X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Fnics%2Fice.rst;h=f95fef8cf0a0310114209603e439d98c0b818fc5;hb=34fd4373ce76efd0236e59397c495762c2ec9e64;hp=8d40d17417bcf9201b1297e3caae4c6d0ac2ab63;hpb=de853a3bb15164e8a081bc9b2b94bb48cde63521;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst index 8d40d17417..f95fef8cf0 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst @@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ Linux Prerequisites Windows Prerequisites --------------------- -- Follow the DPDK `Getting Started Guide for Windows `_ to setup the basic DPDK environment. +- Follow the :doc:`guide for Windows <../windows_gsg/run_apps>` + to setup the basic DPDK environment. - Identify the Intel® Ethernet adapter and get the latest NVM/FW version. @@ -48,11 +49,15 @@ to avoid the compatibility issues with ice PMD. Here is the suggested matching list which has been tested and verified. The detailed information can refer to chapter Tested Platforms/Tested NICs in release notes. - +-----------+---------------+-----------------+-----------+-----------+ - | DPDK | Kernel Driver | OS Default DDP | COMMS DDP | Firmware | - +===========+===============+=================+===========+===========+ - | 20.11 | 1.3.0 | 1.3.20 | 1.3.24 | 2.3 | - +-----------+---------------+-----------------+-----------+-----------+ + +-----------+---------------+-----------------+-----------+--------------+-----------+ + | DPDK | Kernel Driver | OS Default DDP | COMMS DDP | Wireless DDP | Firmware | + +===========+===============+=================+===========+==============+===========+ + | 20.11 | 1.3.2 | 1.3.20 | 1.3.24 | N/A | 2.3 | + +-----------+---------------+-----------------+-----------+--------------+-----------+ + | 21.02 | 1.4.11 | 1.3.24 | 1.3.28 | 1.3.4 | 2.4 | + +-----------+---------------+-----------------+-----------+--------------+-----------+ + | 21.05 | 1.6.5 | 1.3.26 | 1.3.30 | 1.3.6 | 3.0 | + +-----------+---------------+-----------------+-----------+--------------+-----------+ Pre-Installation Configuration ------------------------------ @@ -207,6 +212,34 @@ Runtime Config Options The ``rte_net_ice_dump_proto_xtr_metadata`` routine shows how to access the protocol extraction result in ``struct rte_mbuf``. +- ``Hardware debug mask log support`` (default ``0``) + + User can enable the related hardware debug mask such as ICE_DBG_NVM:: + + -a 0000:88:00.0,hw_debug_mask=0x80 --log-level=pmd.net.ice.driver:8 + + These ICE_DBG_XXX are defined in ``drivers/net/ice/base/ice_type.h``. + +- ``1PPS out support`` + + The E810 supports four single-ended GPIO signals (SDP[20:23]). The 1PPS + signal outputs via SDP[20:23]. User can select GPIO pin index flexibly. + Pin index 0 means SDP20, 1 means SDP21 and so on. For example:: + + -a af:00.0,pps_out='[pin:0]' + +- ``Low Rx latency`` (default ``0``) + + vRAN workloads require low latency DPDK interface for the front haul + interface connection to Radio. By specifying ``1`` for parameter + ``rx_low_latency``, each completed Rx descriptor can be written immediately + to host memory and the Rx interrupt latency can be reduced to 2us:: + + -a 0000:88:00.0,rx_low_latency=1 + + As a trade-off, this configuration may cause the packet processing performance + degradation due to the PCI bandwidth limitation. + Driver compilation and testing ------------------------------