From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga04.intel.com (mga04.intel.com [192.55.52.120]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56EAC1B5E8 for ; Wed, 4 Oct 2017 02:29:03 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga003.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.29]) by fmsmga104.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 03 Oct 2017 17:29:03 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.42,475,1500966000"; d="scan'208";a="906430665" Received: from fyigit-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO [10.241.224.245]) ([10.241.224.245]) by FMSMGA003.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 03 Oct 2017 17:29:01 -0700 To: Tomasz Duszynski , dev@dpdk.org Cc: mw@semihalf.com, dima@marvell.com, nsamsono@marvell.com, Jianbo.liu@linaro.org, Jacek Siuda References: <1506594158-15721-2-git-send-email-tdu@semihalf.com> <1507031500-11473-1-git-send-email-tdu@semihalf.com> <1507031500-11473-4-git-send-email-tdu@semihalf.com> From: Ferruh Yigit Message-ID: Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 01:29:01 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1507031500-11473-4-git-send-email-tdu@semihalf.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/4] doc: add mrvl net pmd documentation 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: Wed, 04 Oct 2017 00:29:04 -0000 On 10/3/2017 12:51 PM, Tomasz Duszynski wrote: > Add documentation for the MRVL NET PMD driver. > > Signed-off-by: Jacek Siuda > Signed-off-by: Tomasz Duszynski <...> > +; > +[Features] > +Speed capabilities = Y This doesn't seems correct please check doc/guides/nics/features.rst > +Link status = Y > +MTU update = Y > +Jumbo frame = Y > +Promiscuous mode = Y > +Allmulticast mode = Y > +Unicast MAC filter = Y > +Multicast MAC filter = Y > +RSS hash = Y > +VLAN filter = Y > +CRC offload = Y > +L3 checksum offload = Y > +L4 checksum offload = Y > +Packet type parsing = Y > +Basic stats = Y > +Stats per queue = Y > +ARMv8 = Y Is other architecture not supported or not tested? > +Usage doc = Y <...> > +Prerequisites > +------------- > + > +- MUSDK (Marvell User-Space SDK) sources available > + `here `_. Is this 17.08 by change related to DPDK version, I mean is there any relation between DPDK version and musdk library version? > + > + MUSDK is a light-weight library that provides direct access to Marvell's > + PPv2 (Packet Processor v2). Alternatively prebuilt MUSDK library can be > + requested from `Marvell Extranet `_. Once > + approval has been granted, library can be found by typing ``musdk`` in > + search box. What is the condition of having an approval? > + > +- DPDK environment > + > + Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux ` to setup > + DPDK environment. > + > + <...> > +Building DPDK > +------------- > + > +Driver needs precompiled MUSDK library during compilation. Detailed build > +process is described in library's documentation under ``doc`` directory. > + > +Before the DPDK build process the environmental variable ``LIBMUSDK_PATH`` with > +the path to the MUSDK installation directory needs to be exported. > + > +Usage Example > +------------- > + > +MRVL PMD requires extra kernel modules to function properly: > + > +.. code-block:: console > + > + insmod musdk_uio.ko > + insmod mv_pp_uio.ko > + insmod mvpp2x_sysfs.ko Why these kernel modules are required and how one can obtain them? These are out of tree kernel modules right? <...>