docs/system/devices/igb: Add igb documentation
Signed-off-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@daynix.com> Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
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igb
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M: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@daynix.com>
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S: Maintained
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F: docs/system/devices/igb.rst
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F: hw/net/igb*
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F: tests/avocado/igb.py
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F: tests/qtest/igb-test.c
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devices/virtio-pmem.rst
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devices/vhost-user-rng.rst
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devices/canokey.rst
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devices/igb.rst
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
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.. _igb:
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igb
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---
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igb is a family of Intel's gigabit ethernet controllers. In QEMU, 82576
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emulation is implemented in particular. Its datasheet is available at [1]_.
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This implementation is expected to be useful to test SR-IOV networking without
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requiring physical hardware.
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Limitations
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===========
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This igb implementation was tested with Linux Test Project [2]_ and Windows HLK
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[3]_ during the initial development. The command used when testing with LTP is:
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.. code-block:: shell
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network.sh -6mta
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Be aware that this implementation lacks many functionalities available with the
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actual hardware, and you may experience various failures if you try to use it
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with a different operating system other than Linux and Windows or if you try
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functionalities not covered by the tests.
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Using igb
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=========
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Using igb should be nothing different from using another network device. See
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:ref:`pcsys_005fnetwork` in general.
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However, you may also need to perform additional steps to activate SR-IOV
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feature on your guest. For Linux, refer to [4]_.
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Developing igb
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==============
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igb is the successor of e1000e, and e1000e is the successor of e1000 in turn.
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As these devices are very similar, if you make a change for igb and the same
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change can be applied to e1000e and e1000, please do so.
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Please do not forget to run tests before submitting a change. As tests included
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in QEMU is very minimal, run some application which is likely to be affected by
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the change to confirm it works in an integrated system.
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Testing igb
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===========
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A qtest of the basic functionality is available. Run the below at the build
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directory:
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.. code-block:: shell
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meson test qtest-x86_64/qos-test
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ethtool can test register accesses, interrupts, etc. It is automated as an
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Avocado test and can be ran with the following command:
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.. code:: shell
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make check-avocado AVOCADO_TESTS=tests/avocado/igb.py
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References
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==========
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.. [1] https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/datasheets/82576eb-gigabit-ethernet-controller-datasheet.pdf
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.. [2] https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp
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.. [3] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/
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.. [4] https://docs.kernel.org/PCI/pci-iov-howto.html
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