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[v2,13/13] docs/system/devices/igb: Add igb documentation

Message ID 20230114041004.36459-14-akihiko.odaki@daynix.com
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Akihiko Odaki Jan. 14, 2023, 4:10 a.m. UTC
Signed-off-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@daynix.com>
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 MAINTAINERS                      |  1 +
 docs/system/device-emulation.rst |  1 +
 docs/system/devices/igb.rst      | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
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@@ -2221,6 +2221,7 @@  F: tests/qtest/fuzz-e1000e-test.c
 igb
 M: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@daynix.com>
 S: Maintained
+F: docs/system/devices/igb.rst
 F: hw/net/igb*
 F: tests/avocado/igb.py
 F: tests/qtest/igb-test.c
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@@ -93,3 +93,4 @@  Emulated Devices
    devices/virtio-pmem.rst
    devices/vhost-user-rng.rst
    devices/canokey.rst
+   devices/igb.rst
diff --git a/docs/system/devices/igb.rst b/docs/system/devices/igb.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+.. _igb:
+
+igb
+---
+
+igb is a family of Intel's gigabit ethernet controllers. In QEMU, 82576
+emulation is implemented in particular. Its datasheet is available at [1]_.
+
+This implementation is expected to be useful to test SR-IOV networking without
+requiring physical hardware.
+
+Limitations
+===========
+
+This igb implementation was tested with Linux Test Project [2]_ during the
+initial development. The command used when testing is:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+  network.sh -6mta
+
+Be aware that this implementation lacks many functionalities available with the
+actual hardware, and you may experience various failures if you try to use it
+with a different operating system other than Linux or if you try functionalities
+not covered by the tests.
+
+Using igb
+=========
+
+Using igb should be nothing different from using another network device. See
+:ref:`pcsys_005fnetwork` in general.
+
+However, you may also need to perform additional steps to activate SR-IOV
+feature on your guest. For Linux, refer to [3]_.
+
+Developing igb
+==============
+
+igb is the successor of e1000e, and e1000e is the successor of e1000 in turn.
+As these devices are very similar, if you make a change for igb and the same
+change can be applied to e1000e and e1000, please do so.
+
+Please do not forget to run tests before submitting a change. As tests included
+in QEMU is very minimal, run some application which is likely to be affected by
+the change to confirm it works in an integrated system.
+
+Testing igb
+===========
+
+A qtest of the basic functionality is available. Run the below at the build
+directory:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+  meson test qtest-x86_64/qos-test
+
+ethtool can test register accesses, interrupts, etc. It is automated as an
+Avocado test and can be ran with the following command:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+  make check-avocado AVOCADO_TESTS=tests/avocado/igb.py
+
+References
+==========
+
+.. [1] https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/datasheets/82576eb-gigabit-ethernet-controller-datasheet.pdf
+.. [2] https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp
+.. [3] https://docs.kernel.org/PCI/pci-iov-howto.html