[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] doc: added documentation for szedata2 PMD

Matej Vido vido at cesnet.cz
Fri Jun 19 10:25:01 CEST 2015


Signed-off-by: Matej Vido <vido at cesnet.cz>
---
 doc/guides/nics/index.rst            |   1 +
 doc/guides/nics/szedata2.rst         | 105 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 doc/guides/prog_guide/source_org.rst |   1 +
 3 files changed, 107 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/guides/nics/szedata2.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/index.rst b/doc/guides/nics/index.rst
index 1ee67fa..4218f90 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/index.rst
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Network Interface Controller Drivers
     ixgbe
     intel_vf
     mlx4
+    szedata2
     virtio
     vmxnet3
     pcap_ring
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/szedata2.rst b/doc/guides/nics/szedata2.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05864c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/szedata2.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
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+
+SZEDATA2 PMD
+============
+
+SZEDATA2 PMD is virtual PMD which uses sze2 layer to communicate with COMBO
+cards (COMBO-80G, COMBO-100G) using interface provided by libsze2 library.
+
+.. 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**
+
+  This library provides API for initialization of sze2 transfers, receiving and
+  transmitting data segments.
+
+- **Kernel modules**
+
+  These kernel modules manage initialization of hardware, allocation and sharing
+  of resources for user space applications:
+
+  - combov3
+  - szedata2_cv3
+
+Using PMD
+---------
+
+SZEDATA2 PMD can be created by passing --vdev= option to EAL in the following
+format:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    --vdev 'DEVICE_NAME,dev_path=PATH_TO_SZEDATA2_DEVICE,rx_ifaces=RX_MASK,tx_ifaces=TX_MASK'
+
+DEVICE_NAME and options dev_path, rx_ifaces, tx_ifaces are mandatory and must
+be separated by commas.
+
+*   DEVICE_NAME: 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.
+
+        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.
+
+        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.
+
+        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
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/source_org.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/source_org.rst
index 4f6f489..e43d8c1 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/source_org.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/source_org.rst
@@ -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
-- 
Matej Vido
Software Developer
CESNET, a. l. e.



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