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BSD LICENSE + Copyright 2017 NXP. + + Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without + modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions + are met: + + * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. + * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in + the documentation and/or other materials provided with the + distribution. + * Neither the name of NXP nor the names of its + contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived + from this software without specific prior written permission. + + THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS + "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT + LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR + A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT + OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, + SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT + LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, + DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY + THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT + (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE + OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. + +NXP DPAA2 Eventdev Driver +========================= + +The dpaa2 eventdev is an implementation of the eventdev API, that provides a +wide range of the eventdev features. The eventdev relies on a dpaa2 hw to +perform event scheduling. + +More information can be found at `NXP Official Website +`_. + +Features +-------- + +The DPAA2 EVENTDEV implements many features in the eventdev API; + +- Hardware based event scheduler +- 8 event ports +- 8 event queues +- Parallel flows +- Atomic flows + +Supported DPAA2 SoCs +-------------------- + +- LS2080A/LS2040A +- LS2084A/LS2044A +- LS2088A/LS2048A +- LS1088A/LS1048A + +Prerequisites +------------- + +There are three main pre-requisities for executing DPAA2 EVENTDEV on a DPAA2 +compatible board: + +1. **ARM 64 Tool Chain** + + For example, the `*aarch64* Linaro Toolchain `_. + +2. **Linux Kernel** + + It can be obtained from `NXP's Github hosting `_. + +3. **Rootfile system** + + Any *aarch64* supporting filesystem can be used. For example, + Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily) or 16.04 LTS (Xenial) userland which can be obtained + from `here `_. + +As an alternative method, DPAA2 EVENTDEV can also be executed using images provided +as part of SDK from NXP. The SDK includes all the above prerequisites necessary +to bring up a DPAA2 board. + +The following dependencies are not part of DPDK and must be installed +separately: + +- **NXP Linux SDK** + + NXP Linux software development kit (SDK) includes support for family + of QorIQ® ARM-Architecture-based system on chip (SoC) processors + and corresponding boards. + + It includes the Linux board support packages (BSPs) for NXP SoCs, + a fully operational tool chain, kernel and board specific modules. + + SDK and related information can be obtained from: `NXP QorIQ SDK `_. + +- **DPDK Extra Scripts** + + DPAA2 based resources can be configured easily with the help of ready scripts + as provided in the DPDK Extra repository. + + `DPDK Extras Scripts `_. + +Currently supported by DPDK: + +- NXP SDK **2.0+**. +- MC Firmware version **10.0.0** and higher. +- Supported architectures: **arm64 LE**. + +- Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux ` to setup the basic DPDK environment. + +.. note:: + + Some part of fslmc bus code (mc flib - object library) routines are + dual licensed (BSD & GPLv2). + +Pre-Installation Configuration +------------------------------ + +Config File Options +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file. +Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance. + +- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_DPAA2_EVENTDEV`` (default ``y``) + + Toggle compilation of the ``lrte_pmd_dpaa2_event`` driver. + +- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_DPAA2_EVENTDEV_DEBUG`` (default ``n``) + + Toggle display of generic debugging messages + +Driver Compilation +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +To compile the DPAA2 EVENTDEV PMD for Linux arm64 gcc target, run the +following ``make`` command: + +.. code-block:: console + + cd + make config T=arm64-dpaa2-linuxapp-gcc install + +Initialization +-------------- + +The dpaa2 eventdev is exposed as a vdev device which consists of a set of dpcon +devices and dpci devices. On EAL initialization, dpcon and dpci devices will be +probed and then vdev device can be created from the application code by + +* Invoking ``rte_vdev_init("event_dpaa2")`` from the application + +* Using ``--vdev="event_dpaa2"`` in the EAL options, which will call + rte_vdev_init() internally + +Example: + +.. code-block:: console + + ./your_eventdev_application --vdev="event_dpaa2" + +Limitations +----------- + +Platform Requirement +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +DPAA2 drivers for DPDK can only work on NXP SoCs as listed in the +``Supported DPAA2 SoCs``. + +Port-core binding +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +DPAA2 EVENTDEV driver requires event port 'x' to be used on core 'x'.