre-Installation Configuration
133 ------------------------------
139 The following options can be modified in the ``.config`` file.
140 Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
142 - ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_SFC_EFX_PMD`` (default **y**)
144 Enable compilation of Solarflare libefx-based poll-mode driver.
146 - ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_SFC_EFX_DEBUG`` (default **n**)
148 Enable compilation of the extra run-time consistency checks.
151 Per-Device Parameters
152 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
154 The following per-device parameters can be passed via EAL PCI device
155 whitelist option like "-w 02:00.0,arg1=value1,...".
157 Case-insensitive 1/y/yes/on or 0/n/no/off may be used to specify
158 boolean parameters value.
160 - ``perf_profile`` [auto|throughput|low-latency] (default **throughput**)
162 Choose hardware tunning to be optimized for either throughput or
164 **auto** allows NIC firmware to make a choice based on
165 installed licences and firmware variant configured using **sfboot**.
167 - ``debug_init`` [bool] (default **n**)
169 Enable extra logging during device intialization and startup.
171 - ``mcdi_logging`` [bool] (default **n**)
173 Enable extra logging of the communication with the NIC's management CPU.
174 The logging is done using RTE_LOG() with INFO level and PMD type.
175 The format is consumed by the Solarflare netlogdecode cross-platform tool.