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1..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
2    Copyright(c) 2017 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
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4
5HINIC Poll Mode Driver
6======================
7
8The hinic PMD (librte_pmd_hinic) provides poll mode driver support
9for 25Gbps Huawei Intelligent PCIE Network Adapters based on the
10Huawei Ethernet Controller Hi1822.
11
12
13Features
14--------
15
16- Multi arch support: x86_64, ARMv8.
17- Multiple queues for TX and RX
18- Receiver Side Scaling (RSS)
19- MAC/VLAN filtering
20- Checksum offload
21- TSO offload
22- Promiscuous mode
23- Port hardware statistics
24- Link state information
25- Link flow control
26- Scattered and gather for TX and RX
27
28Prerequisites
29-------------
30
31- Learning about Huawei Hi1822 IN200 Series Intelligent NICs using
32  `<https://e.huawei.com/en/products/cloud-computing-dc/servers/pcie-ssd/in-card>`_.
33
34- Getting the latest product documents and software supports using
35  `<https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/intelligent-accelerator-components/in500-solution-pid-23507369>`_.
36
37- Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux <linux_gsg>` to setup the basic DPDK environment.
38
39Pre-Installation Configuration
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41
42Config File Options
43~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
44
45The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file.
46
47- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_HINIC_PMD`` (default ``y``)
48
49Driver compilation and testing
50------------------------------
51
52Refer to the document :ref:`compiling and testing a PMD for a NIC <pmd_build_and_test>`
53for details.
54
55Limitations or Known issues
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57Build with ICC is not supported yet.
58X86-32, Power8, ARMv7 and BSD are not supported yet.
59