[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: introduce networking driver matrix

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>]

In order to better compare the drivers and check what is missing
for a common baseline, we need to fill a matrix.

A CSS trick is used to fit the HTML page.
The PDF output needs some LaTeX wizardry.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
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 doc/guides/nics/index.rst    |   1 +
 doc/guides/nics/overview.rst | 145 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 146 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/guides/nics/overview.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/index.rst b/doc/guides/nics/index.rst
index 33c9cea..8618114 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/index.rst
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Network Interface Controller Drivers
     :maxdepth: 3
     :numbered:
 
+    overview
     bnx2x
     cxgbe
     e1000em
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/overview.rst b/doc/guides/nics/overview.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
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+
+Overview of Networking Drivers
+==============================
+
+The networking drivers may be classified in two categories:
+
+- physical for real devices
+- virtual for emulated devices
+
+Some physical devices may be shaped through a virtual layer as for
+SR-IOV.
+The interface seen in the virtual environment is a VF (Virtual Function).
+
+The ethdev layer exposes an API to use the networking functions
+of these devices.
+The bottom half part of ethdev is implemented by the drivers.
+Thus some features may not be implemented.
+
+There are more differences between drivers regarding some internal properties,
+portability or even documentation availability.
+Most of these differences are summarized below.
+
+.. _table_net_pmd_features:
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+   <style>
+      table#id1 th {
+         font-size: 80%;
+         white-space: pre-wrap;
+         text-align: center;
+         vertical-align: top;
+         padding: 5px;
+      }
+      table#id1 th:first-child {
+         vertical-align: bottom;
+      }
+      table#id1 td {
+         font-size: 70%;
+         padding: 1px;
+      }
+      table#id1 td:first-child {
+         padding-left: 1em;
+      }
+   </style>
+
+.. table:: Features availability in networking drivers
+
+   ==================== = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
+   Feature              a b b b c e e i i i i i i f m m m n n p r s v v x
+                        f n n o x 1 n 4 4 g g x x m l l p f u c i z i m e
+                        p x x n g 0 i 0 0 b b g g 1 x x i p l a n e r x n
+                        a 2 2 d b 0 c e e   v b b 0 4 5 p   l p g d t n v
+                        c x x i e 0     v   f e e k     e         a i e i
+                        k   v n         f       v                 t o t r
+                        e   f g                 f                 a   3 t
+                        t                                         2
+   ==================== = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
+   link status
+   link status event
+   Rx interrupt
+   queue start/stop
+   MTU update
+   jumbo frame
+   scattered Rx
+   LRO
+   TSO
+   promiscuous mode
+   allmulticast mode
+   unicast MAC filter
+   multicast MAC filter
+   RSS hash
+   RSS key update
+   RSS reta update
+   VMDq
+   SR-IOV
+   DCB
+   VLAN filter
+   ethertype filter
+   n-tuple filter
+   SYN filter
+   tunnel filter
+   flexible filter
+   hash filter
+   flow director
+   flow control
+   rate limitation
+   traffic mirroring
+   CRC offload
+   VLAN offload
+   QinQ offload
+   L3 checksum offload
+   L4 checksum offload
+   inner L3 checksum
+   inner L4 checksum
+   packet type parsing
+   timesync
+   basic stats
+   extended stats
+   stats per queue
+   EEPROM dump
+   registers dump
+   multiprocess aware
+   BSD nic_uio
+   Linux UIO
+   Linux VFIO
+   other kdrv
+   ARMv7
+   ARMv8
+   Power8
+   TILE-Gx
+   x86-32
+   x86-64
+   usage doc
+   design doc
+   perf doc
+   ==================== = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
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