They are transparently registered at runtime RX/TX execution if all condition checks pass.
1. To date, only an SSE version of IX GBE vPMD is available.
- To ensure that vPMD is in the binary code, ensure that the option CONFIG_RTE_IXGBE_INC_VECTOR=y is in the configure file.
Some constraints apply as pre-conditions for specific optimizations on bulk packet transfers.
The following sections explain RX and TX constraints in the vPMD.
fdir_conf->mode will also be checked.
+VF Runtime Options
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The following ``devargs`` options can be enabled at runtime. They must
+be passed as part of EAL arguments. For example,
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ dpdk-testpmd -a af:10.0,pflink_fullchk=1 -- -i
+
+- ``pflink_fullchk`` (default **0**)
+
+ When calling ``rte_eth_link_get_nowait()`` to get VF link status,
+ this option is used to control how VF synchronizes its status with
+ PF's. If set, VF will not only check the PF's physical link status
+ by reading related register, but also check the mailbox status. We
+ call this behavior as fully checking. And checking mailbox will
+ trigger PF's mailbox interrupt generation. If unset, the application
+ can get the VF's link status quickly by just reading the PF's link
+ status register, this will avoid the whole system's mailbox interrupt
+ generation.
+
+ ``rte_eth_link_get()`` will still use the mailbox method regardless
+ of the pflink_fullchk setting.
+
RX Burst Size
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
``rte_eth_dev_mac_addr_add()`` function can be used to add a VF's MAC address,
as a workaround.
+X550 does not support legacy interrupt mode
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Description
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+X550 cannot get interrupts if using ``uio_pci_generic`` module or using legacy
+interrupt mode of ``igb_uio`` or ``vfio``. Because the errata of X550 states
+that the Interrupt Status bit is not implemented. The errata is the item #22
+from `X550 spec update <https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/
+documents/specification-updates/ethernet-x550-spec-update.pdf>`_
+
+Implication
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+When using ``uio_pci_generic`` module or using legacy interrupt mode of
+``igb_uio`` or ``vfio``, the Interrupt Status bit would be checked if the
+interrupt is coming. Since the bit is not implemented in X550, the irq cannot
+be handled correctly and cannot report the event fd to DPDK apps. Then apps
+cannot get interrupts and ``dmesg`` will show messages like ``irq #No.: ``
+``nobody cared.``
+
+Workaround
+^^^^^^^^^^
+Do not bind the ``uio_pci_generic`` module in X550 NICs.
+Do not bind ``igb_uio`` with legacy mode in X550 NICs.
+Before binding ``vfio`` with legacy mode in X550 NICs, use ``modprobe vfio ``
+``nointxmask=1`` to load ``vfio`` module if the intx is not shared with other
+devices.
+
+RSS isn't supported when QinQ is enabled
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Due to FW limitation, IXGBE doesn't support RSS when QinQ is enabled currently.
+
+UDP with zero checksum is reported as error
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Intel 82599 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller Specification Update (Revision 2.87)
+Errata: 44 Integrity Error Reported for IPv4/UDP Packets With Zero Checksum
+
+To support UDP zero checksum, the zero and bad UDP checksum packet is marked as
+PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_UNKNOWN, so the application needs to recompute the checksum to
+validate it.
Inline crypto processing support
--------------------------------
port representors for on initialization of the PF PMD by passing the VF IDs of
the VFs which are required.::
- -w DBDF,representor=[0,1,4]
+ -a DBDF,representor=[0,1,4]
Currently hot-plugging of representor ports is not supported so all required
representors must be specified on the creation of the PF.
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