[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/4] doc: add mrvl net pmd documentation

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 10/3/2017 12:51 PM, Tomasz Duszynski wrote:
> Add documentation for the MRVL NET PMD driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jacek Siuda <jck at semihalf.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tomasz Duszynski <jck at semihalf.com>

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> +;
> +[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

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> +Prerequisites
> +-------------
> +
> +- MUSDK (Marvell User-Space SDK) sources available
> +  `here <https://github.com/MarvellEmbeddedProcessors/musdk-marvell/tree/musdk-armada-17.08>`_.

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 <https://extranet.marvell.com>`_. 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 <linux_gsg>` to setup
> +    DPDK environment.
> +
> +

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> +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?

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