From: Rasesh Mody <rmody@marvell.com>
To: <dev@dpdk.org>, Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Cc: Rasesh Mody <rmody@marvell.com>, <GR-Everest-DPDK-Dev@marvell.com>
Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update qede PMD guide
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 23:51:17 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191122075117.30238-1-rmody@marvell.com> (raw)
- Add note for Co-existence of DPDK and Linux drivers.
- Update the firmware version in example.
- Add Config note for potential error due to lack of memzone desciptor
count.
Signed-off-by: Rasesh Mody <rmody@marvell.com>
---
doc/guides/nics/qede.rst | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst b/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst
index 2f4045795..9c14dd006 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ Co-existence considerations
to the PFs of a given adapter and either qede PMD or Linux drivers
(qed and qede) can be bound to the VFs of the adapter.
+- To use DPDK on some PFs and Linux drivers on other PFs of an adapter,
+ create a VF each on the PFs where DPDK will be used, attach DPDK to
+ these VFs and Linux drivers to the other PFs where no VFs are created.
+
Supported QLogic Adapters
-------------------------
@@ -82,9 +86,7 @@ Prerequisites
inbox in certain newer Linux distros under the standard directory
``E.g. /lib/firmware/qed/qed_init_values-8.40.33.0.bin``.
If the required firmware files are not available then download it from
- `linux-firmware git repository <http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/qed>`_
- or `QLogic Driver Download Center <http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com/QLogicDriverDownloads_UI/DefaultNewSearch.aspx>`_.
- To download firmware file from QLogic website, select adapter category, model and DPDK Poll Mode Driver.
+ `linux-firmware git repository <http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/qed>`_.
- Requires the NIC be updated minimally with **8.30.x.x** Management firmware(MFW) version supported for that NIC.
It is highly recommended that the NIC be updated with the latest available management firmware version to get latest feature set.
@@ -99,7 +101,6 @@ Prerequisites
`QLogic Driver Download Center <http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com/QLogicDriverDownloads_UI/DefaultNewSearch.aspx>`_.
For downloading PF driver, select adapter category, model and Linux distro.
-
Performance note
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -126,12 +127,26 @@ enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_FW`` (default **""**)
Gives absolute path of firmware file.
- ``Eg: "/lib/firmware/qed/qed_init_values-8.37.7.0.bin"``
+ ``Eg: "/lib/firmware/qed/qed_init_values-8.40.33.0.bin"``
Empty string indicates driver will pick up the firmware file
from the default location /lib/firmware/qed.
CAUTION this option is more for custom firmware, it is not
recommended for use under normal condition.
+Config notes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+When there are multiple adapters and/or large number of Rx/Tx queues
+configured on the adapters, the default (2560) number of memzone
+descriptors may not be enough. Please increase the number of memzone
+descriptors to a higher number as needed. When sufficient number of
+memzone descriptors are not configured, user can potentially run into
+following error.
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ EAL: memzone_reserve_aligned_thread_unsafe(): No more room in config
+
Driver compilation and testing
------------------------------
--
2.18.0
next reply other threads:[~2019-11-22 7:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-11-22 7:51 Rasesh Mody [this message]
2019-11-22 14:32 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-11-22 19:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [EXT] " Rasesh Mody
2019-11-22 23:31 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] " Rasesh Mody
2019-11-25 15:32 ` Ferruh Yigit
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