cxgbe: add documentation

Adds cxgbe poll mode driver documentation under the usual doc/guides/nics/
directory with the rest of the drivers.  The documentation covers cxgbe
implementation details, features and limitations, prerequisites,
configuration, and a sample application usage.

Signed-off-by: Rahul Lakkireddy <rahul.lakkireddy@chelsio.com>
Signed-off-by: Kumar Sanghvi <kumaras@chelsio.com>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index ba99f4b..659672e 100644 (file)
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ F: drivers/net/af_packet/
 Chelsio cxgbe
 M: Rahul Lakkireddy <rahul.lakkireddy@chelsio.com>
 F: drivers/net/cxgbe/
+F: doc/guides/nics/cxgbe.rst
 
 Cisco enic
 F: drivers/net/enic/

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/cxgbe.rst b/doc/guides/nics/cxgbe.rst
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..54a019d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/cxgbe.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+..  BSD LICENSE
+    Copyright 2015 Chelsio Communications.
+    All rights reserved.
+
+    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+    are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+    distribution.
+    * Neither the name of Chelsio Communications nor the names of its
+    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+    from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+    THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
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+    (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+    OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+CXGBE Poll Mode Driver
+======================
+
+The CXGBE PMD (**librte_pmd_cxgbe**) provides poll mode driver support
+for **Chelsio T5** 10/40 Gbps family of adapters.
+
+More information can be found at `Chelsio Communications
+<http://www.chelsio.com>`_.
+
+Features
+--------
+
+CXGBE PMD has the support for:
+
+- Multiple queues for TX and RX.
+- Receiver Side Steering (RSS).
+- VLAN filtering.
+- Checksum offload.
+- Promiscuous mode.
+- All multicast mode.
+- Port hardware statistics.
+
+Limitations
+-----------
+
+The Chelsio T5 devices provide two/four ports but expose a single PCI bus
+address, thus, librte_pmd_cxgbe registers itself as a
+PCI driver that allocates one Ethernet device per detected port.
+
+For this reason, one cannot white/blacklist a single port without also
+white/blacklisting the others on the same device.
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+Compiling CXGBE PMD
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+These options can be modified in the ``.config`` file.
+
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CXGBE_PMD`` (default **y**)
+
+  Toggle compilation of librte_pmd_cxgbe driver.
+
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CXGBE_DEBUG`` (default **n**)
+
+  Toggle debugging code. Enabling this option adds additional generic debugging
+  messages at the cost of lower performance.
+
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CXGBE_DEBUG_REG`` (default **n**)
+
+  Toggle debugging code. Enabling this option adds additional registers related
+  run-time checks and debugging messages at the cost of lower performance.
+
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CXGBE_DEBUG_MBOX`` (default **n**)
+
+  Toggle debugging code. Enabling this option adds additional firmware mailbox
+  related run-time checks and debugging messages at the cost of lower
+  performance.
+
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CXGBE_DEBUG_TX`` (default **n**)
+
+  Toggle debugging code. Enabling this option adds additional transmission data
+  path run-time checks and debugging messages at the cost of lower performance.
+
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CXGBE_DEBUG_RX`` (default **n**)
+
+  Toggle debugging code. Enabling this option adds additional receiving data
+  path run-time checks and debugging messages at the cost of lower performance.
+
+Prerequisites
+-------------
+
+- Requires firmware version **1.13.32.0** and higher. Visit
+  `Chelsio Communications <http://www.chelsio.com>`_ to get latest firmware.
+
+Sample Application Notes
+-------------------------
+
+This section demonstrates how to launch **testpmd** with Chelsio T5
+devices managed by librte_pmd_cxgbe.
+
+#. Load the kernel module:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      modprobe cxgb4
+
+#. Get the PCI bus addresses of the interfaces bound to cxgb4 driver:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      dmesg | tail -2
+
+   Example output:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      cxgb4 0000:02:00.4 p1p1: renamed from eth0
+      cxgb4 0000:02:00.4 p1p2: renamed from eth1
+
+   .. 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
+
+      modprobe -ar cxgb4 csiostor
+
+#. Request huge pages:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      echo 1024 > /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages/nr_hugepages
+
+#. Load igb_uio or vfio-pci driver:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      insmod ./x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/kmod/igb_uio.ko
+
+   or
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      modprobe vfio-pci
+
+#. Bind the Chelsio T5 adapters to igb_uio or vfio-pci loaded in the previous
+   step:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      ./tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py --bind igb_uio 0000:02:00.4
+
+   or
+
+   Setup VFIO permissions for regular users and then bind to vfio-pci:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      sudo chmod a+x /dev/vfio
+
+      sudo chmod 0666 /dev/vfio/*
+
+      ./tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py --bind vfio-pci 0000:02:00.4
+
+#. Start testpmd with basic parameters:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      ./x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/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 -1
+      EAL:   probe driver: 1425:5401 rte_cxgbe_pmd
+      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: 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>

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/index.rst b/doc/guides/nics/index.rst
index 1ee67fa..d1a92f8 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/nics/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/index.rst
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Network Interface Controller Drivers
     :maxdepth: 3
     :numbered:
 
+    cxgbe
     e1000em
     ixgbe
     intel_vf

diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/source_org.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/source_org.rst
index 4f6f489..bfdaa8a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/source_org.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/source_org.rst
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ The drivers directory has a net subdirectory which contains::
     drivers/net
     +-- af_packet          # poll mode driver based on linux af_packet
     +-- bonding            # bonding poll mode driver
+    +-- cxgbe              # Chelsio Terminator 10GbE/40GbE poll mode driver
     +-- e1000              # 1GbE poll mode drivers (igb and em)
     +-- enic               # Cisco VIC Ethernet NIC Poll-mode Driver
     +-- fm10k              # Host interface PMD driver for FM10000 Series