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doc: add VFIO in ENA guide

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Add instruction how to bind ENA to VFIO-PCI driver.

Fixes: cf8a122c29 ("ena: introduce documentation")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Zorik Machulsky <zorik@amazon.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafal Kozik <rk@semihalf.com>
Acked-by: Michal Krawczyk <mk@semihalf.com>
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Rafal Kozik 2018-10-10 14:08:15 +02:00 committed by Ferruh Yigit
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doc/guides/nics/ena.rst
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@ -187,11 +187,20 @@ Prerequisites
-------------
#. Prepare the system as recommended by DPDK suite. This includes environment
variables, hugepages configuration, tool-chains and configuration
variables, hugepages configuration, tool-chains and configuration.
#. Insert igb_uio kernel module using the command 'modprobe igb_uio'
#. ENA PMD can operate with ``vfio-pci`` or ``igb_uio`` driver.
#. Bind the intended ENA device to igb_uio module
#. Insert ``vfio-pci`` or ``igb_uio`` kernel module using the command
``modprobe vfio-pci`` or ``modprobe igb_uio`` respectively.
#. For ``vfio-pci`` users only:
Please make sure that ``IOMMU`` is enabled in your system,
or use ``vfio`` driver in ``noiommu`` mode::
echo 1 > /sys/module/vfio/parameters/enable_unsafe_noiommu_mode
#. Bind the intended ENA device to ``vfio-pci`` or ``igb_uio`` module.
At this point the system should be ready to run DPDK applications. Once the

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doc/guides/nics/features/ena.ini
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@ -23,5 +23,6 @@ Inner L4 checksum = Y
Basic stats = Y
Extended stats = Y
Linux UIO = Y
Linux VFIO = Y
x86-32 = Y
x86-64 = Y