Ethtool support in DPDK pmd

Ethtool support in DPDK pmd

[HS]

Hi,

Just thought it would be useful to add ethtool support for poll mode
driver, so we could control/check various hardware features on demand.   Do
you guys have any plan for this?

Thanks,
-hs

Re: Ethtool support in DPDK pmd

[Jayakumar, Muthurajan]

Please refer KNI - the support for ethtool e.g., lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_main.c


-----Original Message-----
From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of HS
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 9:32 AM
To: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: [dpdk-dev] Ethtool support in DPDK pmd

Hi,

Just thought it would be useful to add ethtool support for poll mode
driver, so we could control/check various hardware features on demand.   Do
you guys have any plan for this?

Thanks,
-hs

Re: Ethtool support in DPDK pmd

[HS]

Thanks for your reply.

Sure KNI can offer ethtool interface.  But suppose I am already running a
DPDK application on a physical port, but at the same time I want to control
the port with ethtool like interface.  How could I do that?

-hs



On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Jayakumar, Muthurajan <
muthurajan.jayakumar-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Please refer KNI - the support for ethtool e.g.,
> lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_main.c
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of HS
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 9:32 AM
> To: dev-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] Ethtool support in DPDK pmd
>
> Hi,
>
> Just thought it would be useful to add ethtool support for poll mode
> driver, so we could control/check various hardware features on demand.   Do
> you guys have any plan for this?
>
> Thanks,
> -hs
>

Re: Ethtool support in DPDK pmd

[Chris Wright]

* HS (hyunseok-EkmVulN54Sk@public.gmane.org) wrote:
> Thanks for your reply.
> 
> Sure KNI can offer ethtool interface.  But suppose I am already running a
> DPDK application on a physical port, but at the same time I want to control
> the port with ethtool like interface.  How could I do that?

HS, I might be missing something there, but with the current model of
usermode device drivers I don't think this is simple.

If drivers stayed in kernel and kernel drivers exposed a mechansim for
registering application dma buffers for dpdk apps, then ethtool would
simply work as-is.

thanks,
-chris

Re: Ethtool support in DPDK pmd

[Vincent JARDIN]

On 02/06/2014 22:37, Chris Wright wrote:
> If drivers stayed in kernel and kernel drivers exposed a mechansim for
> registering application dma buffers for dpdk apps, then ethtool would
> simply work as-is.

Yes, that's the right way to go. Currently, the kernel does not provide 
a generic framework for that and I am not aware of any projects in order 
to define it. Could it be something to discuss on netdev@?

So, as a workaround, some proprietary solutions get implemented in order 
to get ethtool running with any DPDK PMD.

Best regards,
   Vincent

Re: Ethtool support in DPDK pmd

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Mon, 02 Jun 2014 23:35:12 +0200
Vincent JARDIN <vincent.jardin-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On 02/06/2014 22:37, Chris Wright wrote:
> > If drivers stayed in kernel and kernel drivers exposed a mechansim for
> > registering application dma buffers for dpdk apps, then ethtool would
> > simply work as-is.
> 
> Yes, that's the right way to go. Currently, the kernel does not provide 
> a generic framework for that and I am not aware of any projects in order 
> to define it. Could it be something to discuss on netdev@?
> 
> So, as a workaround, some proprietary solutions get implemented in order 
> to get ethtool running with any DPDK PMD.
> 
> Best regards,
>    Vincent

Ethtool has a number of problems. You can implement for KNI or TUN type
devices, but it really doesn't make sense for a generic type driver.
Also, it tends to get used for device specific things.