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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ Copyright(c) 2017 Cavium, Inc
LiquidIO VF Poll Mode Driver
============================
-The LiquidIO VF PMD library (librte_pmd_lio) provides poll mode driver support for
+The LiquidIO VF PMD library (**librte_net_liquidio**) provides poll mode driver support for
Cavium LiquidIO® II server adapter VFs. PF management and VF creation can be
done using kernel driver.
- LiquidIO II CN2360 210SVPT
-Pre-Installation Configuration
-------------------------------
-
-The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file.
-Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_LIO_PMD`` (default ``y``)
-
- Toggle compilation of LiquidIO PMD.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_LIO_DEBUG_DRIVER`` (default ``n``)
-
- Toggle display of generic debugging messages.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_LIO_DEBUG_INIT`` (default ``n``)
-
- Toggle display of initialization related messages.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_LIO_DEBUG_RX`` (default ``n``)
-
- Toggle display of receive fast path run-time messages.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_LIO_DEBUG_TX`` (default ``n``)
-
- Toggle display of transmit fast path run-time messages.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_LIO_DEBUG_MBOX`` (default ``n``)
-
- Toggle display of mailbox messages.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_LIO_DEBUG_REGS`` (default ``n``)
-
- Toggle display of register reads and writes.
-
-
SR-IOV: Prerequisites and Sample Application Notes
--------------------------------------------------
Number of descriptors for Rx/Tx ring should be in the range 128 to 512.
-CRC striping
-~~~~~~~~~~~~
+CRC stripping
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-LiquidIO adapters strip ethernet FCS of every packet coming to the host
-interface. So, CRC will be stripped even when the ``rxmode.hw_strip_crc``
-member is set to 0 in ``struct rte_eth_conf``.
+LiquidIO adapters strip ethernet FCS of every packet coming to the host interface.