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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/kconfig.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/kconfig.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0a42c3395f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/kconfig.rst @@ -0,0 +1,168 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR Linux-OpenIB +.. include:: <isonum.txt> + +======================================= +Enabling the driver and kconfig options +======================================= + +:Copyright: |copy| 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved. + +| 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_BRIDGE=(y/n)** + +| Enable :ref:`Ethernet Bridging (BRIDGE) offloading support <mlx5_bridge_offload>`. +| This will provide the ability to add representors of mlx5 uplink and VF +| ports to Bridge and offloading rules for traffic between such ports. +| Supports VLANs (trunk and access modes). + + +**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_CORE_EN_DCB=(y/n)**: + +| Enables `Data Center Bridging (DCB) Support <https://enterprise-support.nvidia.com/s/article/howto-auto-config-pfc-and-ets-on-connectx-4-via-lldp-dcbx>`_. + + +**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_CLS_ACT=(y/n)** + +| Enables offload support for TC classifier action (NET_CLS_ACT). +| Works in both native NIC mode and Switchdev SRIOV mode. +| Flow-based classifiers, such as those registered through +| `tc-flower(8)`, are processed by the device, rather than the +| host. Actions that would then overwrite matching classification +| results would then be instant due to the offload. + + +**CONFIG_MLX5_EN_ARFS=(y/n)** + +| Enables Hardware-accelerated receive flow steering (arfs) support, and ntuple filtering. +| https://enterprise-support.nvidia.com/s/article/howto-configure-arfs-on-connectx-4 + + +**CONFIG_MLX5_EN_IPSEC=(y/n)** + +| Enables :ref:`IPSec XFRM cryptography-offload acceleration <xfrm_device>`. + + +**CONFIG_MLX5_EN_MACSEC=(y/n)** + +| Build support for MACsec cryptography-offload acceleration in the NIC. + + +**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_EN_TLS=(y/n)** + +| TLS cryptography-offload acceleration. + + +**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://enterprise-support.nvidia.com/s/article/HowTo-Configure-SR-IOV-for-ConnectX-4-ConnectX-5-ConnectX-6-with-KVM-Ethernet>`_. +| 2) :ref:`Switchdev mode (eswitch offloads) <switchdev>`. + + +**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_INFINIBAND=(y/n/m)** (module mlx5_ib.ko) + +| Provides low-level InfiniBand/RDMA and `RoCE <https://enterprise-support.nvidia.com/s/article/recommended-network-configuration-examples-for-roce-deployment>`_ support. + + +**CONFIG_MLX5_MPFS=(y/n)** + +| Ethernet Multi-Physical Function Switch (MPFS) support in ConnectX NIC. +| MPFs is required for when `Multi-Host <https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/multi-host/>`_ configuration is enabled to allow passing +| user configured unicast MAC addresses to the requesting PF. + + +**CONFIG_MLX5_SF=(y/n)** + +| Build support for subfunction. +| Subfunctons are more light weight than PCI SRIOV VFs. Choosing this option +| will enable support for creating subfunction devices. + + +**CONFIG_MLX5_SF_MANAGER=(y/n)** + +| Build support for subfuction port in the NIC. A Mellanox subfunction +| port is managed through devlink. A subfunction supports RDMA, netdevice +| and vdpa device. It is similar to a SRIOV VF but it doesn't require +| SRIOV support. + + +**CONFIG_MLX5_SW_STEERING=(y/n)** + +| Build support for software-managed steering in the NIC. + + +**CONFIG_MLX5_TC_CT=(y/n)** + +| Support offloading connection tracking rules via tc ct action. + + +**CONFIG_MLX5_TC_SAMPLE=(y/n)** + +| Support offloading sample rules via tc sample action. + + +**CONFIG_MLX5_VDPA=(y/n)** + +| Support library for Mellanox VDPA drivers. Provides code that is +| common for all types of VDPA drivers. The following drivers are planned: +| net, block. + + +**CONFIG_MLX5_VDPA_NET=(y/n)** + +| VDPA network driver for ConnectX6 and newer. Provides offloading +| of virtio net datapath such that descriptors put on the ring will +| be executed by the hardware. It also supports a variety of stateless +| offloads depending on the actual device used and firmware version. + + +**CONFIG_MLX5_VFIO_PCI=(y/n)** + +| This provides migration support for MLX5 devices using the VFIO framework. + + +**External options** ( Choose if the corresponding mlx5 feature is required ) + +- CONFIG_MLXFW: When chosen, mlx5 firmware flashing support will be enabled (via devlink and ethtool). +- CONFIG_PTP_1588_CLOCK: When chosen, mlx5 ptp support will be enabled +- CONFIG_VXLAN: When chosen, mlx5 vxlan support will be enabled. |