Re: [PATCH v5 14/15] docs: Add documentation for SR-IOV and Virtualization Enhancements

[Klaus Jensen]

On Feb 17 18:45, Lukasz Maniak wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Maniak <lukasz.maniak@linux.intel.com>

Please add a short commit description as well. Otherwise,

Reviewed-by: Klaus Jensen <k.jensen@samsung.com>

> ---
>  docs/system/devices/nvme.rst | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 82 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/system/devices/nvme.rst b/docs/system/devices/nvme.rst
> index b5acb2a9c19..aba253304e4 100644
> --- a/docs/system/devices/nvme.rst
> +++ b/docs/system/devices/nvme.rst
> @@ -239,3 +239,85 @@ The virtual namespace device supports DIF- and DIX-based 
> protection information
>    to ``1`` to transfer protection information as the first eight bytes of
>    metadata. Otherwise, the protection information is transferred as the last
>    eight bytes.
> +
> +Virtualization Enhancements and SR-IOV (Experimental Support)
> +-------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +The ``nvme`` device supports Single Root I/O Virtualization and Sharing
> +along with Virtualization Enhancements. The controller has to be linked to
> +an NVM Subsystem device (``nvme-subsys``) for use with SR-IOV.
> +
> +A number of parameters are present (**please note, that they may be
> +subject to change**):
> +
> +``sriov_max_vfs`` (default: ``0``)
> +  Indicates the maximum number of PCIe virtual functions supported
> +  by the controller. Specifying a non-zero value enables reporting of both
> +  SR-IOV and ARI (Alternative Routing-ID Interpretation) capabilities
> +  by the NVMe device. Virtual function controllers will not report SR-IOV.
> +
> +``sriov_vq_flexible``
> +  Indicates the total number of flexible queue resources assignable to all
> +  the secondary controllers. Implicitly sets the number of primary
> +  controller's private resources to ``(max_ioqpairs - sriov_vq_flexible)``.
> +
> +``sriov_vi_flexible``
> +  Indicates the total number of flexible interrupt resources assignable to
> +  all the secondary controllers. Implicitly sets the number of primary
> +  controller's private resources to ``(msix_qsize - sriov_vi_flexible)``.
> +
> +``sriov_max_vi_per_vf`` (default: ``0``)
> +  Indicates the maximum number of virtual interrupt resources assignable
> +  to a secondary controller. The default ``0`` resolves to
> +  ``(sriov_vi_flexible / sriov_max_vfs)``
> +
> +``sriov_max_vq_per_vf`` (default: ``0``)
> +  Indicates the maximum number of virtual queue resources assignable to
> +  a secondary controller. The default ``0`` resolves to
> +  ``(sriov_vq_flexible / sriov_max_vfs)``
> +
> +The simplest possible invocation enables the capability to set up one VF
> +controller and assign an admin queue, an IO queue, and a MSI-X interrupt.
> +
> +.. code-block:: console
> +
> +   -device nvme-subsys,id=subsys0
> +   -device nvme,serial=deadbeef,subsys=subsys0,sriov_max_vfs=1,
> +    sriov_vq_flexible=2,sriov_vi_flexible=1
> +
> +The minimum steps required to configure a functional NVMe secondary
> +controller are:
> +
> +  * unbind flexible resources from the primary controller
> +
> +.. code-block:: console
> +
> +   nvme virt-mgmt /dev/nvme0 -c 0 -r 1 -a 1 -n 0
> +   nvme virt-mgmt /dev/nvme0 -c 0 -r 0 -a 1 -n 0
> +
> +  * perform a Function Level Reset on the primary controller to actually
> +    release the resources
> +
> +.. code-block:: console
> +
> +   echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/reset
> +
> +  * enable VF
> +
> +.. code-block:: console
> +
> +   echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/sriov_numvfs
> +
> +  * assign the flexible resources to the VF and set it ONLINE
> +
> +.. code-block:: console
> +
> +   nvme virt-mgmt /dev/nvme0 -c 1 -r 1 -a 8 -n 1
> +   nvme virt-mgmt /dev/nvme0 -c 1 -r 0 -a 8 -n 2
> +   nvme virt-mgmt /dev/nvme0 -c 1 -r 0 -a 9 -n 0
> +
> +  * bind the NVMe driver to the VF
> +
> +.. code-block:: console
> +
> +   echo 0000:01:00.1 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/nvme/bind
> \ No newline at end of file
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 

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