[dpdk-dev] Fwd: PMD for Broadcom/Emulex OCe14000 OCP Skyhawk-R

[sujith sankar]

On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 12:50 PM, Vincent JARDIN
<vincent.jardin at 6wind.com> wrote:
> Le 07/03/2018 à 04:56, sujith sankar a écrit :
>>
>> Is PMD for Broadcom/Emulex OCe14000 OCP Skyhawk-R available?  There
>> are a few documents in Broadcom's site.  But could not find the source
>> code of it.
>
>
> Right, it has not been upstreamed. Currently, it is even deprecated at 6WIND
> for our new releases.
>   www.6wind.com/products/6windgate/6windgate-platfoarm-support/
> see the NIC section.
>
>>
>> I believe 6Wind team developed the PMD for Broadcom.  But what is the
>> status of it?  Is it freely available?
>
>
> I guess you are referring to:
>   https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/12356248
>
> This PMD is deprecated. We kept it only for old DPDK releases because it
> relies on some specific SDK from Emulex/Skyhawk's designers! The PMD without
> the SDK is useless.
>
>>
>> Tried to get some help from users alias, but could not.
>> Could someone please help me with info on this?
>
>
> In fact, the best option is to use AF_XDP PMD if you need to support this
> Emulex/SkyhawkNIC. Please, give a try to this AF_XDP PMD. Your benchmarks
> will be welcomed. I guess it is better to invest time in improving AF_XDP
> PMD,
>   http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-February/091502.html
>

Thanks Vincent !  Your inputs are much appreciated.

Regards,
-Sujith

> best regards,
>   Vincent