numam-dpdk/doc/guides/nics/liquidio.rst
Bruce Richardson 8809f78c7d doc: fix driver names
Since the built driver filenames have changed in DPDK 20.11, we need to
update the driver doc to match.

Most drivers start their section with the driver filename highlighted in
bold, while a number were missing the highlight. When updating the names,
add the markers for bold text to any missing it, so as to have things more
consistent.

Fixes: a20b2c01a7 ("build: standardize component names and defines")

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Rosen Xu <rosen.xu@intel.com>
Acked-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>
2020-11-03 16:23:03 +01:00

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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
Copyright(c) 2017 Cavium, Inc
LiquidIO VF Poll Mode Driver
============================
The LiquidIO VF PMD library (**librte_net_liquidio**) provides poll mode driver support for
Cavium LiquidIO® II server adapter VFs. PF management and VF creation can be
done using kernel driver.
More information can be found at `Cavium Official Website
<http://cavium.com/LiquidIO_Adapters.html>`_.
Supported LiquidIO Adapters
-----------------------------
- LiquidIO II CN2350 210SV/225SV
- LiquidIO II CN2350 210SVPT
- LiquidIO II CN2360 210SV/225SV
- LiquidIO II CN2360 210SVPT
SR-IOV: Prerequisites and Sample Application Notes
--------------------------------------------------
This section provides instructions to configure SR-IOV with Linux OS.
#. Verify SR-IOV and ARI capabilities are enabled on the adapter using ``lspci``:
.. code-block:: console
lspci -s <slot> -vvv
Example output:
.. code-block:: console
[...]
Capabilities: [148 v1] Alternative Routing-ID Interpretation (ARI)
[...]
Capabilities: [178 v1] Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)
[...]
Kernel driver in use: LiquidIO
#. Load the kernel module:
.. code-block:: console
modprobe liquidio
#. Bring up the PF ports:
.. code-block:: console
ifconfig p4p1 up
ifconfig p4p2 up
#. Change PF MTU if required:
.. code-block:: console
ifconfig p4p1 mtu 9000
ifconfig p4p2 mtu 9000
#. Create VF device(s):
Echo number of VFs to be created into ``"sriov_numvfs"`` sysfs entry
of the parent PF.
.. code-block:: console
echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:03:00.0/sriov_numvfs
echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:03:00.1/sriov_numvfs
#. Assign VF MAC address:
Assign MAC address to the VF using iproute2 utility. The syntax is::
ip link set <PF iface> vf <VF id> mac <macaddr>
Example output:
.. code-block:: console
ip link set p4p1 vf 0 mac F2:A8:1B:5E:B4:66
#. Assign VF(s) to VM.
The VF devices may be passed through to the guest VM using qemu or
virt-manager or virsh etc.
Example qemu guest launch command:
.. code-block:: console
./qemu-system-x86_64 -name lio-vm -machine accel=kvm \
-cpu host -m 4096 -smp 4 \
-drive file=<disk_file>,if=none,id=disk1,format=<type> \
-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,drive=disk1,id=virtio-disk1,bootindex=1 \
-device vfio-pci,host=03:00.3 -device vfio-pci,host=03:08.3
#. Running testpmd
Refer to the document
:ref:`compiling and testing a PMD for a NIC <pmd_build_and_test>` to run
``testpmd`` application.
.. note::
Use ``igb_uio`` instead of ``vfio-pci`` in VM.
Example output:
.. code-block:: console
[...]
EAL: PCI device 0000:03:00.3 on NUMA socket 0
EAL: probe driver: 177d:9712 net_liovf
EAL: using IOMMU type 1 (Type 1)
PMD: net_liovf[03:00.3]INFO: DEVICE : CN23XX VF
EAL: PCI device 0000:03:08.3 on NUMA socket 0
EAL: probe driver: 177d:9712 net_liovf
PMD: net_liovf[03:08.3]INFO: DEVICE : CN23XX VF
Interactive-mode selected
USER1: create a new mbuf pool <mbuf_pool_socket_0>: n=171456, size=2176, socket=0
Configuring Port 0 (socket 0)
PMD: net_liovf[03:00.3]INFO: Starting port 0
Port 0: F2:A8:1B:5E:B4:66
Configuring Port 1 (socket 0)
PMD: net_liovf[03:08.3]INFO: Starting port 1
Port 1: 32:76:CC:EE:56:D7
Checking link statuses...
Port 0 Link Up - speed 10000 Mbps - full-duplex
Port 1 Link Up - speed 10000 Mbps - full-duplex
Done
testpmd>
#. Enabling VF promiscuous mode
One VF per PF can be marked as trusted for promiscuous mode.
.. code-block:: console
ip link set dev <PF iface> vf <VF id> trust on
Limitations
-----------
VF MTU
~~~~~~
VF MTU is limited by PF MTU. Raise PF value before configuring VF for larger packet size.
VLAN offload
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tx VLAN insertion is not supported and consequently VLAN offload feature is
marked partial.
Ring size
~~~~~~~~~
Number of descriptors for Rx/Tx ring should be in the range 128 to 512.
CRC stripping
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LiquidIO adapters strip ethernet FCS of every packet coming to the host interface.