From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 617A5CD342F for ; Wed, 6 May 2026 03:32:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B0C64067E; Wed, 6 May 2026 05:31:39 +0200 (CEST) Received: from cstnet.cn (smtp21.cstnet.cn [159.226.251.21]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BBE44025E for ; Wed, 6 May 2026 05:31:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (unknown [118.112.177.181]) by APP-01 (Coremail) with SMTP id qwCowADnkW0RtvppJvJlDw--.46692S3; Wed, 06 May 2026 11:31:29 +0800 (CST) From: liujie5@linkdatatechnology.com To: stephen@networkplumber.org Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Jie Liu Subject: [PATCH v7 01/10] doc: add sxe2 guide and release notes Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 11:31:13 +0800 Message-ID: <20260506033123.726997-2-liujie5@linkdatatechnology.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.47.3 In-Reply-To: <20260506033123.726997-1-liujie5@linkdatatechnology.com> References: <20260506021233.661892-11-liujie5@linkdatatechnology.com> <20260506033123.726997-1-liujie5@linkdatatechnology.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CM-TRANSID: qwCowADnkW0RtvppJvJlDw--.46692S3 X-Coremail-Antispam: 1UD129KBjvJXoWxZF18AF1ktrWktw15JF4rGrg_yoW5Zw4xpa n3CFySkr9xJw1xZr9xta18Ar45Ca1kAa45CFyIq34rXFn8ur18Zw4UKryxt34DJF95Z3Wr ZF4jqry7CF1DW3DanT9S1TB71UUUUU7qnTZGkaVYY2UrUUUUjbIjqfuFe4nvWSU5nxnvy2 9KBjDU0xBIdaVrnRJUUUBa14x267AKxVW8JVW5JwAFc2x0x2IEx4CE42xK8VAvwI8IcIk0 rVWrJVCq3wAFIxvE14AKwVWUJVWUGwA2048vs2IY020E87I2jVAFwI0_Jr4l82xGYIkIc2 x26xkF7I0E14v26r1Y6r1xM28lY4IEw2IIxxk0rwA2F7IY1VAKz4vEj48ve4kI8wA2z4x0 Y4vE2Ix0cI8IcVAFwI0_Jr0_JF4l84ACjcxK6xIIjxv20xvEc7CjxVAFwI0_Jr0_Gr1l84 ACjcxK6I8E87Iv67AKxVW8JVWxJwA2z4x0Y4vEx4A2jsIEc7CjxVAFwI0_Gr0_Gr1UM2AI xVAIcxkEcVAq07x20xvEncxIr21l5I8CrVACY4xI64kE6c02F40Ex7xfMcIj6xIIjxv20x vE14v26r1j6r18McIj6I8E87Iv67AKxVWUJVW8JwAm72CE4IkC6x0Yz7v_Jr0_Gr1lF7xv r2IYc2Ij64vIr41lF7I21c0EjII2zVCS5cI20VAGYxC7M4kE6xkIj40Ew7xC0wCF04k20x vY0x0EwIxGrwCFx2IqxVCFs4IE7xkEbVWUJVW8JwC20s026c02F40E14v26r1j6r18MI8I 3I0E7480Y4vE14v26r106r1rMI8E67AF67kF1VAFwI0_Jrv_JF1lIxkGc2Ij64vIr41lIx AIcVC0I7IYx2IY67AKxVWUJVWUCwCI42IY6xIIjxv20xvEc7CjxVAFwI0_Jr0_Gr1lIxAI cVCF04k26cxKx2IYs7xG6r1j6r1xMIIF0xvEx4A2jsIE14v26r4j6F4UMIIF0xvEx4A2js IEc7CjxVAFwI0_Gr0_Gr1UYxBIdaVFxhVjvjDU0xZFpf9x0JUPcTPUUUUU= X-Originating-IP: [118.112.177.181] X-CM-SenderInfo: xolxyxrhv6zxpqngt3pdwhux5qro0w31of0z/ X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org From: Jie Liu Add a new guide for SXE2 PMD in the nics directory. The guide contains driver capabilities, prerequisites, and compilation/usage instructions. Update the release notes to announce the addition of the sxe2 network driver. Signed-off-by: Jie Liu --- doc/guides/nics/features/sxe2.ini | 11 +++++++++++ doc/guides/nics/index.rst | 1 + doc/guides/nics/sxe2.rst | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.rst | 4 ++++ 4 files changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/guides/nics/features/sxe2.ini create mode 100644 doc/guides/nics/sxe2.rst diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/sxe2.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/sxe2.ini new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..cbf5a773fb --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/sxe2.ini @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +; +; Supported features of the 'sxe2' network poll mode driver. +; +; Refer to default.ini for the full list of available PMD features. +; +; A feature with "P" indicates only be supported when non-vector path +; is selected. +; +[Features] +Queue start/stop = Y +Linux = Y \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/index.rst b/doc/guides/nics/index.rst index cb818284fe..e20be478f8 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/index.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/index.rst @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ Network Interface Controller Drivers rnp sfc_efx softnic + sxe2 tap thunderx txgbe diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/sxe2.rst b/doc/guides/nics/sxe2.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2f9ba91c33 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/guides/nics/sxe2.rst @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause + Copyright (C), 2025, Wuxi Stars Micro System Technologies Co., Ltd. + +SXE2 Poll Mode Driver +====================== + +The sxe2 PMD (**librte_net_sxe2**) provides poll mode driver support for +10/25/50/100/200 Gbps Network Adapters. +The embedded switch, Physical Functions (PF), +and SR-IOV Virtual Functions (VF) are supported + +Implementation details +---------------------- + +For security reasons and robustness, this driver only deals with virtual +memory addresses. The way resources allocations are handled by the kernel +combined with hardware specifications that allow it to handle virtual memory +addresses directly ensure that DPDK applications cannot access random +physical memory (or memory that does not belong to the current process). + +This capability allows the PMD to coexist with kernel network interfaces +which remain functional, although they stop receiving unicast packets as +long as they share the same MAC address. diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.rst index f012d47a4b..fa0f0f5cca 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.rst @@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ New Features * ``--auto-probing`` enables the initial bus probing, which is the current default behavior. +* **Added Linkdata sxe2 ethernet driver.** + + Added network driver for the Linkdata Network Adapters. + Removed Items ------------- -- 2.47.3