X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Fnics%2Fqede.rst;h=23965091a9ec57239e73ac256ef1f6bf308164e7;hb=61c7b522d9062242d648d09b61d5137740bc2ebb;hp=5b2f8689521e9b5acb0b81928d8883e071cdf7f8;hpb=e28bfe33552f294719889c48c0c050864b24c9ce;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst b/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst index 5b2f868952..23965091a9 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ QEDE Poll Mode Driver ====================== -The QEDE poll mode driver library (**librte_pmd_qede**) implements support +The QEDE poll mode driver library (**librte_net_qede**) implements support for **QLogic FastLinQ QL4xxxx 10G/25G/40G/50G/100G Intelligent Ethernet Adapters (IEA) and Converged Network Adapters (CNA)** family of adapters as well as SR-IOV virtual functions (VF). It is supported on several standard Linux distros like RHEL, SLES, Ubuntu etc. It is compile-tested under FreeBSD OS. @@ -34,18 +34,13 @@ Supported Features - VLAN offload - Filtering and stripping - N-tuple filter and flow director (limited support) - NPAR (NIC Partitioning) -- SR-IOV VF +- SR-IOV PF and VF - GRE Tunneling offload - GENEVE Tunneling offload - VXLAN Tunneling offload - MPLSoUDP Tx Tunneling offload - Generic flow API -Non-supported Features ----------------------- - -- SR-IOV PF - Co-existence considerations --------------------------- @@ -108,25 +103,12 @@ Performance note - For better performance, it is recommended to use 4K or higher RX/TX rings. -Config File Options -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -The following options can be modified in the ``.config`` file. Please note that -enabling debugging options may affect system performance. - -- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_PMD`` (default **y**) - - Toggle compilation of QEDE PMD driver. +Config Options +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_DEBUG_TX`` (default **n**) +The following option can be modified in the ``config/rte_config.h`` file. - Toggle display of transmit fast path run-time messages. - -- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_DEBUG_RX`` (default **n**) - - Toggle display of receive fast path run-time messages. - -- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_FW`` (default **""**) +- ``RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_FW`` (default **""**) Gives absolute path of firmware file. ``Eg: "/lib/firmware/qed/qed_init_values-8.40.33.0.bin"`` @@ -135,6 +117,16 @@ enabling debugging options may affect system performance. CAUTION this option is more for custom firmware, it is not recommended for use under normal condition. +The following options can be enabled with Meson flags. + +- ``RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_DEBUG_TX`` (default **disabled**) + + Toggle display of transmit fast path run-time messages. + +- ``RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_DEBUG_RX`` (default **disabled**) + + Toggle display of receive fast path run-time messages. + Config notes ~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -198,7 +190,7 @@ SR-IOV: Prerequisites and Sample Application Notes This section provides instructions to configure SR-IOV with Linux OS. -**Note**: librte_pmd_qede will be used to bind to SR-IOV VF device and Linux native kernel driver (qede) will function as SR-IOV PF driver. Requires PF driver to be 8.20.x.x or higher. +**Note**: librte_net_qede will be used to bind to SR-IOV VF device and Linux native kernel driver (qede) will function as SR-IOV PF driver. Requires PF driver to be 8.20.x.x or higher. #. Verify SR-IOV and ARI capability is enabled on the adapter using ``lspci``: @@ -280,7 +272,7 @@ This section provides instructions to configure SR-IOV with Linux OS. .. code-block:: console - testpmd -l 0,4-11 -n 4 -- -i --nb-cores=8 --portmask=0xf --rxd=4096 \ + dpdk-testpmd -l 0,4-11 -n 4 -- -i --nb-cores=8 --portmask=0xf --rxd=4096 \ --txd=4096 --txfreet=4068 --enable-rx-cksum --rxq=4 --txq=4 \ --rss-ip --rss-udp