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diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/cxgbe.rst b/doc/guides/nics/cxgbe.rst index a205b43f..8651a7be 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/cxgbe.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/cxgbe.rst @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .. BSD LICENSE - Copyright 2015 Chelsio Communications. + Copyright 2015-2017 Chelsio Communications. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without @@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ CXGBE Poll Mode Driver ====================== The CXGBE PMD (**librte_pmd_cxgbe**) provides poll mode driver support -for **Chelsio T5** 10/40 Gbps family of adapters. CXGBE PMD has support -for the latest Linux and FreeBSD operating systems. +for **Chelsio Terminator** 10/25/40/100 Gbps family of adapters. CXGBE PMD +has support for the latest Linux and FreeBSD operating systems. More information can be found at `Chelsio Communications Official Website <http://www.chelsio.com>`_. @@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ CXGBE PMD has support for: Limitations ----------- -The Chelsio T5 devices provide two/four ports but expose a single PCI bus -address, thus, librte_pmd_cxgbe registers itself as a -PCI driver that allocates one Ethernet device per detected port. +The Chelsio Terminator series of devices provide two/four ports but +expose a single PCI bus address, thus, librte_pmd_cxgbe registers +itself as a PCI driver that allocates one Ethernet device per detected +port. For this reason, one cannot whitelist/blacklist a single port without whitelisting/blacklisting the other ports on the same device. @@ -70,10 +71,16 @@ Supported Chelsio T5 NICs - 40G NICs: T580-CR, T580-LP-CR, T580-SO-CR - Other T5 NICs: T522-CR +Supported Chelsio T6 NICs +------------------------- + +- 25G NICs: T6425-CR, T6225-CR, T6225-LL-CR, T6225-SO-CR +- 100G NICs: T62100-CR, T62100-LP-CR, T62100-SO-CR + Prerequisites ------------- -- Requires firmware version **1.13.32.0** and higher. Visit +- Requires firmware version **1.16.43.0** and higher. Visit `Chelsio Download Center <http://service.chelsio.com>`_ to get latest firmware bundled with the latest Chelsio Unified Wire package. @@ -123,6 +130,10 @@ enabling debugging options may affect system performance. Toggle display of receiving data path run-time check messages. +- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CXGBE_TPUT`` (default **y**) + + Toggle behaviour to prefer Throughput or Latency. + .. _driver-compilation: Driver compilation and testing @@ -197,12 +208,12 @@ Unified Wire package for Linux operating system are as follows: .. code-block:: console - firmware-version: 1.13.32.0, TP 0.1.4.8 + firmware-version: 1.16.43.0, TP 0.1.4.9 Running testpmd ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -This section demonstrates how to launch **testpmd** with Chelsio T5 +This section demonstrates how to launch **testpmd** with Chelsio devices managed by librte_pmd_cxgbe in Linux operating system. #. Load the kernel module: @@ -226,7 +237,7 @@ devices managed by librte_pmd_cxgbe in Linux operating system. .. note:: - Both the interfaces of a Chelsio T5 2-port adapter are bound to the + Both the interfaces of a Chelsio 2-port adapter are bound to the same PCI bus address. #. Unload the kernel module: @@ -243,7 +254,7 @@ devices managed by librte_pmd_cxgbe in Linux operating system. .. note:: - Currently, CXGBE PMD only supports the binding of PF4 for Chelsio T5 NICs. + Currently, CXGBE PMD only supports the binding of PF4 for Chelsio NICs. Example output: @@ -255,7 +266,7 @@ devices managed by librte_pmd_cxgbe in Linux operating system. EAL: PCI memory mapped at 0x7fd7c0200000 EAL: PCI memory mapped at 0x7fd77cdfd000 EAL: PCI memory mapped at 0x7fd7c10b7000 - PMD: rte_cxgbe_pmd: fw: 1.13.32.0, TP: 0.1.4.8 + PMD: rte_cxgbe_pmd: fw: 1.16.43.0, TP: 0.1.4.9 PMD: rte_cxgbe_pmd: Coming up as MASTER: Initializing adapter Interactive-mode selected Configuring Port 0 (socket 0) @@ -339,12 +350,12 @@ Unified Wire package for FreeBSD operating system are as follows: .. code-block:: console - dev.t5nex.0.firmware_version: 1.13.32.0 + dev.t5nex.0.firmware_version: 1.16.43.0 Running testpmd ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -This section demonstrates how to launch **testpmd** with Chelsio T5 +This section demonstrates how to launch **testpmd** with Chelsio devices managed by librte_pmd_cxgbe in FreeBSD operating system. #. Change to DPDK source directory where the target has been compiled in @@ -413,7 +424,7 @@ devices managed by librte_pmd_cxgbe in FreeBSD operating system. .. note:: - Both the interfaces of a Chelsio T5 2-port adapter are bound to the + Both the interfaces of a Chelsio 2-port adapter are bound to the same PCI bus address. #. Unload the kernel module: @@ -433,7 +444,7 @@ devices managed by librte_pmd_cxgbe in FreeBSD operating system. .. note:: - Currently, CXGBE PMD only supports the binding of PF4 for Chelsio T5 NICs. + Currently, CXGBE PMD only supports the binding of PF4 for Chelsio NICs. #. Load nic_uio kernel driver: @@ -457,7 +468,7 @@ devices managed by librte_pmd_cxgbe in FreeBSD operating system. EAL: PCI memory mapped at 0x8007ec000 EAL: PCI memory mapped at 0x842800000 EAL: PCI memory mapped at 0x80086c000 - PMD: rte_cxgbe_pmd: fw: 1.13.32.0, TP: 0.1.4.8 + PMD: rte_cxgbe_pmd: fw: 1.16.43.0, TP: 0.1.4.9 PMD: rte_cxgbe_pmd: Coming up as MASTER: Initializing adapter Interactive-mode selected Configuring Port 0 (socket 0) |