[dpdk-dev,v3,5/6] doc: add documentation for szedata2 PMD
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v3:
Edit formatting.
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Signed-off-by: Matej Vido <matejvido@gmail.com>
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doc/guides/nics/index.rst | 1 +
doc/guides/nics/szedata2.rst | 127 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
doc/guides/prog_guide/source_org.rst | 1 +
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create mode 100644 doc/guides/nics/szedata2.rst
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Matej Vido
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 2:18 PM
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> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/6] doc: add documentation for szedata2 PMD
>
> v3:
> Edit formatting.
> Add links.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matej Vido <matejvido@gmail.com>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Network Interface Controller Drivers
intel_vf
mlx4
mlx5
+ szedata2
virtio
vmxnet3
pcap_ring
new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+.. BSD LICENSE
+ Copyright 2015 CESNET
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+
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+ are met:
+
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+
+SZEDATA2 poll mode driver library
+=================================
+
+The SZEDATA2 poll mode driver library implements support for cards from COMBO
+family (**COMBO-80G**, **COMBO-100G**).
+The SZEDATA2 PMD is virtual PMD which uses interface provided by libsze2
+library to communicate with COMBO cards over sze2 layer.
+
+More information about family of
+`COMBO cards <https://www.liberouter.org/technologies/cards/>`_
+and used technology
+(`NetCOPE platform <https://www.liberouter.org/technologies/netcope/>`_) can be
+found on the `Liberouter website <https://www.liberouter.org/>`_.
+
+.. note::
+
+ This driver has external dependencies.
+ Therefore it is disabled in default configuration files.
+ It can be enabled by setting ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_SZEDATA2=y``
+ and recompiling.
+
+Prerequisities
+--------------
+
+This PMD requires kernel modules which are responsible for initialization and
+allocation of resources needed for sze2 layer function.
+Communication between PMD and kernel modules is mediated by libsze2 library.
+These kernel modules and library are not part of DPDK and must be installed
+separately:
+
+* **libsze2 library**
+
+ The library provides API for initialization of sze2 transfers, receiving and
+ transmitting data segments.
+
+* **Kernel modules**
+
+ * combov3
+ * szedata2_cv3
+
+ Kernel modules manage initialization of hardware, allocation and
+ sharing of resources for user space applications:
+
+Information about getting the dependencies can be found `here
+<https://www.liberouter.org/technologies/netcope/access-to-libsze2-library/>`_.
+
+
+Using the SZEDATA2 PMD
+----------------------
+
+SZEDATA2 PMD can be created by passing ``--vdev=`` option to EAL in the
+following format:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ --vdev 'DEVICE,dev_path=PATH,rx_ifaces=RX_MASK,tx_ifaces=TX_MASK'
+
+``DEVICE`` and options ``dev_path``, ``rx_ifaces``, ``tx_ifaces`` are mandatory
+and must be separated by commas.
+
+* ``DEVICE``: contains prefix ``eth_szedata2`` followed by numbers or letters,
+ must be unique for each virtual device
+
+* ``dev_path``: Defines path to szedata2 device.
+ Value is valid path to szedata2 device. Example:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ dev_path=/dev/szedataII0
+
+* ``rx_ifaces``: Defines which receive channels will be used.
+ For each channel is created one queue. Value is mask for selecting which
+ receive channels are required. Example:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ rx_ifaces=0x3
+
+* ``tx_ifaces``: Defines which transmit channels will be used.
+ For each channel is created one queue. Value is mask for selecting which
+ transmit channels are required. Example:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ tx_ifaces=0x3
+
+Example of usage
+----------------
+
+Read packets from 0. and 1. receive channel and write them to 0. and 1.
+transmit channel:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -c 0xf -n 2 \
+ --vdev 'eth_szedata20,dev_path=/dev/szedataII0,rx_ifaces=0x3,tx_ifaces=0x3' \
+ -- --port-topology=chained --rxq=2 --txq=2 --nb-cores=2
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ The drivers directory has a *net* subdirectory which contains::
+-- null # NULL poll mode driver for testing
+-- pcap # PCAP poll mode driver
+-- ring # Ring poll mode driver
+ +-- szedata2 # SZEDATA2 poll mode driver
+-- virtio # Virtio poll mode driver
+-- vmxnet3 # VMXNET3 poll mode driver
+-- xenvirt # Xen virtio poll mode driver