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In order to better compare the drivers and check what is missing for a common baseline, we need to fill a matrix. A CSS trick is used to fit the HTML page. The PDF output needs some LaTeX wizardry. Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
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.. BSD LICENSE
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distribution.
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contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
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Overview of Networking Drivers
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==============================
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The networking drivers may be classified in two categories:
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- physical for real devices
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- virtual for emulated devices
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Some physical devices may be shaped through a virtual layer as for
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SR-IOV.
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The interface seen in the virtual environment is a VF (Virtual Function).
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The ethdev layer exposes an API to use the networking functions
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of these devices.
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The bottom half part of ethdev is implemented by the drivers.
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Thus some features may not be implemented.
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There are more differences between drivers regarding some internal properties,
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portability or even documentation availability.
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Most of these differences are summarized below.
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.. _table_net_pmd_features:
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.. raw:: html
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<style>
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table#id1 th {
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font-size: 80%;
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white-space: pre-wrap;
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text-align: center;
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vertical-align: top;
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padding: 3px;
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}
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table#id1 th:first-child {
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vertical-align: bottom;
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}
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table#id1 td {
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font-size: 70%;
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padding: 1px;
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}
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table#id1 td:first-child {
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padding-left: 1em;
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}
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</style>
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.. table:: Features availability in networking drivers
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==================== = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
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Feature a b b b c e e i i i i i i i i i i f f m m m n n p r s v v v x
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f n n o x 1 n 4 4 4 4 g g x x x x m m l l p f u c i z i i m e
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p x x n g 0 i 0 0 0 0 b b g g g g 1 1 x x i p l a n e r r x n
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a 2 2 d b 0 c e e e e v b b b b 0 0 4 5 p l p g d t t n v
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c x x i e 0 . v v f e e e e k k e a i i e i
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k v n . f f . v v . t o o t r
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e f g . . . f f . a . 3 t
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t v v v v v 2 v
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e e e e e e
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c c c c c c
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==================== = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
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link status
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link status event
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Rx interrupt
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queue start/stop
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MTU update
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jumbo frame
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scattered Rx
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LRO
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TSO
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promiscuous mode
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allmulticast mode
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unicast MAC filter
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multicast MAC filter
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RSS hash
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RSS key update
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RSS reta update
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VMDq
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SR-IOV
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DCB
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VLAN filter
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ethertype filter
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n-tuple filter
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SYN filter
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tunnel filter
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flexible filter
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hash filter
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flow director
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flow control
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rate limitation
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traffic mirroring
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CRC offload
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VLAN offload
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QinQ offload
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L3 checksum offload
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L4 checksum offload
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inner L3 checksum
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inner L4 checksum
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packet type parsing
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timesync
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basic stats
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extended stats
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stats per queue
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EEPROM dump
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registers dump
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multiprocess aware
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BSD nic_uio
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Linux UIO
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Linux VFIO
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other kdrv
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ARMv7
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ARMv8
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Power8
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TILE-Gx
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x86-32
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x86-64
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usage doc
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design doc
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perf doc
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==================== = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
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