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diff --git a/src/plugins/rdma/rdma_doc.md b/src/plugins/rdma/rdma_doc.md deleted file mode 100644 index 3fed5b6fc49..00000000000 --- a/src/plugins/rdma/rdma_doc.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,75 +0,0 @@ -# RDMA (ibverb) Ethernet driver {#rdma_doc} - -This driver relies on Linux rdma-core (libibverb) userspace poll-mode driver -to rx/tx Ethernet packets. Despite using the RDMA APIs, this is **not** about -RDMA (no Infiniband, no RoCE, no iWARP), just pure traditional Ethernet -packets. - -## Maturity level -Under development: it should work, but has not been thoroughly tested. - -## Supported Hardware - - Mellanox ConnectX-4 - - Mellanox ConnectX-5 - -## Features - - bifurcation: MAC based flow steering for transparent sharing of a single -physical port between multiple virtual interfaces including Linux netdev - - multiqueue - -## Security considerations -When creating a rdma interface, it will receive all packets to the MAC address -attributed to the interface plus a copy of all broadcast and multicast -traffic. -The MAC address is under the control of VPP: **the user controlling VPP can -divert all traffic of any MAC address to the VPP process, including the Linux -netdev MAC address as long as it can create a rdma interface**. -The rights to create a rdma interface are controlled by the access rights of -the `/dev/infiniband/uverbs[0-9]+`device nodes. - -## Quickstart -1. Make sure the `ib_uverbs` module is loaded: -``` -~# modprobe ib_uverbs -``` -2. In VPP, create a new rdma virtual interface tied to the Linux netdev of the -physical port you want to use (`enp94s0f0` in this example): -``` -vpp# create int rdma host-if enp94s0f0 name rdma-0 -``` -3. Use the interface as usual, eg.: -``` -vpp# set int ip addr rdma-0 1.1.1.1/24 -vpp# set int st rdma-0 up -vpp# ping 1.1.1.100` -``` - -## Containers support -It should work in containers as long as: - - the `ib_uverbs` module is loaded - - the device nodes `/dev/infiniband/uverbs[0-9]+` are usable from the - container (but see [security considerations](#Security considerations)) - -## SR-IOV VFs support -It should work on SR-IOV VFs the same way it does with PFs. Because of VFs -security containment features, make sure the MAC address of the rdma VPP -interface matches the MAC address assigned to the underlying VF. -For example: -``` -host# echo 1 > /sys/class/infiniband/mlx5_0/device/sriov_numvfs -host# ip l set dev enp94s0f0 vf 0 mac 92:5d:f5:df:b1:6f spoof on trust off -host# ip l set dev enp94s0f2 up -vpp# create int rdma host-if enp94s0f2 name rdma-0 -vpp# set int mac address rdma-0 92:5d:f5:df:b1:6f -``` -If you plan to use L2 features such as switching, make sure the underlying -VF is configured in trusted mode and spoof-checking is disabled (of course, be -aware of the [security considerations](#Security considerations)): -``` -host# ip l set dev enp94s0f0 vf 0 spoof off trust on -``` - -## Direct Verb mode -Direct Verb allows the driver to access the NIC HW RX/TX rings directly -instead of having to go through libibverb and suffering associated overhead. -It will be automatically selected if the adapter supports it. |