Alfredo Cardigliano a72cf98cc9 net/ionic: add skeleton
Add makefile and config file options to compile the Pensando ionic PMD.
Add feature and version map file.
Update maintainers file.

Signed-off-by: Alfredo Cardigliano <cardigliano@ntop.org>
Reviewed-by: Shannon Nelson <snelson@pensando.io>
2020-01-20 18:02:17 +01:00

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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: (BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0)
Copyright(c) 2018-2019 Pensando Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
IONIC Driver
============
The ionic driver provides support for Pensando server adapters.
It currently supports the below models:
- `Naples DSC-25 <https://pensando.io/assets/documents/Naples-25_ProductBrief_10-2019.pdf>`_
- `Naples DSC-100 <https://pensando.io/assets/documents/Naples_100_ProductBrief-10-2019.pdf>`_
Please visit https://pensando.io for more information.
Identifying the Adapter
-----------------------
To find if one or more Pensando PCI Ethernet devices are installed
on the host, check for the PCI devices:
.. code-block:: console
lspci -d 1dd8:
b5:00.0 Ethernet controller: Device 1dd8:1002
b6:00.0 Ethernet controller: Device 1dd8:1002
Pre-Installation Configuration
------------------------------
The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file.
- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IONIC_PMD`` (default ``y``)
Toggle compilation of ionic PMD.
Building DPDK
-------------
The ionic PMD driver supports UIO and VFIO, please refer to the
:ref:`DPDK documentation that comes with the DPDK suite <linux_gsg>`
for instructions on how to build DPDK.