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+
+DPAA2 Poll Mode Driver
+======================
+
+The DPAA2 NIC PMD (**librte_pmd_dpaa2**) provides poll mode driver
+support for the inbuilt NIC found in the **NXP DPAA2** SoC family.
+
+More information can be found at `NXP Official Website
+<http://www.nxp.com/products/microcontrollers-and-processors/arm-processors/qoriq-arm-processors:QORIQ-ARM>`_.
+
+NXP DPAA2 (Data Path Acceleration Architecture Gen2)
+----------------------------------------------------
+
+This section provides an overview of the NXP DPAA2 architecture
+and how it is integrated into the DPDK.
+
+Contents summary
+
+- DPAA2 overview
+- Overview of DPAA2 objects
+- DPAA2 driver architecture overview
+
+.. _dpaa2_overview:
+
+DPAA2 Overview
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Reference: `FSL MC BUS in Linux Kernel <https://www.kernel.org/doc/readme/drivers-staging-fsl-mc-README.txt>`_.
+
+DPAA2 is a hardware architecture designed for high-speed network
+packet processing. DPAA2 consists of sophisticated mechanisms for
+processing Ethernet packets, queue management, buffer management,
+autonomous L2 switching, virtual Ethernet bridging, and accelerator
+(e.g. crypto) sharing.
+
+A DPAA2 hardware component called the Management Complex (or MC) manages the
+DPAA2 hardware resources. The MC provides an object-based abstraction for
+software drivers to use the DPAA2 hardware.
+
+The MC uses DPAA2 hardware resources such as queues, buffer pools, and
+network ports to create functional objects/devices such as network
+interfaces, an L2 switch, or accelerator instances.
+
+The MC provides memory-mapped I/O command interfaces (MC portals)
+which DPAA2 software drivers use to operate on DPAA2 objects:
+
+The diagram below shows an overview of the DPAA2 resource management
+architecture:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ +--------------------------------------+
+ | OS |
+ | DPAA2 drivers |
+ | | |
+ +-----------------------------|--------+
+ |
+ | (create,discover,connect
+ | config,use,destroy)
+ |
+ DPAA2 |
+ +------------------------| mc portal |-+
+ | | |
+ | +- - - - - - - - - - - - -V- - -+ |
+ | | | |
+ | | Management Complex (MC) | |
+ | | | |
+ | +- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ |
+ | |
+ | Hardware Hardware |
+ | Resources Objects |
+ | --------- ------- |
+ | -queues -DPRC |
+ | -buffer pools -DPMCP |
+ | -Eth MACs/ports -DPIO |
+ | -network interface -DPNI |
+ | profiles -DPMAC |
+ | -queue portals -DPBP |
+ | -MC portals ... |
+ | ... |
+ | |
+ +--------------------------------------+
+
+The MC mediates operations such as create, discover,
+connect, configuration, and destroy. Fast-path operations
+on data, such as packet transmit/receive, are not mediated by
+the MC and are done directly using memory mapped regions in
+DPIO objects.
+
+Overview of DPAA2 Objects
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The section provides a brief overview of some key DPAA2 objects.
+A simple scenario is described illustrating the objects involved
+in creating a network interfaces.
+
+DPRC (Datapath Resource Container)
+
+ A DPRC is a container object that holds all the other
+ types of DPAA2 objects. In the example diagram below there
+ are 8 objects of 5 types (DPMCP, DPIO, DPBP, DPNI, and DPMAC)
+ in the container.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ +---------------------------------------------------------+
+ | DPRC |
+ | |
+ | +-------+ +-------+ +-------+ +-------+ +-------+ |
+ | | DPMCP | | DPIO | | DPBP | | DPNI | | DPMAC | |
+ | +-------+ +-------+ +-------+ +---+---+ +---+---+ |
+ | | DPMCP | | DPIO | |
+ | +-------+ +-------+ |
+ | | DPMCP | |
+ | +-------+ |
+ | |
+ +---------------------------------------------------------+
+
+From the point of view of an OS, a DPRC behaves similar to a plug and
+play bus, like PCI. DPRC commands can be used to enumerate the contents
+of the DPRC, discover the hardware objects present (including mappable
+regions and interrupts).
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ DPRC.1 (bus)
+ |
+ +--+--------+-------+-------+-------+
+ | | | | |
+ DPMCP.1 DPIO.1 DPBP.1 DPNI.1 DPMAC.1
+ DPMCP.2 DPIO.2
+ DPMCP.3
+
+Hardware objects can be created and destroyed dynamically, providing
+the ability to hot plug/unplug objects in and out of the DPRC.
+
+A DPRC has a mappable MMIO region (an MC portal) that can be used
+to send MC commands. It has an interrupt for status events (like
+hotplug).
+
+All objects in a container share the same hardware "isolation context".
+This means that with respect to an IOMMU the isolation granularity
+is at the DPRC (container) level, not at the individual object
+level.
+
+DPRCs can be defined statically and populated with objects
+via a config file passed to the MC when firmware starts
+it. There is also a Linux user space tool called "restool"
+that can be used to create/destroy containers and objects
+dynamically.
+
+DPAA2 Objects for an Ethernet Network Interface
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+A typical Ethernet NIC is monolithic-- the NIC device contains TX/RX
+queuing mechanisms, configuration mechanisms, buffer management,
+physical ports, and interrupts. DPAA2 uses a more granular approach
+utilizing multiple hardware objects. Each object provides specialized
+functions. Groups of these objects are used by software to provide
+Ethernet network interface functionality. This approach provides
+efficient use of finite hardware resources, flexibility, and
+performance advantages.
+
+The diagram below shows the objects needed for a simple
+network interface configuration on a system with 2 CPUs.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ +---+---+ +---+---+
+ CPU0 CPU1
+ +---+---+ +---+---+
+ | |
+ +---+---+ +---+---+
+ DPIO DPIO
+ +---+---+ +---+---+
+ \ /
+ \ /
+ \ /
+ +---+---+
+ DPNI --- DPBP,DPMCP
+ +---+---+
+ |
+ |
+ +---+---+
+ DPMAC
+ +---+---+
+ |
+ port/PHY
+
+Below the objects are described. For each object a brief description
+is provided along with a summary of the kinds of operations the object
+supports and a summary of key resources of the object (MMIO regions
+and IRQs).
+
+DPMAC (Datapath Ethernet MAC): represents an Ethernet MAC, a
+hardware device that connects to an Ethernet PHY and allows
+physical transmission and reception of Ethernet frames.
+
+- MMIO regions: none
+- IRQs: DPNI link change
+- commands: set link up/down, link config, get stats, IRQ config, enable, reset
+
+DPNI (Datapath Network Interface): contains TX/RX queues,
+network interface configuration, and RX buffer pool configuration
+mechanisms. The TX/RX queues are in memory and are identified by
+queue number.
+
+- MMIO regions: none
+- IRQs: link state
+- commands: port config, offload config, queue config, parse/classify config, IRQ config, enable, reset
+
+DPIO (Datapath I/O): provides interfaces to enqueue and dequeue
+packets and do hardware buffer pool management operations. The DPAA2
+architecture separates the mechanism to access queues (the DPIO object)
+from the queues themselves. The DPIO provides an MMIO interface to
+enqueue/dequeue packets. To enqueue something a descriptor is written
+to the DPIO MMIO region, which includes the target queue number.
+There will typically be one DPIO assigned to each CPU. This allows all
+CPUs to simultaneously perform enqueue/dequeued operations. DPIOs are
+expected to be shared by different DPAA2 drivers.
+
+- MMIO regions: queue operations, buffer management
+- IRQs: data availability, congestion notification, buffer pool depletion
+- commands: IRQ config, enable, reset
+
+DPBP (Datapath Buffer Pool): represents a hardware buffer
+pool.
+
+- MMIO regions: none
+- IRQs: none
+- commands: enable, reset
+
+DPMCP (Datapath MC Portal): provides an MC command portal.
+Used by drivers to send commands to the MC to manage
+objects.
+
+- MMIO regions: MC command portal
+- IRQs: command completion
+- commands: IRQ config, enable, reset
+
+Object Connections
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Some objects have explicit relationships that must
+be configured:
+
+- DPNI <--> DPMAC
+- DPNI <--> DPNI
+- DPNI <--> L2-switch-port
+
+A DPNI must be connected to something such as a DPMAC,
+another DPNI, or L2 switch port. The DPNI connection
+is made via a DPRC command.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ +-------+ +-------+
+ | DPNI | | DPMAC |
+ +---+---+ +---+---+
+ | |
+ +==========+
+
+- DPNI <--> DPBP
+
+A network interface requires a 'buffer pool' (DPBP object) which provides
+a list of pointers to memory where received Ethernet data is to be copied.
+The Ethernet driver configures the DPBPs associated with the network
+interface.
+
+Interrupts
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+All interrupts generated by DPAA2 objects are message
+interrupts. At the hardware level message interrupts
+generated by devices will normally have 3 components--
+1) a non-spoofable 'device-id' expressed on the hardware
+bus, 2) an address, 3) a data value.
+
+In the case of DPAA2 devices/objects, all objects in the
+same container/DPRC share the same 'device-id'.
+For ARM-based SoC this is the same as the stream ID.
+
+
+DPAA2 DPDK - Poll Mode Driver Overview
+--------------------------------------
+
+This section provides an overview of the drivers for
+DPAA2-- 1) the bus driver and associated "DPAA2 infrastructure"
+drivers and 2) functional object drivers (such as Ethernet).
+
+As described previously, a DPRC is a container that holds the other
+types of DPAA2 objects. It is functionally similar to a plug-and-play
+bus controller.
+
+Each object in the DPRC is a Linux "device" and is bound to a driver.
+The diagram below shows the dpaa2 drivers involved in a networking
+scenario and the objects bound to each driver. A brief description
+of each driver follows.
+
+.. code-block: console
+
+
+ +------------+
+ | DPDK DPAA2 |
+ | PMD |
+ +------------+ +------------+
+ | Ethernet |.......| Mempool |
+ . . . . . . . . . | (DPNI) | | (DPBP) |
+ . +---+---+----+ +-----+------+
+ . ^ | .
+ . | |<enqueue, .
+ . | | dequeue> .
+ . | | .
+ . +---+---V----+ .
+ . . . . . . . . . . .| DPIO driver| .
+ . . | (DPIO) | .
+ . . +-----+------+ .
+ . . | QBMAN | .
+ . . | Driver | .
+ +----+------+-------+ +-----+----- | .
+ | dpaa2 bus | | .
+ | VFIO fslmc-bus |....................|.....................
+ | | |
+ | /bus/fslmc | |
+ +-------------------+ |
+ |
+ ========================== HARDWARE =====|=======================
+ DPIO
+ |
+ DPNI---DPBP
+ |
+ DPMAC
+ |
+ PHY
+ =========================================|========================
+
+
+A brief description of each driver is provided below.
+
+DPAA2 bus driver
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The DPAA2 bus driver is a rte_bus driver which scans the fsl-mc bus.
+Key functions include:
+
+- Reading the container and setting up vfio group
+- Scanning and parsing the various MC objects and adding them to
+ their respective device list.
+
+Additionally, it also provides the object driver for generic MC objects.
+
+DPIO driver
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The DPIO driver is bound to DPIO objects and provides services that allow
+other drivers such as the Ethernet driver to enqueue and dequeue data for
+their respective objects.
+Key services include:
+
+- Data availability notifications
+- Hardware queuing operations (enqueue and dequeue of data)
+- Hardware buffer pool management
+
+To transmit a packet the Ethernet driver puts data on a queue and
+invokes a DPIO API. For receive, the Ethernet driver registers
+a data availability notification callback. To dequeue a packet
+a DPIO API is used.
+
+There is typically one DPIO object per physical CPU for optimum
+performance, allowing different CPUs to simultaneously enqueue
+and dequeue data.
+
+The DPIO driver operates on behalf of all DPAA2 drivers
+active -- Ethernet, crypto, compression, etc.
+
+DPBP based Mempool driver
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The DPBP driver is bound to a DPBP objects and provides sevices to
+create a hardware offloaded packet buffer mempool.
+
+DPAA2 NIC Driver
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The Ethernet driver is bound to a DPNI and implements the kernel
+interfaces needed to connect the DPAA2 network interface to
+the network stack.
+
+Each DPNI corresponds to a DPDK network interface.
+
+Features
+^^^^^^^^
+
+Features of the DPAA2 PMD are:
+
+- Multiple queues for TX and RX
+- Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
+- Packet type information
+- Checksum offload
+- Promiscuous mode
+
+Supported DPAA2 SoCs
+--------------------
+
+- LS2080A/LS2040A
+- LS2084A/LS2044A
+- LS2088A/LS2048A
+- LS1088A/LS1048A
+
+Prerequisites
+-------------
+
+There are three main pre-requisities for executing DPAA2 PMD on a DPAA2
+compatible board:
+
+1. **ARM 64 Tool Chain**
+
+ For example, the `*aarch64* Linaro Toolchain <https://releases.linaro.org/components/toolchain/binaries/4.9-2017.01/aarch64-linux-gnu>`_.
+
+2. **Linux Kernel**
+
+ It can be obtained from `NXP's Github hosting <https://github.com/qoriq-open-source/linux>`_.
+
+3. **Rootfile system**
+
+ Any *aarch64* supporting filesystem can be used. For example,
+ Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily) or 16.04 LTS (Xenial) userland which can be obtained
+ from `here <http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-base/releases/16.04/release/ubuntu-base-16.04.1-base-arm64.tar.gz>`_.
+
+As an alternative method, DPAA2 PMD can also be executed using images provided
+as part of SDK from NXP. The SDK includes all the above prerequisites necessary
+to bring up a DPAA2 board.
+
+The following dependencies are not part of DPDK and must be installed
+separately:
+
+- **NXP Linux SDK**
+
+ NXP Linux software development kit (SDK) includes support for family
+ of QorIQ® ARM-Architecture-based system on chip (SoC) processors
+ and corresponding boards.
+
+ It includes the Linux board support packages (BSPs) for NXP SoCs,
+ a fully operational tool chain, kernel and board specific modules.
+
+ SDK and related information can be obtained from: `NXP QorIQ SDK <http://www.nxp.com/products/software-and-tools/run-time-software/linux-sdk/linux-sdk-for-qoriq-processors:SDKLINUX>`_.
+
+- **DPDK Helper Scripts**
+
+ DPAA2 based resources can be configured easily with the help of ready scripts
+ as provided in the DPDK helper repository.
+
+ `DPDK Helper Scripts <https://github.com/qoriq-open-source/dpdk-helper>`_.
+
+Currently supported by DPDK:
+
+- NXP SDK **2.0+**.
+- MC Firmware version **10.0.0** and higher.
+- Supported architectures: **arm64 LE**.
+
+- Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux <linux_gsg>` to setup the basic DPDK environment.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Some part of fslmc bus code (mc flib - object library) routines are
+ dual licensed (BSD & GPLv2).
+
+Pre-Installation Configuration
+------------------------------
+
+Config File Options
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file.
+Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
+
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_FSLMC_BUS`` (default ``n``)
+
+ By default it is enabled only for defconfig_arm64-dpaa2-* config.
+ Toggle compilation of the ``librte_bus_fslmc`` driver.
+
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA2_PMD`` (default ``n``)
+
+ By default it is enabled only for defconfig_arm64-dpaa2-* config.
+ Toggle compilation of the ``librte_pmd_dpaa2`` driver.
+
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA2_DEBUG_DRIVER`` (default ``n``)
+
+ Toggle display of generic debugging messages
+
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA2_USE_PHYS_IOVA`` (default ``y``)
+
+ Toggle to use physical address vs virtual address for hardware accelerators.
+
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA2_DEBUG_INIT`` (default ``n``)
+
+ Toggle display of initialization related messages.
+
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA2_DEBUG_RX`` (default ``n``)
+
+ Toggle display of receive fast path run-time message
+
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA2_DEBUG_TX`` (default ``n``)
+
+ Toggle display of transmit fast path run-time message
+
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA2_DEBUG_TX_FREE`` (default ``n``)
+
+ Toggle display of transmit fast path buffer free run-time message
+
+Driver compilation and testing
+------------------------------
+
+Refer to the document :ref:`compiling and testing a PMD for a NIC <pmd_build_and_test>`
+for details.
+
+#. Running testpmd:
+
+ Follow instructions available in the document
+ :ref:`compiling and testing a PMD for a NIC <pmd_build_and_test>`
+ to run testpmd.
+
+ Example output:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ ./arm64-dpaa2-linuxapp-gcc/testpmd -c 0xff -n 1 \
+ -- -i --portmask=0x3 --nb-cores=1 --no-flush-rx
+
+ .....
+ EAL: Registered [pci] bus.
+ EAL: Registered [fslmc] bus.
+ EAL: Detected 8 lcore(s)
+ EAL: Probing VFIO support...
+ EAL: VFIO support initialized
+ .....
+ PMD: DPAA2: Processing Container = dprc.2
+ EAL: fslmc: DPRC contains = 51 devices
+ EAL: fslmc: Bus scan completed
+ .....
+ Configuring Port 0 (socket 0)
+ Port 0: 00:00:00:00:00:01
+ Configuring Port 1 (socket 0)
+ Port 1: 00:00:00:00:00:02
+ .....
+ Checking link statuses...
+ Port 0 Link Up - speed 10000 Mbps - full-duplex
+ Port 1 Link Up - speed 10000 Mbps - full-duplex
+ Done
+ testpmd>
+
+Limitations
+-----------
+
+Platform Requirement
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+DPAA2 drivers for DPDK can only work on NXP SoCs as listed in the
+``Supported DPAA2 SoCs``.
+
+Maximum packet length
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The DPAA2 SoC family support a maximum of a 10240 jumbo frame. The value
+is fixed and cannot be changed. So, even when the ``rxmode.max_rx_pkt_len``
+member of ``struct rte_eth_conf`` is set to a value lower than 10240, frames
+up to 10240 bytes can still reach the host interface.