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 8FD621B50D for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2018 11:19:34 +0100 (CET) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga008.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.65]) by fmsmga106.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 13 Dec 2018 02:19:34 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.56,348,1539673200"; d="scan'208";a="101210471" Received: from dpdk-xiao-1.sh.intel.com ([10.67.111.145]) by orsmga008.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 13 Dec 2018 02:19:32 -0800 From: Xiao Wang To: alejandro.lucero@netronome.com, tiwei.bie@intel.com Cc: maxime.coquelin@redhat.com, dev@dpdk.org, zhihong.wang@intel.com, xiaolong.ye@intel.com, Xiao Wang Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 18:09:10 +0800 Message-Id: <20181213100910.13087-10-xiao.w.wang@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.15.1 In-Reply-To: <20181213100910.13087-1-xiao.w.wang@intel.com> References: <20181213011014.110089-3-xiao.w.wang@intel.com> <20181213100910.13087-1-xiao.w.wang@intel.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 9/9] doc: update ifc NIC document 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: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 10:19:35 -0000 Add the SW assisted VDPA live migration feature into NIC doc. Signed-off-by: Xiao Wang --- v3: * Add commit message for the doc update patch. * More description on the device argument. v2: * Add release note. --- doc/guides/nics/ifc.rst | 8 ++++++++ doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_02.rst | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ifc.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ifc.rst index 48f9adf1d..eb55d329a 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/ifc.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/ifc.rst @@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ the driver probe a new container is created for this device, with this container vDPA driver can program DMA remapping table with the VM's memory region information. +The device argument "swlm=1" will configure the driver into SW assisted live +migration mode. In this mode, the driver will set up a SW relay thread when LM +happens, this thread will help device to log dirty pages. Thus this mode does +not require HW to implement a dirty page logging function block, but will +consume some percentage of CPU resource depending on the network throughput. +If no "swlm=1" specified, driver will rely on device's logging capability. + Key IFCVF vDPA driver ops ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -70,6 +77,7 @@ Features Features of the IFCVF driver are: - Compatibility with virtio 0.95 and 1.0. +- SW assisted vDPA live migration. Prerequisites diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_02.rst index a94fa86a7..ea3909631 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_02.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_02.rst @@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ New Features Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. ========================================================= +* **Add support for SW-assisted VDPA live migration.** + This SW-assisted VDPA live migration facility helps VDPA devices without + logging capability to perform live migration, a mediate SW relay can help + devices to track dirty pages caused by DMA. IFC driver has enabled this + SW-assisted live migration mode. Removed Items ------------- -- 2.15.1