From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by dpdk.space (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8EA2A00E6 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2019 04:21:18 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8C5F1D4A0; Fri, 14 Jun 2019 04:20:44 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mga02.intel.com (mga02.intel.com [134.134.136.20]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBD301D483 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2019 04:20:40 +0200 (CEST) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga007.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.58]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 13 Jun 2019 19:20:40 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 Received: from dpdk-xiaoyun3.sh.intel.com ([10.67.119.132]) by orsmga007.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 13 Jun 2019 19:20:37 -0700 From: Xiaoyun Li To: jingjing.wu@intel.com, keith.wiles@intel.com, cunming.liang@intel.com, omkar.maslekar@intel.com Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Xiaoyun Li Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 10:19:40 +0800 Message-Id: <20190614021940.78631-7-xiaoyun.li@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 In-Reply-To: <20190614021940.78631-1-xiaoyun.li@intel.com> References: <20190613075649.67472-1-xiaoyun.li@intel.com> <20190614021940.78631-1-xiaoyun.li@intel.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 6/6] doc: update docs for ntb driver 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: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Update related documents for ntb pmd and example. Signed-off-by: Xiaoyun Li --- MAINTAINERS | 8 +++++ doc/guides/rawdevs/index.rst | 1 + doc/guides/rawdevs/ntb_rawdev.rst | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++ doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst | 15 ++++++++ doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst | 1 + doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ntb.rst | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 6 files changed, 113 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/guides/rawdevs/ntb_rawdev.rst create mode 100644 doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ntb.rst diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 0212fe6d0..b97cc18ba 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -1056,6 +1056,10 @@ M: Nipun Gupta F: drivers/raw/dpaa2_cmdif/ F: doc/guides/rawdevs/dpaa2_cmdif.rst +NTB Rawdev +M: Xiaoyun Li +F: drivers/raw/ntb_rawdev/ +F: doc/guides/rawdevs/ntb_rawdev.rst Packet processing ----------------- @@ -1432,3 +1436,7 @@ F: examples/tep_termination/ F: examples/vmdq/ F: examples/vmdq_dcb/ F: doc/guides/sample_app_ug/vmdq_dcb_forwarding.rst + +M: Xiaoyun Li +F: examples/ntb/ +F: doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ntb.rst diff --git a/doc/guides/rawdevs/index.rst b/doc/guides/rawdevs/index.rst index 7c3bd9586..cf6fcb06b 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rawdevs/index.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rawdevs/index.rst @@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ application through rawdev API. dpaa2_cmdif dpaa2_qdma ifpga_rawdev + ntb_rawdev diff --git a/doc/guides/rawdevs/ntb_rawdev.rst b/doc/guides/rawdevs/ntb_rawdev.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..429e2af3e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/guides/rawdevs/ntb_rawdev.rst @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause + Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation. + +NTB Rawdev Driver +================= + +The ``ntb`` rawdev driver provides a non-transparent bridge between two +separate hosts so that they can communicate with each other. Thus, many +user cases can benefit from this, such as fault tolerance and visual +acceleration. + +This PMD allows two hosts to handshake for device start and stop, memory +allocation for the peer to access and read/write allocated memory from peer. +Also, the PMD allows to use doorbell registers to notify the peer and share +some information by using scratchpad registers. + +But the PMD hasn't implemented FIFO. The FIFO will come in 19.11 release. +And this PMD only supports intel skylake platform. + +BIOS setting on skylake platform +-------------------------------- + +Intel non-transparent bridge needs special BIOS setting. Since the PMD only +supports intel skylake platform, introduce BIOS setting here. The referencce +is https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/server-products/Intel_Xeon_Processor_Scalable_Family_BIOS_User_Guide.pdf + +- Set the needed PCIe port as NTB to NTB mode on both hosts. +- Enable NTB bars and set bar size of bar 23 and bar 45 as 12-29 (2K-512M) + on both hosts. Note that bar size on both hosts should be the same. +- Disable split bars for both hosts. +- Set crosslink control override as DSD/USP on one host, USD/DSP on + another host. +- Disable PCIe PII SSC (Spread Spectrum Clocking) for both hosts. This + is a hardware requirement. + +Build options +------------- + +- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IFPGA_RAWDEV`` (default ``y``) + + Toggle compilation of the ``ntb_rawdev`` driver. diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst index 575c590d9..a4c41a8c1 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst @@ -72,6 +72,21 @@ New Features Added the new Shared Memory Packet Interface (``memif``) PMD. See the :doc:`../nics/memif` guide for more details on this new driver. +* **Introduced NTB PMD.** + + The PMD provided a non-transparent bridge between two separate hosts so + that they can communicate with each other. Thus, many user cases can + benefit from this, such as fault tolerance and visual acceleration. + + This PMD implemented the following features: + * Handshake for device start and stop between two hosts. + * Memory allocation for the peer to access and read/write allocated + memory from peer. + * Use doorbell registers to notify the peer and share some information + by using scratchpad registers. + + But the PMD hasn't implemented FIFO. The FIFO will come in 19.11 release. + And this PMD only supports intel skylake platform. Removed Items ------------- diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst index 2945be08f..f23f8f59e 100644 --- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst +++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst @@ -58,3 +58,4 @@ Sample Applications User Guides fips_validation ipsec_secgw bbdev_app + ntb diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ntb.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ntb.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..079242175 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ntb.rst @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause + Copyright(c) 2019 Intel Corporation. + +NTB Sample Application +====================== + +The ntb sample application shows how to use ntb rawdev driver. +This sample provides interactive mode to transmit file between +two hosts. + +Compiling the Application +------------------------- + +To compile the sample application see :doc:`compiling`. + +The application is located in the ``ntb`` sub-directory. + +Running the Application +----------------------- + +The application requires an available core for each port, plus one. +The only available options are the standard ones for the EAL: + +.. code-block:: console + + ./build/ntb_fwd -c 0xf -n 6 -- -i + +Refer to the *DPDK Getting Started Guide* for general information on +running applications and the Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL) +options. + +Using the application +--------------------- + +The application is console-driven using the cmdline DPDK interface: + +.. code-block:: console + + ntb> + +From this interface the available commands and descriptions of what +they do as as follows: + +* ``send [filepath]``: Send file to the peer host. +* ``receive [filepath]``: Receive file to [filepath]. Need the peer + to send file successfully first. +* ``quit``: Exit program -- 2.17.1