From 483eb2f56657e8e7f419ab1a4fab8dce9ade8609 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 20:24:20 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 14.2.21. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- src/spdk/dpdk/doc/guides/platform/octeontx.rst | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/spdk/dpdk/doc/guides/platform/octeontx.rst (limited to 'src/spdk/dpdk/doc/guides/platform/octeontx.rst') diff --git a/src/spdk/dpdk/doc/guides/platform/octeontx.rst b/src/spdk/dpdk/doc/guides/platform/octeontx.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b0a99c38 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/spdk/dpdk/doc/guides/platform/octeontx.rst @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause + Copyright(c) 2017 Cavium, Inc + +OCTEONTX Board Support Package +============================== + +This doc has information about steps to setup octeontx platform +and information about common offload hw block drivers of +**Cavium OCTEONTX** SoC family. + + +More information about SoC can be found at `Cavium, Inc Official Website +`_. + +Common Offload HW Block Drivers +------------------------------- + +1. **Eventdev Driver** + See :doc:`../eventdevs/octeontx` for octeontx ssovf eventdev driver + information. + +2. **Mempool Driver** + See :doc:`../mempool/octeontx` for octeontx fpavf mempool driver + information. + +Steps To Setup Platform +----------------------- + +There are three main pre-prerequisites for setting up Platform drivers on +OCTEONTX compatible board: + +1. **OCTEONTX Linux kernel PF driver for Network acceleration HW blocks** + + The OCTEONTX Linux kernel drivers (includes the required PF driver for the + Platform drivers) are available on Github at `octeontx-kmod `_ + along with build, install and dpdk usage instructions. + +2. **ARM64 Tool Chain** + + For example, the *aarch64* Linaro Toolchain, which can be obtained from + `here `_. + +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 ``_. + + As an alternative method, Platform drivers can also be executed using images provided + as part of SDK from Cavium. The SDK includes all the above prerequisites necessary + to bring up a OCTEONTX board. + + SDK and related information can be obtained from: `Cavium support site `_. + +- Follow the DPDK :doc:`../linux_gsg/index` to setup the basic DPDK environment. -- cgit v1.2.3