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SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR Linux-OpenIB + +================================================= +Mellanox ConnectX(R) mlx5 core VPI Network Driver +================================================= + +Copyright (c) 2019, Mellanox Technologies LTD. + +Contents +======== + +- `Enabling the driver and kconfig options`_ +- `Devlink info`_ +- `Devlink health reporters`_ + +Enabling the driver and kconfig options +================================================ + +| mlx5 core is modular and most of the major mlx5 core driver features can be selected (compiled in/out) +| at build time via kernel Kconfig flags. +| Basic features, ethernet net device rx/tx offloads and XDP, are available with the most basic flags +| CONFIG_MLX5_CORE=y/m and CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_EN=y. +| For the list of advanced features please see below. + +**CONFIG_MLX5_CORE=(y/m/n)** (module mlx5_core.ko) + +| The driver can be enabled by choosing CONFIG_MLX5_CORE=y/m in kernel config. +| This will provide mlx5 core driver for mlx5 ulps to interface with (mlx5e, mlx5_ib). + + +**CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_EN=(y/n)** + +| Choosing this option will allow basic ethernet netdevice support with all of the standard rx/tx offloads. +| mlx5e is the mlx5 ulp driver which provides netdevice kernel interface, when chosen, mlx5e will be +| built-in into mlx5_core.ko. + + +**CONFIG_MLX5_EN_ARFS=(y/n)** + +| Enables Hardware-accelerated receive flow steering (arfs) support, and ntuple filtering. +| https://community.mellanox.com/s/article/howto-configure-arfs-on-connectx-4 + + +**CONFIG_MLX5_EN_RXNFC=(y/n)** + +| Enables ethtool receive network flow classification, which allows user defined +| flow rules to direct traffic into arbitrary rx queue via ethtool set/get_rxnfc API. + + +**CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_EN_DCB=(y/n)**: + +| Enables `Data Center Bridging (DCB) Support <https://community.mellanox.com/s/article/howto-auto-config-pfc-and-ets-on-connectx-4-via-lldp-dcbx>`_. + + +**CONFIG_MLX5_MPFS=(y/n)** + +| Ethernet Multi-Physical Function Switch (MPFS) support in ConnectX NIC. +| MPFs is required for when `Multi-Host <http://www.mellanox.com/page/multihost>`_ configuration is enabled to allow passing +| user configured unicast MAC addresses to the requesting PF. + + +**CONFIG_MLX5_ESWITCH=(y/n)** + +| Ethernet SRIOV E-Switch support in ConnectX NIC. E-Switch provides internal SRIOV packet steering +| and switching for the enabled VFs and PF in two available modes: +| 1) `Legacy SRIOV mode (L2 mac vlan steering based) <https://community.mellanox.com/s/article/howto-configure-sr-iov-for-connectx-4-connectx-5-with-kvm--ethernet-x>`_. +| 2) `Switchdev mode (eswitch offloads) <https://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/prod_software/ASAP2_Hardware_Offloading_for_vSwitches_User_Manual_v4.4.pdf>`_. + + +**CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_IPOIB=(y/n)** + +| IPoIB offloads & acceleration support. +| Requires CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_EN to provide an accelerated interface for the rdma +| IPoIB ulp netdevice. + + +**CONFIG_MLX5_FPGA=(y/n)** + +| Build support for the Innova family of network cards by Mellanox Technologies. +| Innova network cards are comprised of a ConnectX chip and an FPGA chip on one board. +| If you select this option, the mlx5_core driver will include the Innova FPGA core and allow +| building sandbox-specific client drivers. + + +**CONFIG_MLX5_EN_IPSEC=(y/n)** + +| Enables `IPSec XFRM cryptography-offload accelaration <http://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/prod_software/Mellanox_Innova_IPsec_Ethernet_Adapter_Card_User_Manual.pdf>`_. + +**CONFIG_MLX5_EN_TLS=(y/n)** + +| TLS cryptography-offload accelaration. + + +**CONFIG_MLX5_INFINIBAND=(y/n/m)** (module mlx5_ib.ko) + +| Provides low-level InfiniBand/RDMA and `RoCE <https://community.mellanox.com/s/article/recommended-network-configuration-examples-for-roce-deployment>`_ support. + + +**External options** ( Choose if the corresponding mlx5 feature is required ) + +- CONFIG_PTP_1588_CLOCK: When chosen, mlx5 ptp support will be enabled +- CONFIG_VXLAN: When chosen, mlx5 vxaln support will be enabled. +- CONFIG_MLXFW: When chosen, mlx5 firmware flashing support will be enabled (via devlink and ethtool). + +Devlink info +============ + +The devlink info reports the running and stored firmware versions on device. +It also prints the device PSID which represents the HCA board type ID. + +User command example:: + + $ devlink dev info pci/0000:00:06.0 + pci/0000:00:06.0: + driver mlx5_core + versions: + fixed: + fw.psid MT_0000000009 + running: + fw.version 16.26.0100 + stored: + fw.version 16.26.0100 + +Devlink health reporters +======================== + +tx reporter +----------- +The tx reporter is responsible of two error scenarios: + +- TX timeout + Report on kernel tx timeout detection. + Recover by searching lost interrupts. +- TX error completion + Report on error tx completion. + Recover by flushing the TX queue and reset it. + +TX reporter also support Diagnose callback, on which it provides +real time information of its send queues status. + +User commands examples: + +- Diagnose send queues status:: + + $ devlink health diagnose pci/0000:82:00.0 reporter tx + +- Show number of tx errors indicated, number of recover flows ended successfully, + is autorecover enabled and graceful period from last recover:: + + $ devlink health show pci/0000:82:00.0 reporter tx + +fw reporter +----------- +The fw reporter implements diagnose and dump callbacks. +It follows symptoms of fw error such as fw syndrome by triggering +fw core dump and storing it into the dump buffer. +The fw reporter diagnose command can be triggered any time by the user to check +current fw status. + +User commands examples: + +- Check fw heath status:: + + $ devlink health diagnose pci/0000:82:00.0 reporter fw + +- Read FW core dump if already stored or trigger new one:: + + $ devlink health dump show pci/0000:82:00.0 reporter fw + +NOTE: This command can run only on the PF which has fw tracer ownership, +running it on other PF or any VF will return "Operation not permitted". + +fw fatal reporter +----------------- +The fw fatal reporter implements dump and recover callbacks. +It follows fatal errors indications by CR-space dump and recover flow. +The CR-space dump uses vsc interface which is valid even if the FW command +interface is not functional, which is the case in most FW fatal errors. +The recover function runs recover flow which reloads the driver and triggers fw +reset if needed. + +User commands examples: + +- Run fw recover flow manually:: + + $ devlink health recover pci/0000:82:00.0 reporter fw_fatal + +- Read FW CR-space dump if already strored or trigger new one:: + + $ devlink health dump show pci/0000:82:00.1 reporter fw_fatal + +NOTE: This command can run only on PF. |