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+VF daemon (VFd)
+===============
+
+VFd (the VF daemon) is a mechanism which can be used to configure features on
+a VF (SR-IOV Virtual Function) without direct access to the PF (SR-IOV
+Physical Function). VFd is an *EXPERIMENTAL* feature which can only be used in
+the scenario of DPDK PF with a DPDK VF. If the PF port is driven by the Linux
+kernel driver then the VFd feature will not work. Currently VFd is only
+supported by the ixgbe and i40e drivers.
+
+In general VF features cannot be configured directly by an end user
+application since they are under the control of the PF. The normal approach to
+configuring a feature on a VF is that an application would call the APIs
+provided by the VF driver. If the required feature cannot be configured by the
+VF directly (the most common case) the VF sends a message to the PF through
+the mailbox on ixgbe and i40e. This means that the availability of the feature
+depends on whether the appropriate mailbox messages are defined.
+
+DPDK leverages the mailbox interface defined by the Linux kernel driver so
+that compatibility with the kernel driver can be guaranteed. The downside of
+this approach is that the availability of messages supported by the kernel
+become a limitation when the user wants to configure features on the VF.
+
+VFd is a new method of controlling the features on a VF. The VF driver doesn't
+talk directly to the PF driver when configuring a feature on the VF. When a VF
+application (i.e., an application using the VF ports) wants to enable a VF
+feature, it can send a message to the PF application (i.e., the application
+using the PF port, which can be the same as the VF application). The PF
+application will configure the feature for the VF. Obviously, the PF
+application can also configure the VF features without a request from the VF
+application.
+
+.. _VF_daemon_overview:
+
+.. figure:: img/vf_daemon_overview.*
+
+ VF daemon (VFd) Overview
+
+Compared with the traditional approach the VFd moves the negotiation between
+VF and PF from the driver level to application level. So the application
+should define how the negotiation between the VF and PF works, or even if the
+control should be limited to the PF.
+
+It is the application's responsibility to use VFd. Consider for example a KVM
+migration, the VF application may transfer from one VM to another. It is
+recommended in this case that the PF control the VF features without
+participation from the VF. Then the VF application has no capability to
+configure the features. So the user doesn't need to define the interface
+between the VF application and the PF application. The service provider should
+take the control of all the features.
+
+The following sections describe the VFd functionality.
+
+.. Note::
+
+ Although VFd is supported by both ixgbe and i40e, please be aware that
+ since the hardware capability is different, the functions supported by
+ ixgbe and i40e are not the same.
+
+
+Preparing
+---------
+
+VFd only can be used in the scenario of DPDK PF + DPDK VF. Users should bind
+the PF port to ``igb_uio``, then create the VFs based on the DPDK PF host.
+
+The typical procedure to achieve this is as follows:
+
+#. Boot the system without iommu, or with ``iommu=pt``.
+
+#. Bind the PF port to ``igb_uio``, for example::
+
+ dpdk-devbind.py -b igb_uio 01:00.0
+
+#. Create a Virtual Function::
+
+ echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/max_vfs
+
+#. Start a VM with the new VF port bypassed to it.
+
+#. Run a DPDK application on the PF in the host::
+
+ testpmd -l 0-7 -n 4 -- -i --txqflags=0
+
+#. Bind the VF port to ``igb_uio`` in the VM::
+
+ dpdk-devbind.py -b igb_uio 03:00.0
+
+#. Run a DPDK application on the VF in the VM::
+
+ testpmd -l 0-7 -n 4 -- -i --txqflags=0
+
+
+Common functions of IXGBE and I40E
+----------------------------------
+
+The following sections show how to enable PF/VF functionality based on the
+above testpmd setup.
+
+
+TX loopback
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Run a testpmd runtime command on the PF to set TX loopback::
+
+ set tx loopback 0 on|off
+
+This sets whether the PF port and all the VF ports that belong to it are
+allowed to send the packets to other virtual ports.
+
+Although it is a VFd function, it is the global setting for the whole
+physical port. When using this function, the PF and all the VFs TX loopback
+will be enabled/disabled.
+
+
+VF MAC address setting
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Run a testpmd runtime command on the PF to set the MAC address for a VF port::
+
+ set vf mac addr 0 0 A0:36:9F:7B:C3:51
+
+This testpmd runtime command will change the MAC address of the VF port to
+this new address. If any other addresses are set before, they will be
+overwritten.
+
+
+VF MAC anti-spoofing
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Run a testpmd runtime command on the PF to enable/disable the MAC
+anti-spoofing for a VF port::
+
+ set vf mac antispoof 0 0 on|off
+
+When enabling the MAC anti-spoofing, the port will not forward packets whose
+source MAC address is not the same as the port.
+
+
+VF VLAN anti-spoofing
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Run a testpmd runtime command on the PF to enable/disable the VLAN
+anti-spoofing for a VF port::
+
+ set vf vlan antispoof 0 0 on|off
+
+When enabling the VLAN anti-spoofing, the port will not send packets whose
+VLAN ID does not belong to VLAN IDs that this port can receive.
+
+
+VF VLAN insertion
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Run a testpmd runtime command on the PF to set the VLAN insertion for a VF
+port::
+
+ set vf vlan insert 0 0 1
+
+When using this testpmd runtime command, an assigned VLAN ID can be inserted
+to the transmitted packets by the hardware.
+
+The assigned VLAN ID can be 0. It means disabling the VLAN insertion.
+
+
+VF VLAN stripping
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Run a testpmd runtime command on the PF to enable/disable the VLAN stripping
+for a VF port::
+
+ set vf vlan stripq 0 0 on|off
+
+This testpmd runtime command is used to enable/disable the RX VLAN stripping
+for a specific VF port.
+
+
+VF VLAN filtering
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Run a testpmd runtime command on the PF to set the VLAN filtering for a VF
+port::
+
+ rx_vlan add 1 port 0 vf 1
+ rx_vlan rm 1 port 0 vf 1
+
+These two testpmd runtime commands can be used to add or remove the VLAN
+filter for several VF ports. When the VLAN filters are added only the packets
+that have the assigned VLAN IDs can be received. Other packets will be dropped
+by hardware.
+
+
+The IXGBE specific VFd functions
+--------------------------------
+
+The functions in this section are specific to the ixgbe driver.
+
+
+All queues drop
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Run a testpmd runtime command on the PF to enable/disable the all queues
+drop::
+
+ set all queues drop on|off
+
+This is a global setting for the PF and all the VF ports of the physical port.
+
+Enabling the ``all queues drop`` feature means that when there is no available
+descriptor for the received packets they are dropped. The ``all queues drop``
+feature should be enabled in SR-IOV mode to avoid one queue blocking others.
+
+
+VF packet drop
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Run a testpmd runtime command on the PF to enable/disable the packet drop for
+a specific VF::
+
+ set vf split drop 0 0 on|off
+
+This is a similar function as ``all queues drop``. The difference is that this
+function is per VF setting and the previous function is a global setting.
+
+
+VF rate limit
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Run a testpmd runtime command on the PF to all queues' rate limit for a
+specific VF::
+
+ set port 0 vf 0 rate 10 queue_mask 1
+
+This is a function to set the rate limit for all the queues in the
+``queue_mask`` bitmap. It is not used to set the summary of the rate
+limit. The rate limit of every queue will be set equally to the assigned rate
+limit.
+
+
+VF RX enabling
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Run a testpmd runtime command on the PF to enable/disable packet receiving for
+a specific VF::
+
+ set port 0 vf 0 rx on|off
+
+This function can be used to stop/start packet receiving on a VF.
+
+
+VF TX enabling
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Run a testpmd runtime command on the PF to enable/disable packet transmitting
+for a specific VF::
+
+ set port 0 vf 0 tx on|off
+
+This function can be used to stop/start packet transmitting on a VF.
+
+
+VF RX mode setting
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Run a testpmd runtime command on the PF to set the RX mode for a specific VF::
+
+ set port 0 vf 0 rxmode AUPE|ROPE|BAM|MPE on|off
+
+This function can be used to enable/disable some RX modes on the VF, including:
+
+* If it accept untagged packets.
+* If it accepts packets matching the MAC filters.
+* If it accept MAC broadcast packets,
+* If it enables MAC multicast promiscuous mode.
+
+
+The I40E specific VFd functions
+-------------------------------
+
+The functions in this section are specific to the i40e driver.
+
+
+VF statistics
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This provides an API to get the a specific VF's statistic from PF.
+
+
+VF statistics resetting
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This provides an API to rest the a specific VF's statistic from PF.
+
+
+VF link status change notification
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This provide an API to let a specific VF know if the physical link status
+changed.
+
+Normally if a VF received this notification, the driver should notify the
+application to reset the VF port.
+
+
+VF MAC broadcast setting
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Run a testpmd runtime command on the PF to enable/disable MAC broadcast packet
+receiving for a specific VF::
+
+ set vf broadcast 0 0 on|off
+
+
+VF MAC multicast promiscuous mode
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Run a testpmd runtime command on the PF to enable/disable MAC multicast
+promiscuous mode for a specific VF::
+
+ set vf allmulti 0 0 on|off
+
+
+VF MAC unicast promiscuous mode
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Run a testpmd runtime command on the PF to enable/disable MAC unicast
+promiscuous mode for a specific VF::
+
+ set vf promisc 0 0 on|off
+
+
+VF max bandwidth
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Run a testpmd runtime command on the PF to set the TX maximum bandwidth for a
+specific VF::
+
+ set vf tx max-bandwidth 0 0 2000
+
+The maximum bandwidth is an absolute value in Mbps.
+
+
+VF TC bandwidth allocation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Run a testpmd runtime command on the PF to set the TCs (traffic class) TX
+bandwidth allocation for a specific VF::
+
+ set vf tc tx min-bandwidth 0 0 (20,20,20,40)
+
+The allocated bandwidth should be set for all the TCs. The allocated bandwidth
+is a relative value as a percentage. The sum of all the bandwidth should
+be 100.
+
+
+VF TC max bandwidth
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Run a testpmd runtime command on the PF to set the TCs TX maximum bandwidth
+for a specific VF::
+
+ set vf tc tx max-bandwidth 0 0 0 10000
+
+The maximum bandwidth is an absolute value in Mbps.
+
+
+TC strict priority scheduling
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Run a testpmd runtime command on the PF to enable/disable several TCs TX
+strict priority scheduling::
+
+ set tx strict-link-priority 0 0x3
+
+The 0 in the TC bitmap means disabling the strict priority scheduling for this
+TC. To enable use a value of 1.
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