1 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
2 Copyright(c) 2015-2020.
7 The TXGBE PMD (librte_pmd_txgbe) provides poll mode driver support
8 for Wangxun 10 Gigabit Ethernet NICs.
13 - Learning about Wangxun 10 Gigabit Ethernet NICs using
14 `<https://www.net-swift.com/a/383.html>`_.
16 - Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux <linux_gsg>` to setup the basic DPDK environment.
18 Pre-Installation Configuration
19 ------------------------------
24 The following build-time options may be enabled on build time using.
26 ``-Dc_args=`` meson argument (e.g. ``-Dc_args=-DRTE_LIBRTE_TXGBE_DEBUG_RX``).
28 Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
30 - ``RTE_LIBRTE_TXGBE_DEBUG_RX`` (undefined by default)
32 Toggle display of receive fast path run-time messages.
34 - ``RTE_LIBRTE_TXGBE_DEBUG_TX`` (undefined by default)
36 Toggle display of transmit fast path run-time messages.
38 - ``RTE_LIBRTE_TXGBE_DEBUG_TX_FREE`` (undefined by default)
40 Toggle display of transmit descriptor clean messages.
42 Dynamic Logging Parameters
43 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
45 One may leverage EAL option "--log-level" to change default levels
46 for the log types supported by the driver. The option is used with
47 an argument typically consisting of two parts separated by a colon.
49 TXGBE PMD provides the following log types available for control:
51 - ``pmd.net.txgbe.driver`` (default level is **notice**)
53 Affects driver-wide messages unrelated to any particular devices.
55 - ``pmd.net.txgbe.init`` (default level is **notice**)
57 Extra logging of the messages during PMD initialization.
59 Driver compilation and testing
60 ------------------------------
62 Refer to the document :ref:`compiling and testing a PMD for a NIC <pmd_build_and_test>`
65 Limitations or Known issues
66 ---------------------------
68 Build with ICC is not supported yet.
69 Power8, ARMv7 and BSD are not supported yet.