X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Fnics%2Focteontx2.rst;h=bb591a8b7e65a007d523ba561cc5931585453d86;hb=2f827f5ea6e19f59386e82dc2dacb2ea353866f4;hp=da73b99df1eb9c2aa01151c1321600a335ceb4c4;hpb=c261680cdb82996d30261c1eb4eb762c23ee842e;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/octeontx2.rst b/doc/guides/nics/octeontx2.rst index da73b99df1..bb591a8b7e 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/octeontx2.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/octeontx2.rst @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ Features of the OCTEON TX2 Ethdev PMD are: - IEEE1588 timestamping - HW offloaded `ethdev Rx queue` to `eventdev event queue` packet injection - Support Rx interrupt +- Inline IPsec processing support +- :ref:`Traffic Management API ` Prerequisites ------------- @@ -113,11 +115,6 @@ use arm64-octeontx2-linux-gcc as target. Runtime Config Options ---------------------- -- ``HW offload ptype parsing disable`` (default ``0``) - - Packet type parsing is HW offloaded by default and this feature may be toggled - using ``ptype_disable`` ``devargs`` parameter. - - ``Rx&Tx scalar mode enable`` (default ``0``) Ethdev supports both scalar and vector mode, it may be selected at runtime @@ -170,7 +167,7 @@ Runtime Config Options With the above configuration, each send queue's decscriptor buffer count is limited to a maximum of 64 buffers. -- ``switch header enable`` (default ``none``) +- ``Switch header enable`` (default ``none``) A port can be configured to a specific switch header type by using ``switch_header`` ``devargs`` parameter. @@ -181,7 +178,53 @@ Runtime Config Options With the above configuration, higig2 will be enabled on that port and the traffic on this port should be higig2 traffic only. Supported switch header - types are "higig2" and "dsa". + types are "higig2", "dsa" and "chlen90b". + +- ``RSS tag as XOR`` (default ``0``) + + C0 HW revision onward, The HW gives an option to configure the RSS adder as + + * ``rss_adder<7:0> = flow_tag<7:0> ^ flow_tag<15:8> ^ flow_tag<23:16> ^ flow_tag<31:24>`` + + * ``rss_adder<7:0> = flow_tag<7:0>`` + + Latter one aligns with standard NIC behavior vs former one is a legacy + RSS adder scheme used in OCTEON TX2 products. + + By default, the driver runs in the latter mode from C0 HW revision onward. + Setting this flag to 1 to select the legacy mode. + + For example to select the legacy mode(RSS tag adder as XOR):: + + -w 0002:02:00.0,tag_as_xor=1 + +- ``Max SPI for inbound inline IPsec`` (default ``1``) + + Max SPI supported for inbound inline IPsec processing can be specified by + ``ipsec_in_max_spi`` ``devargs`` parameter. + + For example:: + + -w 0002:02:00.0,ipsec_in_max_spi=128 + + With the above configuration, application can enable inline IPsec processing + on 128 SAs (SPI 0-127). + +- ``Lock Rx contexts in NDC cache`` + + Lock Rx contexts in NDC cache by using ``lock_rx_ctx`` parameter. + + For example:: + + -w 0002:02:00.0,lock_rx_ctx=1 + +- ``Lock Tx contexts in NDC cache`` + + Lock Tx contexts in NDC cache by using ``lock_tx_ctx`` parameter. + + For example:: + + -w 0002:02:00.0,lock_tx_ctx=1 .. note:: @@ -189,6 +232,34 @@ Runtime Config Options parameters to all the PCIe devices if application requires to configure on all the ethdev ports. +- ``Lock NPA contexts in NDC`` + + Lock NPA aura and pool contexts in NDC cache. + The device args take hexadecimal bitmask where each bit represent the + corresponding aura/pool id. + + For example:: + + -w 0002:02:00.0,npa_lock_mask=0xf + +.. _otx2_tmapi: + +Traffic Management API +---------------------- + +OCTEON TX2 PMD supports generic DPDK Traffic Management API which allows to +configure the following features: + +#. Hierarchical scheduling +#. Single rate - Two color, Two rate - Three color shaping + +Both DWRR and Static Priority(SP) hierarchial scheduling is supported. + +Every parent can have atmost 10 SP Children and unlimited DWRR children. + +Both PF & VF supports traffic management API with PF supporting 6 levels +and VF supporting 5 levels of topology. + Limitations ----------- @@ -216,6 +287,14 @@ SDP interface support ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OCTEON TX2 SDP interface support is limited to PF device, No VF support. +Inline Protocol Processing +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +``net_octeontx2`` pmd doesn't support the following features for packets to be +inline protocol processed. +- TSO offload +- VLAN/QinQ offload +- Fragmentation + Debugging Options -----------------