From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga12.intel.com (mga12.intel.com [192.55.52.136]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21EBF1B51F for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2018 07:52:06 +0100 (CET) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga006.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.20]) by fmsmga106.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 22 Nov 2018 22:52:06 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.56,268,1539673200"; d="scan'208";a="283483562" Received: from dpdk26.sh.intel.com ([10.67.110.161]) by fmsmga006.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Nov 2018 22:52:05 -0800 From: Wenzhuo Lu To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Wenzhuo Lu Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 14:56:19 +0800 Message-Id: <1542956179-80951-20-git-send-email-wenzhuo.lu@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.3 In-Reply-To: <1542956179-80951-1-git-send-email-wenzhuo.lu@intel.com> References: <1542956179-80951-1-git-send-email-wenzhuo.lu@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 19/19] doc: add ICE description and update release note X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 06:52:07 -0000 Signed-off-by: Wenzhuo Lu --- MAINTAINERS | 1 + doc/guides/nics/features/ice.ini | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++ doc/guides/nics/ice.rst | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 118 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/guides/nics/features/ice.ini create mode 100644 doc/guides/nics/ice.rst diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 00a5e03..2e1a537 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -598,6 +598,7 @@ M: Qiming Yang M: Wenzhuo Lu T: git://dpdk.org/next/dpdk-next-net-intel F: drivers/net/ice/ +F: doc/guides/nics/features/ice*.ini Marvell mvpp2 M: Tomasz Duszynski diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/ice.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/ice.ini new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2be52ca --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/ice.ini @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +; +; Supported features of the 'ice' network poll mode driver. +; +; Refer to default.ini for the full list of available PMD features. +; +[Features] +Speed capabilities = Y +Link status = Y +Link status event = Y +Rx interrupt = Y +Queue start/stop = Y +MTU update = Y +Jumbo frame = Y +Scattered Rx = Y +TSO = Y +Unicast MAC filter = Y +Multicast MAC filter = Y +RSS hash = Y +RSS key update = Y +RSS reta update = Y +VLAN filter = Y +CRC offload = Y +VLAN offload = Y +QinQ offload = Y +L3 checksum offload = Y +L4 checksum offload = Y +Packet type parsing = Y +Rx descriptor status = Y +Tx descriptor status = Y +Basic stats = Y +Extended stats = Y +FW version = Y +Module EEPROM dump = Y +Multiprocess aware = Y +BSD nic_uio = Y +Linux UIO = Y +Linux VFIO = Y +x86-32 = Y +x86-64 = Y diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..12a12d2 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause + Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation. + +ICE Poll Mode Driver +====================== + +The ice PMD (librte_pmd_ice) provides poll mode driver support for +10/25 Gbps Intel® Ethernet 810 Series Network Adapters based on +the Intel Ethernet Controller E810. + + +Prerequisites +------------- + +- Identifying your adapter using `Intel Support + `_ and get the latest NVM/FW images. + +- Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux ` to setup the basic DPDK environment. + +- To get better performance on Intel platforms, please follow the "How to get best performance with NICs on Intel platforms" + section of the :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux `. + + +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_ICE_PMD`` (default ``y``) + + Toggle compilation of the ``librte_pmd_ice`` driver. + +- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ICE_DEBUG_*`` (default ``n``) + + Toggle display of generic debugging messages. + +- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ICE_RX_ALLOW_BULK_ALLOC`` (default ``y``) + + Toggle bulk allocation for RX. + +- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ICE_16BYTE_RX_DESC`` (default ``n``) + + Toggle to use a 16-byte RX descriptor, by default the RX descriptor is 32 byte. + + +Driver compilation and testing +------------------------------ + +Refer to the document :ref:`compiling and testing a PMD for a NIC ` +for details. + + +Sample Application Notes +------------------------ + +Vlan filter +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Vlan filter only works when Promiscuous mode is off. + +To start ``testpmd``, and add vlan 10 to port 0: + +.. code-block:: console + + ./app/testpmd -l 0-15 -n 4 -- -i + ... + + testpmd> rx_vlan add 10 0 + + +Limitations or Known issues +--------------------------- + +N/A -- 1.9.3