[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v13 01/23] event/dlb: add documentation and meson infrastructure

Timothy McDaniel timothy.mcdaniel at intel.com
Sat Oct 31 03:12:55 CET 2020


Note that config/rte_config.h contains several configuration
switches, providing for fine control of the PMD's
runtime behaviour.

The meson infrastructure is expanded as additional files are
added to this patchset.

Adds announcement of availabililty of the new driver
for Intel Dynamic Load Balancer 1.0 hardware.

Signed-off-by: Timothy McDaniel <timothy.mcdaniel at intel.com>
---
 MAINTAINERS                            |  6 +++++-
 config/rte_config.h                    |  6 ++++++
 doc/guides/eventdevs/dlb.rst           | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 doc/guides/eventdevs/index.rst         |  1 +
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst |  5 +++++
 drivers/event/dlb/meson.build          | 13 ++++++++++++
 drivers/event/dlb/version.map          |  3 +++
 drivers/event/meson.build              |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 doc/guides/eventdevs/dlb.rst
 create mode 100644 drivers/event/dlb/meson.build
 create mode 100644 drivers/event/dlb/version.map

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index a3d1927..b904132 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1162,6 +1162,11 @@ Cavium OCTEON TX timvf
 M: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
 F: drivers/event/octeontx/timvf_*
 
+Intel DLB
+M: Timothy McDaniel <timothy.mcdaniel at intel.com>
+F: drivers/event/dlb/
+F: doc/guides/eventdevs/dlb.rst
+
 Marvell OCTEON TX2
 M: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
 M: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
@@ -1198,7 +1203,6 @@ M: Peter Mccarthy <peter.mccarthy at intel.com>
 F: drivers/event/opdl/
 F: doc/guides/eventdevs/opdl.rst
 
-
 Rawdev Drivers
 --------------
 
diff --git a/config/rte_config.h b/config/rte_config.h
index b78c6aa..9ebe4cc 100644
--- a/config/rte_config.h
+++ b/config/rte_config.h
@@ -135,4 +135,10 @@
 /* QEDE PMD defines */
 #define RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_FW ""
 
+/* DLB PMD defines */
+#define RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_DLB_POLL_INTERVAL 1000
+#define RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_DLB_UMWAIT_CTL_STATE  0
+#undef RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_DLB_QUELL_STATS
+#define RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_DLB_SW_CREDIT_QUANTA 32
+
 #endif /* _RTE_CONFIG_H_ */
diff --git a/doc/guides/eventdevs/dlb.rst b/doc/guides/eventdevs/dlb.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92341c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/eventdevs/dlb.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+    Copyright(c) 2020 Intel Corporation.
+
+Driver for the Intel® Dynamic Load Balancer (DLB)
+==================================================
+
+The DPDK dlb poll mode driver supports the Intel® Dynamic Load Balancer.
+
+Prerequisites
+-------------
+
+Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux <linux_gsg>` to setup
+the basic DPDK environment.
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+The DLB PF PMD is a user-space PMD that uses VFIO to gain direct
+device access. To use this operation mode, the PCIe PF device must be bound
+to a DPDK-compatible VFIO driver, such as vfio-pci.
+
+Eventdev API Notes
+------------------
+
+The DLB provides the functions of a DPDK event device; specifically, it
+supports atomic, ordered, and parallel scheduling events from queues to ports.
+However, the DLB hardware is not a perfect match to the eventdev API. Some DLB
+features are abstracted by the PMD (e.g. directed ports), some are only
+accessible as vdev command-line parameters, and certain eventdev features are
+not supported (e.g. the event flow ID is not maintained during scheduling).
+
+In general the dlb PMD is designed for ease-of-use and does not require a
+detailed understanding of the hardware, but these details are important when
+writing high-performance code. This section describes the places where the
+eventdev API and DLB misalign.
+
diff --git a/doc/guides/eventdevs/index.rst b/doc/guides/eventdevs/index.rst
index bb66a5e..4b915bf 100644
--- a/doc/guides/eventdevs/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/eventdevs/index.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ application through the eventdev API.
     :maxdepth: 2
     :numbered:
 
+    dlb
     dpaa
     dpaa2
     dsw
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
index d8ac359..0a95bf0 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ New Features
      Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
      =======================================================
 
+* **Added a new driver for the Intel Dynamic Load Balancer v1.0 device.**
+
+  Added the new ``dlb`` eventdev driver for the Intel DLB V1.0 device. See the
+  :doc:`../eventdevs/dlb` eventdev guide for more details on this new driver.
+
 * **Added write combining store APIs.**
 
   Added ``rte_write32_wc`` and ``rte_write32_wc_relaxed`` APIs
diff --git a/drivers/event/dlb/meson.build b/drivers/event/dlb/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5324043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/event/dlb/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2019-2020 Intel Corporation
+
+if not is_linux or not dpdk_conf.has('RTE_ARCH_X86_64')
+        build = false
+        reason = 'only supported on ARCH_X86_64 Linux'
+        subdir_done()
+endif
+
+sources = files(
+)
+
+deps += ['mbuf', 'mempool', 'ring', 'pci', 'bus_pci']
diff --git a/drivers/event/dlb/version.map b/drivers/event/dlb/version.map
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a76d1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/event/dlb/version.map
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+DPDK_21 {
+	local: *;
+};
diff --git a/drivers/event/meson.build b/drivers/event/meson.build
index a7dac99..6601e62 100644
--- a/drivers/event/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/event/meson.build
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ if is_windows
 	subdir_done()
 endif
 
-drivers = ['dpaa', 'dpaa2', 'octeontx2', 'opdl', 'skeleton', 'sw', 'dsw']
+drivers = ['dlb', 'dpaa', 'dpaa2', 'octeontx2', 'opdl', 'skeleton', 'sw', 'dsw']
 if not (toolchain == 'gcc' and cc.version().version_compare('<4.8.6') and
 	dpdk_conf.has('RTE_ARCH_ARM64'))
 	drivers += 'octeontx'
-- 
2.6.4



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