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-rw-r--r--MAINTAINERS5
-rw-r--r--config/rte_config.h6
-rw-r--r--doc/guides/eventdevs/dlb.rst36
-rw-r--r--doc/guides/eventdevs/index.rst1
-rw-r--r--doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst5
-rw-r--r--drivers/event/dlb/meson.build15
-rw-r--r--drivers/event/dlb/version.map3
-rw-r--r--drivers/event/meson.build2
8 files changed, 72 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index c67fa74523..295a471f60 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1176,6 +1176,11 @@ Cavium OCTEON TX timvf
M: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
F: drivers/event/octeontx/timvf_*
+Intel DLB
+M: Timothy McDaniel <timothy.mcdaniel@intel.com>
+F: drivers/event/dlb/
+F: doc/guides/eventdevs/dlb.rst
+
Intel DLB2
M: Timothy McDaniel <timothy.mcdaniel@intel.com>
F: drivers/event/dlb2/
diff --git a/config/rte_config.h b/config/rte_config.h
index 64aa333a09..25219f04af 100644
--- a/config/rte_config.h
+++ b/config/rte_config.h
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@
/* QEDE PMD defines */
#define RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_FW ""
+/* DLB PMD defines */
+#define RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_DLB_POLL_INTERVAL 1000
+#define RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_DLB_UMWAIT_CTL_STATE 0
+#undef RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_DLB_QUELL_STATS
+#define RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_DLB_SW_CREDIT_QUANTA 32
+
/* DLB2 defines */
#define RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_DLB2_POLL_INTERVAL 1000
#define RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_DLB2_UMWAIT_CTL_STATE 0
diff --git a/doc/guides/eventdevs/dlb.rst b/doc/guides/eventdevs/dlb.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c71d22ae7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/eventdevs/dlb.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ Copyright(c) 2020 Intel Corporation.
+
+Driver for the IntelĀ® Dynamic Load Balancer (DLB)
+=================================================
+
+The DPDK dlb poll mode driver supports the IntelĀ® Dynamic Load Balancer.
+
+Prerequisites
+-------------
+
+Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux <linux_gsg>` to setup
+the basic DPDK environment.
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+The DLB PF PMD is a user-space PMD that uses VFIO to gain direct
+device access. To use this operation mode, the PCIe PF device must be bound
+to a DPDK-compatible VFIO driver, such as vfio-pci.
+
+Eventdev API Notes
+------------------
+
+The DLB provides the functions of a DPDK event device; specifically, it
+supports atomic, ordered, and parallel scheduling events from queues to ports.
+However, the DLB hardware is not a perfect match to the eventdev API. Some DLB
+features are abstracted by the PMD (e.g. directed ports), some are only
+accessible as vdev command-line parameters, and certain eventdev features are
+not supported (e.g. the event flow ID is not maintained during scheduling).
+
+In general the dlb PMD is designed for ease-of-use and does not require a
+detailed understanding of the hardware, but these details are important when
+writing high-performance code. This section describes the places where the
+eventdev API and DLB misalign.
+
diff --git a/doc/guides/eventdevs/index.rst b/doc/guides/eventdevs/index.rst
index 738788d9e7..f5b69b39da 100644
--- a/doc/guides/eventdevs/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/eventdevs/index.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ application through the eventdev API.
:maxdepth: 2
:numbered:
+ dlb
dlb2
dpaa
dpaa2
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
index e1b9cc1112..f1a6925678 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
@@ -295,6 +295,11 @@ New Features
Added performance tuning arguments to allow tuning the scheduler for
better throughtput in high core count use cases.
+* **Added a new driver for the Intel Dynamic Load Balancer v1.0 device.**
+
+ Added the new ``dlb`` eventdev driver for the Intel DLB V1.0 device. See the
+ :doc:`../eventdevs/dlb` eventdev guide for more details on this new driver.
+
* **Added a new driver for the Intel Dynamic Load Balancer v2.0 device.**
Added the new ``dlb2`` eventdev driver for the Intel DLB V2.0 device. See the
diff --git a/drivers/event/dlb/meson.build b/drivers/event/dlb/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68cb0aede3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/event/dlb/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2019-2020 Intel Corporation
+
+if not is_linux or not dpdk_conf.has('RTE_ARCH_X86_64')
+ build = false
+ reason = 'only supported on ARCH_X86_64 Linux'
+ subdir_done()
+endif
+
+sources = files(
+)
+
+headers = files()
+
+deps += ['mbuf', 'mempool', 'ring', 'pci', 'bus_pci']
diff --git a/drivers/event/dlb/version.map b/drivers/event/dlb/version.map
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a76d1d52d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/event/dlb/version.map
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+DPDK_21 {
+ local: *;
+};
diff --git a/drivers/event/meson.build b/drivers/event/meson.build
index c433c10c6a..c1a6990a04 100644
--- a/drivers/event/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/event/meson.build
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ if is_windows
subdir_done()
endif
-drivers = ['dlb2', 'dpaa', 'dpaa2', 'octeontx2', 'opdl', 'skeleton', 'sw',
+drivers = ['dlb', 'dlb2', 'dpaa', 'dpaa2', 'octeontx2', 'opdl', 'skeleton', 'sw',
'dsw']
if not (toolchain == 'gcc' and cc.version().version_compare('<4.8.6') and
dpdk_conf.has('RTE_ARCH_ARM64'))