New upstream version 16.11.5

[deb_dpdk.git] / doc / guides / nics / i40e.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
index 5780268..556b55f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
@@ -130,6 +130,21 @@ Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
   Interrupt Throttling interval.
 
 
   Interrupt Throttling interval.
 
 

+Runtime Config Options
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- ``Support multiple driver`` (default ``disable``)
+
+  There was a multiple driver support issue during use of 700 series Ethernet
+  Adapter with both Linux kernel and DPDK PMD. To fix this issue, ``devargs``
+  parameter ``support-multi-driver`` is introduced, for example::
+
+    -w 84:00.0,support-multi-driver=1
+
+  With the above configuration, DPDK PMD will not change global registers, and
+  will switch PF interrupt from IntN to Int0 to avoid interrupt conflict between
+  DPDK and Linux Kernel.
+

 Driver Compilation
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Driver Compilation
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 


@@ -459,3 +474,15 @@ Receive packets with Ethertype 0x88A8
 
 Due to the FW limitation, PF can receive packets with Ethertype 0x88A8
 only when floating VEB is disabled.
 
 Due to the FW limitation, PF can receive packets with Ethertype 0x88A8
 only when floating VEB is disabled.

+
+Global configuration warning
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+I40E PMD will set some global registers to enable some function or set some
+configure. Then when using different ports of the same NIC with Linux kernel
+and DPDK, the port with Linux kernel will be impacted by the port with DPDK.
+For example, register I40E_GL_SWT_L2TAGCTRL is used to control L2 tag, i40e
+PMD uses I40E_GL_SWT_L2TAGCTRL to set vlan TPID. If setting TPID in port A
+with DPDK, then the configuration will also impact port B in the NIC with
+kernel driver, which don't want to use the TPID.
+So PMD reports warning to clarify what is changed by writing global register.