Network Interface Controller Drivers

• 1. Overview of Networking Drivers
• 2. BNX2X Poll Mode Driver
  • 2.1. Supported Features
  • 2.2. Non-supported Features
  • 2.3. Co-existence considerations
  • 2.4. Supported QLogic NICs
  • 2.5. Prerequisites
  • 2.6. Pre-Installation Configuration
    • 2.6.1. Config File Options
    • 2.6.2. Driver Compilation
  • 2.7. Linux
    • 2.7.1. Linux Installation
    • 2.7.2. Sample Application Notes
    • 2.7.3. SR-IOV: Prerequisites and sample Application Notes
• 3. BNXT Poll Mode Driver
  • 3.1. Limitations
• 4. CXGBE Poll Mode Driver
  • 4.1. Features
  • 4.2. Limitations
  • 4.3. Supported Chelsio T5 NICs
  • 4.4. Prerequisites
  • 4.5. Pre-Installation Configuration
    • 4.5.1. Config File Options
    • 4.5.2. Driver Compilation
  • 4.6. Linux
    • 4.6.1. Linux Installation
    • 4.6.2. Running testpmd
  • 4.7. FreeBSD
    • 4.7.1. FreeBSD Installation
    • 4.7.2. Running testpmd
  • 4.8. Sample Application Notes
    • 4.8.1. Enable/Disable Flow Control
    • 4.8.2. Jumbo Mode
• 5. Driver for VM Emulated Devices
  • 5.1. Validated Hypervisors
  • 5.2. Recommended Guest Operating System in Virtual Machine
  • 5.3. Setting Up a KVM Virtual Machine
  • 5.4. Known Limitations of Emulated Devices
• 6. ENA Poll Mode Driver
  • 6.1. Overview
  • 6.2. Management Interface
  • 6.3. Data Path Interface
  • 6.4. Configuration information
  • 6.5. Building DPDK
  • 6.6. Supported ENA adapters
  • 6.7. Supported Operating Systems
  • 6.8. Supported features
  • 6.9. Unsupported features
  • 6.10. Prerequisites
  • 6.11. Usage example
• 7. ENIC Poll Mode Driver
  • 7.1. How to obtain ENIC PMD integrated DPDK
  • 7.2. Configuration information
  • 7.3. Flow director support
  • 7.4. Ingress VLAN Rewrite
  • 7.5. Limitations
  • 7.6. How to build the suite?
  • 7.7. Supported Cisco VIC adapters
  • 7.8. Supported Operating Systems
  • 7.9. Supported features
  • 7.10. Known bugs and Unsupported features in this release
  • 7.11. Prerequisites
  • 7.12. Additional Reference
  • 7.13. Contact Information
• 8. FM10K Poll Mode Driver
  • 8.1. FTAG Based Forwarding of FM10K
  • 8.2. Vector PMD for FM10K
    • 8.2.1. RX Constraints
    • 8.2.2. TX Constraint
  • 8.3. Limitations
    • 8.3.1. Switch manager
    • 8.3.2. CRC striping
    • 8.3.3. Maximum packet length
    • 8.3.4. Statistic Polling Frequency
    • 8.3.5. Interrupt mode
• 9. I40E Poll Mode Driver
  • 9.1. Features
  • 9.2. Prerequisites
  • 9.3. Pre-Installation Configuration
    • 9.3.1. Config File Options
    • 9.3.2. Runtime Config Options
    • 9.3.3. Driver Compilation
  • 9.4. Linux
    • 9.4.1. Running testpmd
    • 9.4.2. SR-IOV: Prerequisites and sample Application Notes
  • 9.5. Sample Application Notes
    • 9.5.1. Vlan filter
    • 9.5.2. Flow Director
    • 9.5.3. Floating VEB
  • 9.6. Limitations or Known issues
    • 9.6.1. MPLS packet classification on X710/XL710
    • 9.6.2. 16 Byte Descriptor cannot be used on DPDK VF
    • 9.6.3. Link down with i40e kernel driver after DPDK application exist
    • 9.6.4. Receive packets with Ethertype 0x88A8
    • 9.6.5. Global configuration warning
• 10. IXGBE Driver
  • 10.1. Vector PMD for IXGBE
    • 10.1.1. RX Constraints
    • 10.1.2. TX Constraint
    • 10.1.3. Application Programming Interface
    • 10.1.4. Sample Application Notes
  • 10.2. Malicious Driver Detection not Supported
  • 10.3. Statistics
  • 10.4. Supported Chipsets and NICs
• 11. I40E/IXGBE/IGB Virtual Function Driver
  • 11.1. SR-IOV Mode Utilization in a DPDK Environment
    • 11.1.1. Physical and Virtual Function Infrastructure
    • 11.1.2. Validated Hypervisors
    • 11.1.3. Expected Guest Operating System in Virtual Machine
  • 11.2. Setting Up a KVM Virtual Machine Monitor
  • 11.3. DPDK SR-IOV PMD PF/VF Driver Usage Model
    • 11.3.1. Fast Host-based Packet Processing
  • 11.4. SR-IOV (PF/VF) Approach for Inter-VM Communication
• 12. MLX4 poll mode driver library
  • 12.1. Implementation details
  • 12.2. Features
  • 12.3. Limitations
  • 12.4. Configuration
    • 12.4.1. Compilation options
    • 12.4.2. Environment variables
    • 12.4.3. Run-time configuration
    • 12.4.4. Kernel module parameters
  • 12.5. Prerequisites
    • 12.5.1. Getting Mellanox OFED
  • 12.6. Usage example
• 13. MLX5 poll mode driver
  • 13.1. Implementation details
  • 13.2. Features
  • 13.3. Limitations
  • 13.4. Configuration
    • 13.4.1. Compilation options
    • 13.4.2. Environment variables
    • 13.4.3. Run-time configuration
  • 13.5. Prerequisites
    • 13.5.1. Getting Mellanox OFED
  • 13.6. Notes for testpmd
  • 13.7. Usage example
• 14. NFP poll mode driver library
  • 14.1. Dependencies
  • 14.2. Building the software
  • 14.3. System configuration
• 15. QEDE Poll Mode Driver
  • 15.1. Supported Features
  • 15.2. Non-supported Features
  • 15.3. Supported QLogic Adapters
  • 15.4. Prerequisites
    • 15.4.1. Performance note
    • 15.4.2. Config File Options
    • 15.4.3. Driver Compilation
    • 15.4.4. Sample Application Notes
    • 15.4.5. SR-IOV: Prerequisites and Sample Application Notes
• 16. SZEDATA2 poll mode driver library
  • 16.1. Prerequisites
  • 16.2. Configuration
  • 16.3. Using the SZEDATA2 PMD
  • 16.4. Example of usage
• 17. ThunderX NICVF Poll Mode Driver
  • 17.1. Features
  • 17.2. Supported ThunderX SoCs
  • 17.3. Prerequisites
  • 17.4. Pre-Installation Configuration
    • 17.4.1. Config File Options
    • 17.4.2. Driver Compilation
  • 17.5. Linux
    • 17.5.1. Running testpmd
    • 17.5.2. SR-IOV: Prerequisites and sample Application Notes
    • 17.5.3. Multiple Queue Set per DPDK port configuration
    • 17.5.4. Example device binding
  • 17.6. Limitations
    • 17.6.1. CRC striping
    • 17.6.2. Maximum packet length
    • 17.6.3. Maximum packet segments
• 18. Poll Mode Driver for Emulated Virtio NIC
  • 18.1. Virtio Implementation in DPDK
  • 18.2. Features and Limitations of virtio PMD
  • 18.3. Prerequisites
  • 18.4. Virtio with kni vhost Back End
  • 18.5. Virtio with qemu virtio Back End
  • 18.6. Virtio PMD Rx/Tx Callbacks
• 19. Poll Mode Driver that wraps vhost library
  • 19.1. Vhost Implementation in DPDK
  • 19.2. Features and Limitations of vhost PMD
  • 19.3. Vhost PMD arguments
  • 19.4. Vhost PMD event handling
  • 19.5. Vhost PMD with testpmd application
• 20. Poll Mode Driver for Paravirtual VMXNET3 NIC
  • 20.1. VMXNET3 Implementation in the DPDK
  • 20.2. Features and Limitations of VMXNET3 PMD
  • 20.3. Prerequisites
  • 20.4. VMXNET3 with a Native NIC Connected to a vSwitch
  • 20.5. VMXNET3 Chaining VMs Connected to a vSwitch
• 21. Libpcap and Ring Based Poll Mode Drivers
  • 21.1. Using the Drivers from the EAL Command Line
    • 21.1.1. Libpcap-based PMD
    • 21.1.2. Rings-based PMD
    • 21.1.3. Using the Poll Mode Driver from an Application

Figures

Fig. 11.2 Virtualization for a Single Port NIC in SR-IOV Mode

Fig. 11.3 Performance Benchmark Setup

Fig. 11.4 Fast Host-based Packet Processing

Fig. 11.5 Inter-VM Communication

Fig. 18.2 Host2VM Communication Example Using kni vhost Back End

Fig. 18.4 Host2VM Communication Example Using qemu vhost Back End

Fig. 20.1 Assigning a VMXNET3 interface to a VM using VMware vSphere Client

Fig. 20.2 VMXNET3 with a Native NIC Connected to a vSwitch

Fig. 20.3 VMXNET3 Chaining VMs Connected to a vSwitch