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The CXGBE PMD (**librte_pmd_cxgbe**) provides poll mode driver support
-for **Chelsio T5** 10/40 Gbps family of adapters.
+for **Chelsio T5** 10/40 Gbps family of adapters. CXGBE PMD has support
+for the latest Linux and FreeBSD operating systems.
More information can be found at `Chelsio Communications Official Website
<http://www.chelsio.com>`_.
- Requires firmware version **1.13.32.0** and higher. Visit
`Chelsio Download Center <http://service.chelsio.com>`_ to get latest firmware
- bundled with the latest Chelsio Unified Wire package. Installing and loading
- the latest cxgb4 kernel driver from the Chelsio Unified Wire package should
- get you the latest firmware. More information can be obtained from the User
- Guide that is bundled with the Chelsio Unified Wire package.
+ bundled with the latest Chelsio Unified Wire package.
+
+ For Linux, installing and loading the latest cxgb4 kernel driver from the
+ Chelsio Unified Wire package should get you the latest firmware. More
+ information can be obtained from the User Guide that is bundled with the
+ Chelsio Unified Wire package.
+
+ For FreeBSD, the latest firmware obtained from the Chelsio Unified Wire
+ package must be manually flashed via cxgbetool available in FreeBSD source
+ repository.
+
+ Instructions on how to manually flash the firmware are given in section
+ :ref:`linux-installation` for Linux and section :ref:`freebsd-installation`
+ for FreeBSD.
Pre-Installation Configuration
------------------------------
Toggle display of receiving data path run-time check messages.
+.. _driver-compilation:
+
Driver Compilation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
cd <DPDK-source-directory>
make config T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc install
-Installation
-------------
+To compile CXGBE PMD for FreeBSD x86_64 clang target, run the following "gmake"
+command:
-Steps to manually install the latest firmware from the downloaded source files
-are as follows:
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ cd <DPDK-source-directory>
+ gmake config T=x86_64-native-bsdapp-clang install
+
+Linux
+-----
+
+.. _linux-installation:
+
+Linux Installation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Steps to manually install the latest firmware from the downloaded Chelsio
+Unified Wire package for Linux operating system are as follows:
#. Load the kernel module:
cxgbtool p1p1 loadfw <path_to_uwire>/src/network/firmware/t5fw-*.bin
+#. Unload and reload the kernel module:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ modprobe -r cxgb4
+ modprobe cxgb4
+
#. Verify with ethtool:
.. code-block:: console
firmware-version: 1.13.32.0, TP 0.1.4.8
Sample Application Notes
--------------------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This section demonstrates how to launch **testpmd** with Chelsio T5
-devices managed by librte_pmd_cxgbe.
+devices managed by librte_pmd_cxgbe in Linux operating system.
+
+#. Change to DPDK source directory where the target has been compiled in
+ section :ref:`driver-compilation`:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ cd <DPDK-source-directory>
#. Load the kernel module:
.. note::
- CXGBE PMD currently only supports the binding of PF4 for Chelsio T5 NICs.
+ Currently, CXGBE PMD only supports the binding of PF4 for Chelsio T5 NICs.
#. Start testpmd with basic parameters:
EAL: PCI memory mapped at 0x7fd7c0200000
EAL: PCI memory mapped at 0x7fd77cdfd000
EAL: PCI memory mapped at 0x7fd7c10b7000
- PMD: rte_cxgbe_pmd: fw: 1.13.33.0, TP: 0.1.4.8
+ PMD: rte_cxgbe_pmd: fw: 1.13.32.0, TP: 0.1.4.8
+ PMD: rte_cxgbe_pmd: Coming up as MASTER: Initializing adapter
+ Interactive-mode selected
+ Configuring Port 0 (socket 0)
+ Port 0: 00:07:43:2D:EA:C0
+ Configuring Port 1 (socket 0)
+ Port 1: 00:07:43:2D:EA:C8
+ Checking link statuses...
+ PMD: rte_cxgbe_pmd: Port0: passive DA port module inserted
+ PMD: rte_cxgbe_pmd: Port1: passive DA port module inserted
+ Port 0 Link Up - speed 10000 Mbps - full-duplex
+ Port 1 Link Up - speed 10000 Mbps - full-duplex
+ Done
+ testpmd>
+
+.. note::
+
+ Flow control pause TX/RX is disabled by default and can be enabled via
+ testpmd as follows:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ testpmd> set flow_ctrl rx on tx on 0 0 0 0 mac_ctrl_frame_fwd off autoneg on 0
+ testpmd> set flow_ctrl rx on tx on 0 0 0 0 mac_ctrl_frame_fwd off autoneg on 1
+
+ To disable again, use:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ testpmd> set flow_ctrl rx off tx off 0 0 0 0 mac_ctrl_frame_fwd off autoneg off 0
+ testpmd> set flow_ctrl rx off tx off 0 0 0 0 mac_ctrl_frame_fwd off autoneg off 1
+
+FreeBSD
+-------
+
+.. _freebsd-installation:
+
+FreeBSD Installation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Steps to manually install the latest firmware from the downloaded Chelsio
+Unified Wire package for FreeBSD operating system are as follows:
+
+#. Load the kernel module:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ kldload if_cxgbe
+
+#. Use dmesg to get the t5nex instance assigned to the Chelsio card:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ dmesg | grep "t5nex"
+
+ Example output:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ t5nex0: <Chelsio T520-CR> irq 16 at device 0.4 on pci2
+ cxl0: <port 0> on t5nex0
+ cxl1: <port 1> on t5nex0
+ t5nex0: PCIe x8, 2 ports, 14 MSI-X interrupts, 31 eq, 13 iq
+
+ In the example above, a Chelsio T520-CR card is bound to a t5nex0 instance.
+
+#. Install cxgbetool from FreeBSD source repository:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ cd <path_to_FreeBSD_source>/tools/tools/cxgbetool/
+ make && make install
+
+#. Use cxgbetool to load the firmware image onto the card:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ cxgbetool t5nex0 loadfw <path_to_uwire>/src/network/firmware/t5fw-*.bin
+
+#. Unload and reload the kernel module:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ kldunload if_cxgbe
+ kldload if_cxgbe
+
+#. Verify with sysctl:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ sysctl -a | grep "t5nex" | grep "firmware"
+
+ Example output:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ dev.t5nex.0.firmware_version: 1.13.32.0
+
+Sample Application Notes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This section demonstrates how to launch **testpmd** with Chelsio T5
+devices managed by librte_pmd_cxgbe in FreeBSD operating system.
+
+#. Change to DPDK source directory where the target has been compiled in
+ section :ref:`driver-compilation`:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ cd <DPDK-source-directory>
+
+#. Copy the contigmem kernel module to /boot/kernel directory:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ cp x86_64-native-bsdapp-clang/kmod/contigmem.ko /boot/kernel/
+
+#. Add the following lines to /boot/loader.conf:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ # reserve 2 x 1G blocks of contiguous memory using contigmem driver
+ hw.contigmem.num_buffers=2
+ hw.contigmem.buffer_size=1073741824
+ # load contigmem module during boot process
+ contigmem_load="YES"
+
+ The above lines load the contigmem kernel module during boot process and
+ allocate 2 x 1G blocks of contiguous memory to be used for DPDK later on.
+ This is to avoid issues with potential memory fragmentation during later
+ system up time, which may result in failure of allocating the contiguous
+ memory required for the contigmem kernel module.
+
+#. Restart the system and ensure the contigmem module is loaded successfully:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ reboot
+ kldstat | grep "contigmem"
+
+ Example output:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ 2 1 0xffffffff817f1000 3118 contigmem.ko
+
+#. Repeat step 1 to ensure that you are in the DPDK source directory.
+
+#. Load the cxgbe kernel module:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ kldload if_cxgbe
+
+#. Get the PCI bus addresses of the interfaces bound to t5nex driver:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ pciconf -l | grep "t5nex"
+
+ Example output:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ t5nex0@pci0:2:0:4: class=0x020000 card=0x00001425 chip=0x54011425 rev=0x00
+
+ In the above example, the t5nex0 is bound to 2:0:4 bus address.
+
+ .. note::
+
+ Both the interfaces of a Chelsio T5 2-port adapter are bound to the
+ same PCI bus address.
+
+#. Unload the kernel module:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ kldunload if_cxgbe
+
+#. Set the PCI bus addresses to hw.nic_uio.bdfs kernel environment parameter:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ kenv hw.nic_uio.bdfs="2:0:4"
+
+ This automatically binds 2:0:4 to nic_uio kernel driver when it is loaded in
+ the next step.
+
+ .. note::
+
+ Currently, CXGBE PMD only supports the binding of PF4 for Chelsio T5 NICs.
+
+#. Load nic_uio kernel driver:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ kldload ./x86_64-native-bsdapp-clang/kmod/nic_uio.ko
+
+#. Start testpmd with basic parameters:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ ./x86_64-native-bsdapp-clang/app/testpmd -c 0xf -n 4 -w 0000:02:00.4 -- -i
+
+ Example output:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ [...]
+ EAL: PCI device 0000:02:00.4 on NUMA socket 0
+ EAL: probe driver: 1425:5401 rte_cxgbe_pmd
+ EAL: PCI memory mapped at 0x8007ec000
+ EAL: PCI memory mapped at 0x842800000
+ EAL: PCI memory mapped at 0x80086c000
+ PMD: rte_cxgbe_pmd: fw: 1.13.32.0, TP: 0.1.4.8
PMD: rte_cxgbe_pmd: Coming up as MASTER: Initializing adapter
Interactive-mode selected
Configuring Port 0 (socket 0)
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