[dpdk-dev] [EXT] Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] net/enetfec: introduce NXP ENETFEC driver

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 10/5/2021 6:24 AM, Apeksha Gupta wrote:
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
>> Sent: Friday, October 1, 2021 8:15 PM
>> To: Apeksha Gupta <apeksha.gupta at nxp.com>;
>> david.marchand at redhat.com; andrew.rybchenko at oktetlabs.ru
>> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Sachin Saxena <sachin.saxena at nxp.com>; Hemant
>> Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>
>> Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/5] net/enetfec: introduce NXP
>> ENETFEC driver
>>
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>> On 10/1/2021 11:22 AM, Apeksha Gupta wrote:
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2021 3:40 PM
>>>> To: Apeksha Gupta <apeksha.gupta at nxp.com>;
>>>> david.marchand at redhat.com; andrew.rybchenko at oktetlabs.ru;
>>>> ferruh.yigit at intel.com
>>>> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Sachin Saxena <sachin.saxena at nxp.com>; Hemant
>>>> Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>
>>>> Subject: [EXT] Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/5] net/enetfec: introduce NXP
>>>> ENETFEC driver
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>>>> On 9/9/2021 9:43 PM, Apeksha Gupta wrote:
>>>>> ENETFEC (Fast Ethernet Controller) is a network poll mode driver
>>>>> for NXP SoC i.MX 8M Mini.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Apeksha,
>>>>
>>>> Before going into details, I have some high level comments to start with,
>>>> please
>>>> find comments below.
>>>>
>>>>> This patch adds skeleton for enetfec driver with probe function.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Sachin Saxena <sachin.saxena at nxp.com>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Apeksha Gupta <apeksha.gupta at nxp.com>
>>>>
>>>> <...>
>>>>
>>>>> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/enetfec.rst
>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
>>>>> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
>>>>> +   Copyright 2021 NXP
>>>>> +
>>>>> +ENETFEC Poll Mode Driver
>>>>> +========================
>>>>> +
>>>>> +The ENETFEC NIC PMD (**librte_net_enetfec**) provides poll mode
>>>> driver
>>>>> +support for the inbuilt NIC found in the ** NXP i.MX 8M Mini** SoC.
>>>>> +
>>>>> +More information can be found at NXP Official Website
>>>>>
>>>>
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>> mx-
>>>> 8m-mini-arm-cortex-a53-cortex-m4-audio-voice-
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>>>>> +
>>>>> +ENETFEC
>>>>> +-------
>>>>> +
>>>>> +This section provides an overview of the NXP ENETFEC and how it is
>>>>> +integrated into the DPDK.
>>>>> +
>>>>> +Contents summary
>>>>> +
>>>>> +- ENETFEC overview
>>>>> +- ENETFEC features
>>>>> +- Supported ENETFEC SoCs
>>>>> +- Prerequisites
>>>>> +- Driver compilation and testing
>>>>> +- Limitations
>>>>> +
>>>>> +ENETFEC Overview
>>>>> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>> +The i.MX 8M Mini Media Applications Processor is built to achieve both
>>>> high
>>>>> +performance and low power consumption. ENETFEC is a hardware
>>>> programmable
>>>>> +packet forwarding engine to provide high performance Ethernet
>> interface.
>>>>
>>>> It has 1Gbps interface, right? It can be good to give more details on the
>>>> Ethernet interface.
>>> [Apeksha] Okay.
>>>>
>>>>> +The diagram below shows a system level overview of ENETFEC:
>>>>> +
>>>>> +
>>>>
>> ====================================================+=====
>>>> ==========
>>>>> +   US   +-----------------------------------------+    | Kernel Space
>>>>> +     |                                         |    |
>>>>> +     |               ENETFEC Driver            |    |
>>>>> +     +-----------------------------------------+    |
>>>>> +                       ^   |                        |
>>>>> +   ENETFEC         RXQ |   | TXQ                    |
>>>>> +   PMD                         |   |                        |
>>>>> +                       |   v                        |   +----------+
>>>>> +                  +-------------+                   |   | fec-uio  |
>>>>> +                  | net_enetfec |                   |   +----------+
>>>>> +                  +-------------+                   |
>>>>> +                       ^   |                        |
>>>>> +                   TXQ |   | RXQ                    |
>>>>> +                       |   |                        |
>>>>> +                       |   v                        |
>>>>> +
>>>>
>> ===================================================+======
>>>> =========
>>>>> +      +----------------------------------------+
>>>>> +      |                                        |       HW
>>>>> +      |           i.MX 8M MINI EVK             |
>>>>> +      |               +-----+                  |
>>>>> +      |               | MAC |                  |
>>>>> +      +---------------+-----+------------------+
>>>>> +                      | PHY |
>>>>> +                      +-----+
>>>>> +
>>>>> +ENETFEC Ethernet driver is traditional DPDK PMD driver running in the
>>>> userspace.
>>>>> +The MAC and PHY are the hardware blocks. 'fec-uio' is the UIO driver,
>>>> ENETFEC PMD
>>>>> +uses UIO interface to interact with kernel for PHY initialisation and for
>>>> mapping
>>>>> +the allocated memory of register & BD in kernel with DPDK which gives
>>>> access to
>>>>> +non-cacheable memory for BD.
>>>>
>>>> Why a specific uio driver, 'fec-uio', is required? I think this is the major
>>>> issue to clarify to proceed.
>>>>
>>>> In DPDK we have full framework to support uio, to do the all memory
>>>> mapping,
>>>> interrupt configuration etc..., common to all drivers.
>>>> But in this case driver is implemented as virtual driver and it handles its
>> own
>>>> uoi handling itself. Why the driver can't use existing support and
>>>> implemented
>>>> as physical driver?
>>> [Apeksha] Yes you are correct. As per our knowledge, UIO framework is
>> there for VM & PCI bus devices and not for vdev bus devices.
>>
>> That is part of the comment, why driver implemented as vdev instead of
>> physical
>> device?
>> What is the actual device bus?
> [Apeksha] Actual bus is 'platform' bus which is not supported in DPDK.
> 

In that case, should each bus other than the PCI bus have UIO framework in their driver?
Can't we find a way to extend the uio support in the common code?