[PATCH] net/bnxt: remove VMDq support

Mohammad Shuab Siddique mohammad-shuab.siddique at broadcom.com
Mon Sep 21 05:08:11 CEST 2026


From: Keegan Freyhof <keegan.freyhof at broadcom.com>

Remove support for the VMDq feature from the driver: the multi-pool
Rx-queue configuration path in bnxt_mq_rx_configure(), the VMDQ VLAN
pool wiring in the L2 filter alloc path, and the max_vmdq_pools/
vmdq_queue_num reporting in dev_info (now always reported as 0).

Preserved two pieces of logic that live in the same
function/switch statement but are not VMDq-pool-specific: the
RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_RSS pools=rx_cosq_cnt case and the
per-non-default-VNIC skip_filter_allocation guard in
bnxt_mq_rx_configure(), both used by the plain multi-COS RSS path.
Also kept the RTE_ETH_VMDQ_ACCEPT_HASH_UC/BROADCAST/MULTICAST ->
l2_rx_mask flag mapping in rte_pmd_bnxt_set_vf_rxmode(): despite the
name, those bits are the standard DPDK VF-rxmode API used regardless
of hardware VMDq pool support, not a VMDq-pool-specific control.

Signed-off-by: Keegan Freyhof <keegan.freyhof at broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Mohammad Shuab Siddique <mohammad-shuab.siddique at broadcom.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/features/bnxt.ini      |  1 -
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst |  3 ++
 drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c         | 27 +------------
 drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c           | 17 ---------
 drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxq.c            | 53 +++-----------------------
 drivers/net/bnxt/rte_pmd_bnxt.c        |  1 -
 6 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 91 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/bnxt.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/bnxt.ini
index f632de135a..447cb178b5 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/features/bnxt.ini
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/bnxt.ini
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ RSS hash             = Y
 RSS key update       = Y
 RSS reta update      = Y
 Inner RSS            = Y
-VMDq                 = Y
 SR-IOV               = Y
 VLAN filter          = Y
 Flow control         = Y
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst
index 4b3e5d995c..55e9461b86 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ Removed Items
    Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
    =======================================================
 
+* net/bnxt: Removed VMDq support. ``max_vmdq_pools`` and
+  ``vmdq_queue_num`` are now always reported as 0 in ``dev_info``.
+
 * Removed deprecated symbols:
 
   * eal: ``__rte_packed``
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
index 8e8ead8f61..0be6241570 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
@@ -1169,7 +1169,6 @@ static int bnxt_dev_info_get_op(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
 {
 	struct rte_pci_device *pdev = RTE_CLASS_TO_BUS_DEVICE(eth_dev, *pdev);
 	struct bnxt *bp = eth_dev->data->dev_private;
-	uint16_t max_vnics, i, j, vpool, vrxq;
 	unsigned int max_rx_rings;
 	int rc;
 
@@ -1191,7 +1190,6 @@ static int bnxt_dev_info_get_op(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
 	dev_info->max_tx_queues = max_rx_rings;
 	dev_info->reta_size = bnxt_rss_hash_tbl_size(bp);
 	dev_info->hash_key_size = HW_HASH_KEY_SIZE;
-	max_vnics = bp->max_vnics;
 
 	/* MTU specifics */
 	dev_info->min_mtu = RTE_ETHER_MIN_MTU;
@@ -1254,29 +1252,8 @@ static int bnxt_dev_info_get_op(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
 	 * TODO: default_rxconf, default_txconf, rx_desc_lim, and tx_desc_lim
 	 *       need further investigation.
 	 */
-
-	/* VMDq resources */
-	vpool = 64; /* RTE_ETH_64_POOLS */
-	vrxq = 128; /* RTE_ETH_VMDQ_DCB_NUM_QUEUES */
-	for (i = 0; i < 4; vpool >>= 1, i++) {
-		if (max_vnics > vpool) {
-			for (j = 0; j < 5; vrxq >>= 1, j++) {
-				if (dev_info->max_rx_queues > vrxq) {
-					if (vpool > vrxq)
-						vpool = vrxq;
-					goto found;
-				}
-			}
-			/* Not enough resources to support VMDq */
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	/* Not enough resources to support VMDq */
-	vpool = 0;
-	vrxq = 0;
-found:
-	dev_info->max_vmdq_pools = vpool;
-	dev_info->vmdq_queue_num = vrxq;
+	dev_info->max_vmdq_pools = 0;
+	dev_info->vmdq_queue_num = 0;
 
 	dev_info->vmdq_pool_base = 0;
 	dev_info->vmdq_queue_base = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
index 1615b36aae..beb1fa1390 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
@@ -892,24 +892,7 @@ int bnxt_hwrm_set_l2_filter(struct bnxt *bp,
 	int rc = 0;
 	struct hwrm_cfa_l2_filter_alloc_input req = {.req_type = 0 };
 	struct hwrm_cfa_l2_filter_alloc_output *resp = bp->hwrm_cmd_resp_addr;
-	struct rte_eth_conf *dev_conf = &bp->eth_dev->data->dev_conf;
-	const struct rte_eth_vmdq_rx_conf *conf =
-		    &dev_conf->rx_adv_conf.vmdq_rx_conf;
 	uint32_t enables = 0;
-	uint16_t j = dst_id - 1;
-
-	//TODO: Is there a better way to add VLANs to each VNIC in case of VMDQ
-	if ((dev_conf->rxmode.mq_mode & RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_FLAG) &&
-	    conf->pool_map[j].pools & (1UL << j)) {
-		PMD_DRV_LOG_LINE(DEBUG,
-			"Add vlan %u to vmdq pool %u",
-			conf->pool_map[j].vlan_id, j);
-
-		filter->l2_ivlan = conf->pool_map[j].vlan_id;
-		filter->enables |=
-			HWRM_CFA_L2_FILTER_ALLOC_INPUT_ENABLES_L2_IVLAN |
-			HWRM_CFA_L2_FILTER_ALLOC_INPUT_ENABLES_L2_IVLAN_MASK;
-	}
 
 	if (filter->fw_l2_filter_id != UINT64_MAX)
 		bnxt_hwrm_clear_l2_filter(bp, filter);
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxq.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxq.c
index 023cb0e174..3f50923043 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxq.c
@@ -76,51 +76,19 @@ int bnxt_mq_rx_configure(struct bnxt *bp)
 {
 	struct rte_eth_conf *dev_conf = &bp->eth_dev->data->dev_conf;
 	struct rte_eth_rss_conf *rss = &bp->rss_conf;
-	const struct rte_eth_vmdq_rx_conf *conf =
-		    &dev_conf->rx_adv_conf.vmdq_rx_conf;
 	unsigned int i, j, nb_q_per_grp = 1, ring_idx = 0;
 	int start_grp_id, end_grp_id = 1, rc = 0;
 	struct bnxt_vnic_info *vnic;
 	struct bnxt_filter_info *filter;
-	enum rte_eth_nb_pools pools = 1, max_pools = 0;
+	enum rte_eth_nb_pools pools = 1;
 	struct bnxt_rx_queue *rxq;
 
 	bp->nr_vnics = 0;
 
 	/* Multi-queue mode */
-	if (dev_conf->rxmode.mq_mode & RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_DCB_RSS) {
-		/* VMDq ONLY, VMDq+RSS, VMDq+DCB, VMDq+DCB+RSS */
-
-		switch (dev_conf->rxmode.mq_mode) {
-		case RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_RSS:
-		case RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_ONLY:
-		case RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_DCB_RSS:
-			/* FALLTHROUGH */
-			/* ETH_8/64_POOLs */
-			pools = conf->nb_queue_pools;
-			/* For each pool, allocate MACVLAN CFA rule & VNIC */
-			max_pools = RTE_MIN(bp->max_vnics,
-					    RTE_MIN(bp->max_l2_ctx,
-					    RTE_MIN(bp->max_rsscos_ctx,
-						    RTE_ETH_64_POOLS)));
-			PMD_DRV_LOG_LINE(DEBUG,
-				    "pools = %u max_pools = %u",
-				    pools, max_pools);
-			if (pools > max_pools)
-				pools = max_pools;
-			break;
-		case RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_RSS:
-			pools = bp->rx_cosq_cnt ? bp->rx_cosq_cnt : 1;
-			break;
-		default:
-			PMD_DRV_LOG_LINE(ERR, "Unsupported mq_mod %d",
-				dev_conf->rxmode.mq_mode);
-			rc = -EINVAL;
-			goto err_out;
-		}
-	} else if (!dev_conf->rxmode.mq_mode) {
+	if (!dev_conf->rxmode.mq_mode ||
+	    dev_conf->rxmode.mq_mode == RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_RSS)
 		pools = bp->rx_cosq_cnt ? bp->rx_cosq_cnt : pools;
-	}
 
 	pools = RTE_MIN(pools, bp->rx_cp_nr_rings);
 	nb_q_per_grp = bp->rx_cp_nr_rings / pools;
@@ -146,19 +114,13 @@ int bnxt_mq_rx_configure(struct bnxt *bp)
 				    "rxq[%d] = %p vnic[%d] = %p",
 				    ring_idx, rxq, i, vnic);
 		}
-		if (i == 0) {
-			if (dev_conf->rxmode.mq_mode & RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_DCB) {
-				bp->eth_dev->data->promiscuous = 1;
-				vnic->flags |= BNXT_VNIC_INFO_PROMISC;
-			}
+		if (i == 0)
 			vnic->func_default = true;
-		}
 		vnic->start_grp_id = start_grp_id;
 		vnic->end_grp_id = end_grp_id;
 
 		if (i) {
-			if (dev_conf->rxmode.mq_mode & RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_DCB ||
-			    !(dev_conf->rxmode.mq_mode & RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_RSS))
+			if (!(dev_conf->rxmode.mq_mode & RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_RSS))
 				vnic->rss_dflt_cr = true;
 			goto skip_filter_allocation;
 		}
@@ -170,10 +132,7 @@ int bnxt_mq_rx_configure(struct bnxt *bp)
 		}
 		filter->mac_index = 0;
 		filter->flags |= HWRM_CFA_L2_FILTER_ALLOC_INPUT_FLAGS_OUTERMOST;
-		/*
-		 * TODO: Configure & associate CFA rule for
-		 * each VNIC for each VMDq with MACVLAN, MACVLAN+TC
-		 */
+
 		STAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&vnic->filter, filter, next);
 
 skip_filter_allocation:
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/rte_pmd_bnxt.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/rte_pmd_bnxt.c
index 4974e390e7..a0ce89fca9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/rte_pmd_bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/rte_pmd_bnxt.c
@@ -435,7 +435,6 @@ int rte_pmd_bnxt_set_vf_rxmode(uint16_t port, uint16_t vf,
 		return -ENOTSUP;
 	}
 
-	/* Is this really the correct mapping?  VFd seems to think it is. */
 	if (rx_mask & RTE_ETH_VMDQ_ACCEPT_HASH_UC)
 		flag |= BNXT_VNIC_INFO_PROMISC;
 
-- 
2.47.3



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