xran_fh_rx_read_slot() uses polling (a loop over cnt++) to wait for the
next frame/slot. The reasons I have been told is "it does not work
differently", or "there are real-time problems". None of those seem to
be true; by default disable polling, and use the queue instead.
It is possible to enable polling with the cmake option
OAI_FHI72_USE_POLLING=ON. Documentation has been updated to inform about
this change.
In DPDK, IO Virtual Addresses (IOVA) refers to the memory addressing
scheme used for IO operations. The two IOVA modes supported by DPDK are:
- IOVA as Physical Address (PA): IO memory addresses correspond directly
to physical addresses, no address translation required.
- IOVA as Virtual Address (VA): IO memory addresses align with user-space
virtual addresses, requiring IOMMU to remap physical memory.
Previously, this was hardcoded to 0, to use IOVA as PA mode, with xRAN's
DPDK EAL initialization using the "--iova-mode=pa" flag.
This commit introduces a gNB configuration option to allow users to select
the desired IOVA mode. The default remains PA mode to
ensure backward compatibility.
Using IOVA VA mode allows DPDK to run without requiring SYS_ADMIN
capability in the docker container.
xran has a mechanism to request DPDK to allocate a configurable amount
of bytes for huge pages. We set it to 0 until now; expose this variable
through configuration, and provide a meaningful default 8192 MiB.
Provide documentation.
The correct order for xran seems to be first Uplane, then C plane. In
the past, we used to switch (for reasons I don't know), but let's
reverse it to the proper order.
- Update the configuration for benetel 650 and 550 for new firmware version
- Remove the old firmware configuration file and description in the document
- Add a new RU configuration section
- Add How to get support from the OAI Community to clarify the support procedure.
system_core is the core reserved for DPDK control threads. It was
hardcoded to 0, but it seems that one some systems, CPU 0 cannot be
reasonably isolated from kernel threads. Make it therefore configurable
(default: 0)
Closes: #732 (suggestion 1)
Suggested-by: Andrew Sergeev <andrew.sergeev@adtran.com>
- update library location
- correct information for ioWorker
- disable HT on servers
- add local/lib trick for Fedora-based OS. Also clean-up on line terminations
- add another pkg-config trick.
- Proper version(s) of DPDK
- Support for both Bronze and E releases
- Minor fixes on E-patches and build system
- fixed a few typos and better explanation of the CPU allocation scheme
Co-authored-by: Raphael Defosseux <raphael.defosseux@eurecom.fr>
Co-authored-by: Jaroslava Fiedlerova <jaroslava.fiedlerova@openairinterface.org>
Co-authored-by: Robert Schmidt <jaroslava.fiedlerova@openairinterface.org>
Robert Schmidt