The QEDE poll mode driver library (librte_pmd_qede) implements support for QLogic FastLinQ QL4xxxx 10G/25G/40G/50G/100G Intelligent Ethernet Adapters (IEA) and Converged Network Adapters (CNA) family of adapters as well as SR-IOV virtual functions (VF). It is supported on several standard Linux distros like RHEL7.x, SLES12.x and Ubuntu. It is compile-tested under FreeBSD OS.
More information can be found at QLogic Corporation’s Website.
The following options can be modified in the .config file. Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_PMD (default y)
Toggle compilation of QEDE PMD driver.
CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_DEBUG_TX (default n)
Toggle display of transmit fast path run-time messages.
CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_DEBUG_RX (default n)
Toggle display of receive fast path run-time messages.
CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_FW (default “”)
Gives absolute path of firmware file. Eg: "/lib/firmware/qed/qed_init_values-8.37.7.0.bin" Empty string indicates driver will pick up the firmware file from the default location /lib/firmware/qed. CAUTION this option is more for custom firmware, it is not recommended for use under normal condition.
Refer to the document compiling and testing a PMD for a NIC for details.
This section provides instructions to configure SR-IOV with Linux OS.
Note: librte_pmd_qede will be used to bind to SR-IOV VF device and Linux native kernel driver (qede) will function as SR-IOV PF driver. Requires PF driver to be 8.20.x.x or higher.
Verify SR-IOV and ARI capability is enabled on the adapter using lspci:
lspci -s <slot> -vvv
Example output:
[...]
Capabilities: [1b8 v1] Alternative Routing-ID Interpretation (ARI)
[...]
Capabilities: [1c0 v1] Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)
[...]
Kernel driver in use: igb_uio
Load the kernel module:
modprobe qede
Example output:
systemd-udevd[4848]: renamed network interface eth0 to ens5f0
systemd-udevd[4848]: renamed network interface eth1 to ens5f1
Bring up the PF ports:
ifconfig ens5f0 up
ifconfig ens5f1 up
Create VF device(s):
Echo the number of VFs to be created into "sriov_numvfs" sysfs entry of the parent PF.
Example output:
echo 2 > /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/0000:81:00.0/sriov_numvfs
Assign VF MAC address:
Assign MAC address to the VF using iproute2 utility. The syntax is:
ip link set <PF iface> vf <VF id> mac <macaddr>
Example output:
ip link set ens5f0 vf 0 mac 52:54:00:2f:9d:e8
PCI Passthrough:
The VF devices may be passed through to the guest VM using virt-manager or virsh. QEDE PMD should be used to bind the VF devices in the guest VM using the instructions from Driver compilation and testing section above.
Running testpmd (Supply --log-level="pmd.net.qede.driver:info to view informational messages):
Refer to the document compiling and testing a PMD for a NIC to run testpmd application.
Example output:
testpmd -l 0,4-11 -n 4 -- -i --nb-cores=8 --portmask=0xf --rxd=4096 \
--txd=4096 --txfreet=4068 --enable-rx-cksum --rxq=4 --txq=4 \
--rss-ip --rss-udp
[...]
EAL: PCI device 0000:84:00.0 on NUMA socket 1
EAL: probe driver: 1077:1634 rte_qede_pmd
EAL: Not managed by a supported kernel driver, skipped
EAL: PCI device 0000:84:00.1 on NUMA socket 1
EAL: probe driver: 1077:1634 rte_qede_pmd
EAL: Not managed by a supported kernel driver, skipped
EAL: PCI device 0000:88:00.0 on NUMA socket 1
EAL: probe driver: 1077:1656 rte_qede_pmd
EAL: PCI memory mapped at 0x7f738b200000
EAL: PCI memory mapped at 0x7f738b280000
EAL: PCI memory mapped at 0x7f738b300000
PMD: Chip details : BB1
PMD: Driver version : QEDE PMD 8.7.9.0_1.0.0
PMD: Firmware version : 8.7.7.0
PMD: Management firmware version : 8.7.8.0
PMD: Firmware file : /lib/firmware/qed/qed_init_values_zipped-8.7.7.0.bin
[QEDE PMD: (84:00.0:dpdk-port-0)]qede_common_dev_init:macaddr \
00:0e:1e:d2:09:9c
[...]
[QEDE PMD: (84:00.0:dpdk-port-0)]qede_tx_queue_setup:txq 0 num_desc 4096 \
tx_free_thresh 4068 socket 0
[QEDE PMD: (84:00.0:dpdk-port-0)]qede_tx_queue_setup:txq 1 num_desc 4096 \
tx_free_thresh 4068 socket 0
[QEDE PMD: (84:00.0:dpdk-port-0)]qede_tx_queue_setup:txq 2 num_desc 4096 \
tx_free_thresh 4068 socket 0
[QEDE PMD: (84:00.0:dpdk-port-0)]qede_tx_queue_setup:txq 3 num_desc 4096 \
tx_free_thresh 4068 socket 0
[QEDE PMD: (84:00.0:dpdk-port-0)]qede_rx_queue_setup:rxq 0 num_desc 4096 \
rx_buf_size=2148 socket 0
[QEDE PMD: (84:00.0:dpdk-port-0)]qede_rx_queue_setup:rxq 1 num_desc 4096 \
rx_buf_size=2148 socket 0
[QEDE PMD: (84:00.0:dpdk-port-0)]qede_rx_queue_setup:rxq 2 num_desc 4096 \
rx_buf_size=2148 socket 0
[QEDE PMD: (84:00.0:dpdk-port-0)]qede_rx_queue_setup:rxq 3 num_desc 4096 \
rx_buf_size=2148 socket 0
[QEDE PMD: (84:00.0:dpdk-port-0)]qede_dev_start:port 0
[QEDE PMD: (84:00.0:dpdk-port-0)]qede_dev_start:link status: down
[...]
Checking link statuses...
Port 0 Link Up - speed 25000 Mbps - full-duplex
Port 1 Link Up - speed 25000 Mbps - full-duplex
Port 2 Link Up - speed 25000 Mbps - full-duplex
Port 3 Link Up - speed 25000 Mbps - full-duplex
Done
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