[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 21/22] doc: updating REAME for NetUIO driver

Dmitry Kozlyuk dmitry.kozliuk at gmail.com
Fri Aug 14 22:11:59 CEST 2020


On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 16:21:44 -0700, Narcisa Ana Maria Vasile wrote:
> From: Harini Ramakrishnan <haramakr at microsoft.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Harini Ramakrishnan <haramakr at microsoft.com>
> ---
>  kernel/README_NetUIO.rst | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 63 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 kernel/README_NetUIO.rst
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/README_NetUIO.rst b/kernel/README_NetUIO.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000..9b21a4a8b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/kernel/README_NetUIO.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
> +..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
> +    Copyright(c) 2020 Microsoft Corporation.
> +
> +Compiling the NetUIO Driver from Source
> +=======================================
> +
> +Operating System
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +The NetUIO source has been validated against the following operating systems:
> +
> +* Windows Server 2016
> +* Windows Server 2019
> +
> +Hardware Requirements
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +The NetUIO driver has been validated using the following network adapters on the Windows platform:
> +
> +*
> +*

NICs missing.

> +
> +Software Requirements
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +* Install Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 or Visual Stuido Studio 2019 Enterprise from https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/ 

AFAIK, Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition is sufficient.

> +	* During installation ensure following components are selected:
> +		Windows 10 SDK (10.0.15063.0) 
> +		Windows 10 SDK (10.0.17763.0)
> +		Windows Drivers Kit
> +		
> +* Install WDK for Windows 10 (10.0.17763.1) from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/download-the-wdk 
> +
> +Building the NetUIO Driver
> +--------------------------
> +Follow the steps below to build the NetUIO driver and install the driver for the network adapter. 
> +
> +* Clone the dpdk-kmods repository: git clone git://dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods
> +* Navigate to \dpdk-kmods\windows\netuio\mk\exec-env\windows\netuio
> +* Load netuio.sln in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 or 2019
> +* Choose Release as the configuration mode and Build the solution
> +* The resultant output files can be found in \dpdk-kmods\windows\netuio\x64\Release\netuio
> + 
> +Installing netuio.sys Driver for development
> +--------------------------------------------
> +NOTE: In a development environment, NetUIO driver can be loaded by enabling test-signing. 
> +Please implement adequate precautionary measures before installing a test-signed driver, replacing a signed-driver.

reStructured Text syntax for banners (note, warning) is as follows:

.. note::

        Banner text.

> +
> +To ensure test-signed kernel-mode drivers can load on Windows, enable test-signing, using the following BCDEdit command.
> +
> +C:\windows\system32>Bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING ON  
> +
> +Windows displays the text “Test Mode” to remind users the system has test-signing enabled. 
> +Refer to the MSDN documentation on how to Test-Sign a Driver Package.

There are similar instructions in windows/README.rst. You might choose to
point there, but this is not a strong opinion.

> + 
> +To procure a WHQL signed NetUIO driver for Windows, please reach out to dpdkwin at microsoft.com
> +
> +* Go to Device Manager -> Network Adapters.
> +* Right Click on target network adapter -> Select Update Driver.
> +* Select “Browse my computer for driver software”.
> +* In the resultant Window, select “Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer”.

s/Window/window/

> +* Select “DPDK netUIO for Network Adapter” from the list of drivers.
> +* The NetUIO.sys driver is successfully installed.
> + 
> \ No newline at end of file

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