X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Fnics%2Fthunderx.rst;h=12d43ce93e28e0b8e0c294086c40ec8ff7943b1b;hb=50c383793b7b377ed9f733a779976447dbfd8bda;hp=b1ef9eba59b85d3f2692526084063ad2fd493374;hpb=c14ef1ecf48532b970a7076f8f38528f66c4ecee;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/thunderx.rst b/doc/guides/nics/thunderx.rst index b1ef9eba59..12d43ce93e 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/thunderx.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/thunderx.rst @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ThunderX NICVF Poll Mode Driver =============================== -The ThunderX NICVF PMD (**librte_pmd_thunderx_nicvf**) provides poll mode driver +The ThunderX NICVF PMD (**librte_net_thunderx**) provides poll mode driver support for the inbuilt NIC found in the **Cavium ThunderX** SoC family as well as their virtual functions (VF) in SR-IOV context. @@ -43,26 +43,6 @@ Prerequisites ------------- - Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux ` to setup the basic DPDK environment. -Pre-Installation Configuration ------------------------------- - -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_THUNDERX_NICVF_PMD`` (default ``y``) - - Toggle compilation of the ``librte_pmd_thunderx_nicvf`` driver. - -- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_THUNDERX_NICVF_DEBUG_RX`` (default ``n``) - - Toggle asserts of receive fast path. - -- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_THUNDERX_NICVF_DEBUG_TX`` (default ``n``) - - Toggle asserts of transmit fast path. Driver compilation and testing ------------------------------ @@ -70,8 +50,7 @@ Driver compilation and testing Refer to the document :ref:`compiling and testing a PMD for a NIC ` for details. -To compile the ThunderX NICVF PMD for Linux arm64 gcc, -use arm64-thunderx-linux-gcc as target. +Use config/arm/arm64-thunderx-linux-gcc as a meson cross-file when cross-compiling. Linux ----- @@ -178,13 +157,13 @@ This section provides instructions to configure SR-IOV with Linux OS. .. code-block:: console - ./arm64-thunderx-linux-gcc/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 -w 0002:01:00.2 \ + .//app/dpdk-testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 -a 0002:01:00.2 \ -- -i --no-flush-rx \ --port-topology=loop ... - PMD: rte_nicvf_pmd_init(): librte_pmd_thunderx nicvf version 1.0 + PMD: rte_nicvf_pmd_init(): librte_net_thunderx nicvf version 1.0 ... EAL: probe driver: 177d:11 rte_nicvf_pmd @@ -398,7 +377,7 @@ This scheme is useful when application would like to insert vlan header without Example: .. code-block:: console - -w 0002:01:00.2,skip_data_bytes=8 + -a 0002:01:00.2,skip_data_bytes=8 Limitations -----------