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ENIC PMD support is integrated into the DPDK suite. dpdk-<version>.tar.gz
-should be downloaded from http://core.dpdk.org/download/
+should be downloaded from https://core.dpdk.org/download/
Configuration information
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-- **DPDK Configuration Parameters**
-
- The following configuration options are available for the ENIC PMD:
-
- - **CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ENIC_PMD** (default y): Enables or disables inclusion
- of the ENIC PMD driver in the DPDK compilation.
-
- **vNIC Configuration Parameters**
- **Number of Queues**
- Selectors: 'is', 'spec' and 'mask'. 'last' is not supported
- In total, up to 64 bytes of mask is allowed across all headers
+- **1400 and later series VICs with Flow Manager API enabled**
+
+ - Attributes: ingress, egress
+ - Items: eth, vlan, ipv4, ipv6, sctp, udp, tcp, vxlan, raw, inner eth, vlan, ipv4, ipv6, sctp, udp, tcp
+ - Ingress Actions: count, drop, flag, jump, mark, port_id, passthru, queue, rss, vxlan_decap, vxlan_encap, and void
+ - Egress Actions: count, drop, jump, passthru, vxlan_encap, and void
+ - Selectors: 'is', 'spec' and 'mask'. 'last' is not supported
+ - In total, up to 64 bytes of mask is allowed across all headers
+
The VIC performs packet matching after applying VLAN strip. If VLAN
stripping is enabled, EtherType in the ETH item corresponds to the
stripped VLAN header's EtherType. Stripping does not affect the VLAN
packets and then receive them normally. These require 1400 series VIC adapters
and latest firmware.
- RAW items are limited to matching UDP tunnel headers like VXLAN.
+ - For 1400 VICs, all flows using the RSS action on a port use same hash
+ configuration. The RETA is ignored. The queues used in the RSS group must be
+ sequential. There is a performance hit if the number of queues is not a power of 2.
+ Only level 0 (outer header) RSS is allowed.
- **Statistics**
PMD. Typically, the limit has to be raised to higher than 2GB.
e.g., 2621440
-The compilation of any unused drivers can be disabled using the
-configuration file in config/ directory (e.g., config/common_linux).
-This would help in bringing down the time taken for building the
-libraries and the initialization time of the application.
-
Additional Reference
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