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Intel® IXP400 Software

Introduction1

This chapter contains important information to help you learn about and use the Intel® IXP400 Software v2.0 release.

1.1Versions Supported by this Document

This programmer’s guide is intended to be used in conjunction with software release 2.0. Always refer to the accompanying release notes for information about the latest information regarding the proper documentation sources to be used.

Previous versions of the programmer’s guide for earlier IXP400 software releases can be found on the following Web site:

http://developer.intel.com/design/network/products/npfamily/docs/ixp4xx.htm

To identify your version of software:

1.Open the file ixp400_xscale_sw/src/include/IxVersionId.h.

2.Check the value of IX_VERSION_ID.

1.2Hardware Supported by this Release

The Intel® IXP400 Software v2.0 release supports the following processors:

•All Intel® IXP42X Product Line of Network Processors and IXC1100 Control Plane Processor

•All variants of the Intel® IXP46X Product Line of Network Processors

Warning: Processor capabilities differ between processor product lines or processor variants. Not all capabilities of the processor may be supported by this software release.

1.3Intended Audience

This document describes the software release 2.0 architecture and is intended for software developers and architects employing IXP42X product line processors or Intel® IXP46X product line processors. The document defines each component’s functionality, demonstrates the behavioral links between the components, and presents the common design policies of each component.

Programmer’s Guide	IXP400 Software Version 2.0	April 2005
	Document Number: 252539, Revision: 007	19

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Intel IXP400 Introduction1, Versions Supported by this Document, Hardware Supported by this Release, Intended Audience

Contents

Programmer’s Guide Intel IXP400 Software IXP400 Software Version Intel IXP400 Software Contents 1.1 100 118 152 Contents Access-Layer Components 225 17.9 Operating System Adsl Driver Figures 102 Tables AQM 300 Date Revision Description Revision History Intended Audience Introduction1Versions Supported by this Document Hardware Supported by this Release About the Processors How to Use this DocumentChapters Description Document Title Document # Related Documents Document Title Document # AcronymsAcronym Description CPU HSS MSB SIP High-Level Overview Software Architecture Overview Software Architecture Overview Deliverable Model Operating System Support Access Library Source Code DocumentationDevelopment Tools Ixposal Include Src Ixp400xscalesw Release Directory Structure \---include +---npeMh Polled and Interrupt Operation Threading and Locking PolicyStatistics and MIBs Global Dependencies Global Dependency Chart This page is intentionally left blank What’s New Buffer ManagementOverview Intel IXP400 Software Buffer Flow Buffer Management Raw Buffers Ixpbuf User Interface Ixpbuf Structure and Macros Ixpbuf Structure Osal Ixpbuf structure and macros API User Interface to Ixpbuf Ixmbuf OS-Dependent Buffer Format Pool Management Fields Ixne IXP400 NPE Shared Structure Ixpbuf ixctrl Structure Ixpbuf NPE Shared Structure Mapping of Ixmbuf to Shared Structure Ixreserved Ixmbuf StructureInternal Ixmbuf Field Format Sheet 1 Ixnext Ixosalmbufnextbufferinpktptr Internal Ixmbuf Field Format Sheet 2 Field / Macro Purpose Used by Access-Layer?Ixmbuf Field Details Sheet 1 VxWorks* Mblk Buffer Mapping to OS Native Buffer TypesIxmbuf Field Details Sheet 2 Ixmbuf to Mblk Mapping Linux* skbuff Buffer Buffer Translation Functions Following fields will get updated in the skbuffer Tx Path Caching Strategy Caching Strategy Summary Rx PathBuffer Management Tx Cache Flushing Example Intel IXP400 Software This page is intentionally left blank IxAtmdAcc Component Features Access-Layer Components ATM Driver Access IxAtmdAcc API Access-Layer Components ATM Driver Access IxAtmdAcc API Utopia Port-Configuration Service Configuration ServicesATM Traffic-Shaping Services VC-Configuration Services Transmission Services Buffer Transmission for a Scheduled Port Scheduled Transmission Schedule Table Description Transmit-Done Processing Transmission Triggers Tx-Low Notification Transmit Done Based on a Threshold Level Tx Done Recycling Using a Threshold Level Transmit Disconnect Tx Done Recycling Using a Polling Mechanism Tx Disconnect Receive Services Receive Processing Receive Triggers Rx-Free-Low NotificationReceive Based on a Threshold Level Rx Using a Threshold Level Receive Disconnect RX Using a Polling Mechanism Buffer Management Buffer ContentsBuffer Allocation Field Description Ixpbuf Fields Required for TransmissionIxpbuf Fields of Available Buffers for Reception Ixpbuf Fields Modified During Reception Sheet 1 Buffer-Chaining Constraints Error HandlingAPI-Usage Errors Buffer-Size Constraints Real-Time Errors Real-Time ErrorsCause Consequences and Side Effects Corrective Action IxAtmm Component Features Access-Layer Components ATM Manager IxAtmm APIIxAtmm Overview Utopia Level-2 Port Initialization Access-Layer Components ATM Manager IxAtmm API ATM-Port Management Service Model Services Provided by Ixatmm Tx/Rx Control Configuration Configuration of Traffic Control Mechanism Memory Requirements Error HandlingDependencies Management Interfaces Performance IxAtmSch Component Features Access-Layer Components ATM Transmit Scheduler IxAtmSch Supported Traffic Types Access-Layer Components ATM Transmit Scheduler IxAtmSch APITraffic Type Supported Num VCs Connection Admission Control CAC Function Schedule Table Scheduling and Traffic Shaping Minimum Cells Value minCellsToSchedule Schedule Service ModelMaximum Cells Value maxCells Timing and Idle Cells Per VC Data Per Port Data Total Code SizeData Memory IxAtmSch Data Memory Usage Latency Access-Layer Components Security IxCryptoAcc API IxCryptoAcc API Architecture Access-Layer Components Security IxCryptoAcc APIIxCryptoAcc Interfaces Basic API Flow Basic IxCryptoAcc API Flow Context Registration and the Cryptographic Context Database Intel IXP400 Software IxCryptoAcc API Call Process Flow for CCD Updates Structure Size in Bytes Total Size in Bytes Buffer and Queue ManagementMemory Requirements IxCryptoAcc Data Memory Usage Sheet 1 IxCryptoAcc Data Memory Usage Sheet 2 Dependencies IxCryptoAccHashKeyGenerate Other API Functionality IPSec Background and Implementation IPSec ServicesEndianness Import and Export of Cryptographic Technology IxCryptoAcc, NPE and IPSec Stack Scope Relationship Between IPSec Protocol and Algorithms IPSec Packet Formats Reference ESP Dataflow Authentication Header ESP Data Flow Reference AH Dataflow IPSec API Call Flow Hardware Acceleration for IPSec Services IPSec API Call Flow Hmac with Key Size Greater Than 64 Bytes Special API Use Cases CCM Operation Flow AES CBC Encryption For MIC IPSec Assumptions, Dependencies, and Limitations WEP ServicesWEP Background and Implementation WEP Frame with Request Parameters Hardware Acceleration for WEP Services NPE Microcode Images WEP API Call FlowIxCryptoAccNpeWepPerform IxCryptoAccXscaleWepPerform WEP Perform API Call Flow Encryption/Decryption AuthenticationCombined Mode Operations SSL and TLS Protocol Usage Models Cipher Key Sizes Parity Bit Actual Key Size Supported Encryption and Authentication AlgorithmsEncryption Algorithms Supported Encryption Algorithms Cipher Block Chaining CBC Counter Mode CTRCipher Modes Electronic Code Book ECB Supported Authentication Algorithms Authentication AlgorithmsAuthentication Algorithm Data Block Size Bits Key Size Bits 114 Document Number 252539, Revision Features Access-Layer Components DMA Access Driver IxDmaAcc APIAssumptions Access-Layer Components DMA Access Driver IxDmaAcc API DMA Access-Layer API IxDmaAcc Component Overview IxDmaAccDescriptorManager Parameters Description Transfer Width Transfer ModeSource Address Destination Address Transfer Length Addressing Modes Supported Modes Transfer ModeIncrement 122 Document Number 252539, Revision Control Flow Data Flow IxDmaAcc Control Flow DMA Initialization IxDMAcc Initialization DMA Configuration and Data Transfer DMA Transfer Operation Restrictions of the DMA Transfer Little Endian IxEthAcc Overview Access-Layer Components Ethernet Access IxEthAcc API Access-Layer Components Ethernet Access IxEthAcc API Ethernet Access Layers Architectural OverviewRole of the Ethernet NPE Microcode Queue Manager 4 MAC/PHY ConfigurationLearning/Filtering Database Ethernet Access Layers Component Features Data Plane Ethernet Access Layers Block Diagram Ethernet Frame Transmission Port InitializationTransmission Flow Transmit Buffer Management and Priority TxEnetDone Ethernet Transmit Frame Data Buffer Flow Ethernet Frame Reception Using Chained IXOSALMBUFs for Transmission / Buffer SizingTx Fifo Priority Ethernet Receive Frame API Overview Receive Flow Buffer Sizing Receive Buffer Management and PrioritySupplying Buffers Codelet or client application Programmer’s Guide Freeing Buffers Rx Fifo Priority QoS ModeRecycling Buffers No Receive Polling Additional Receive Path Information Data-Plane Endianness Control PathMaximum Ethernet Frame Size IxEthAcc and Secondary Components Frame Check Sequence MAC Duplex SettingsEthernet MAC Control MII I/O 1.6 802.3x Flow Control Promiscuous ModeNon-Promiscuous Mode MAC Filtering Emergency Security Port Shutdown InitializationShared Data Structures NPE Loopback Ixpneflags Field Format Ixosalmbuf Structure Format Queue Field Description Eth 150 Document Number 252539, Revision Ixosalmbuf Port ID Field Format Field Bit Values Management InformationIxosalmbuf Port ID Field Values Ixpneflags.linkprot Field Values Object Increment Criteria Managed Objects for Ethernet Receive Managed Objects for Ethernet Transmit IxEthDB Functional Behavior Access-Layer Components Ethernet Database IxEthDB API MAC Address Learning and Filtering Access-Layer Components Ethernet Database IxEthDB APILearning and Filtering Node Other MAC Learning/Filtering Usage Models Learning/Filtering General CharacteristicsPort Definitions Provisioning Static and Dynamic Entries Port Dependency MapAging Frame Size Filtering Database MaintenanceRecord Management Filtering Example Based Upon Maximum Frame Size Source MAC Address FirewallMAC Address Block/Admission Invalid MAC Address Filtering 10.3.4 802.1Q Vlan Untagged MAC Frame Format Background Vlan Data in Ethernet FramesVlan Tagged MAC Frame Format Acceptable Frame Type Filtering Database Records Associated With Vlan IDsVlan Tag Format Port-Based Vlan Membership Filtering Ingress Tagging and Tag Removal Port and VLAN-Based Egress Tagging and Tag Removal Special Conditions Egress Vlan Tagging/Untagging Behavior Matrix Tag Mode Frame Status Action Port ID Extraction 10.3.5 802.1Q User Priority / QoS SupportPriority Aware Transmission QoS on Receive for 802.1Q Tagged Frames Receive Priority Queuing QoS on Receive for Untagged Frames Priority to Traffic Class Mapping IEEE802.11 Frame Format Default Priority to Traffic Class Mapping10.3.6 802.3 / 802.11 Frame Conversion Background 802.3 and 802.11 Frame Formats AP-STA and AP-AP Modes IEEE802.11 Frame Control FC Field Format Receive Path How the 802.3 / 802.11 Frame Conversion Feature Works To 802.11 Header Conversion Rules Field AP to STA mode AP to AP modeTransmit Path Frame Type 10.3.6.3 802.3 / 802.11 API Details11 to 802.3 Header Conversion Rules Input 802.11 Frame Values Output 802.3 Frame Field Values IxEthDB API Spanning Tree Protocol Port SettingsInitialization User-Defined Field Feature SetAdditional Database Features IxEthDB Feature Set FCS Appending Dependencies on IxEthAcc ConfigurationDatabase Clear Promiscuous-Mode Requirement 180 Document Number 252539, Revision Supported PHYs Access-Layer Components Ethernet PHY IxEthMii API PHYs Supported by IxEthMii Access-Layer Components Ethernet PHY IxEthMii API Hardware Feature Control Access-Layer Components Feature Control IxFeatureCtrl API Bits Description Using the Product ID-Related FunctionsAccess-Layer Components Feature Control IxFeatureCtrl API Product ID Values Feature Control Register Values Sheet 1 Using the Feature Control Register Functions Feature Control Register Values Sheet 2 Software ConfigurationComponent Check by Other APIs Document Number 252539, Revision 187 188 Document Number 252539, Revision Access-Layer Components HSS-Access IxHssAcc API IxHssAcc API Overview Access-Layer Components HSS-Access IxHssAcc API FeaturesIxHssAcc Interfaces Access-Layer Components HSS-Access IxHssAcc API Intel X S cale C ore HSS and Hdlc Theory and Coprocessor Operation HSS Tx Clock Output frequencies and PPM Error HSS Output Clock Jitter and Error CharacterizationHSS Tx Freq Pj Max ns Cj Max ns Aj Max ns Actual Frame Length µs Jitter DefinitionsHSS Frame Output Characterization Jitter Type Jitter Definition High-Level API Call Flow IxHssAcc Component Dependencies Key Assumptions IxHssAccPortInit HSS Port Initialization Details 198 Document Number 252539, Revision HSS Channelized Operation Channelized Connect and EnableIxHssAccChanConnect 200 Document Number 252539, Revision Channelized Connect Channelized Tx/Rx Methods Polled CallBack Channelized Transmit and Receive IxHssAccPktPortConnect Packetized Connect and EnableHSS Packetized Operation Channelized Disconnect Document Number 252539, Revision 205 Packetized Connect Packetized Tx Document Number 252539, Revision 207 Packetized Transmit Packetized Rx Document Number 252539, Revision 209 Packetized Receive Packetized Disconnect 13.6.5 56-Kbps, Packetized Raw ModeData Flow in Packetized Service Buffer Allocation Data-Flow Overview 212 Document Number 252539, Revision HSS Packetized Receive Buffering HSS Packetized Transmit Buffering Data Flow in Channelized Service Document Number 252539, Revision 215 HSS Channelized Receive Operation HSS Channelized Transmit Operation 218 Document Number 252539, Revision Microcode Images Access-Layer Components NPE-Downloader IxNpeDl APILoading NPE Microcode from a File Versus Loaded from Memory NPE Image Compatibility Access-Layer Components NPE-Downloader IxNpeDl APIStandard Usage Example NPE Microcode Library Customization Image Name Description NPE-A Images NPE-C Images Sheet 1 NPE-B Images IxNpeDl Uninitialization Custom Usage ExampleNPE-C Images Sheet 2 Deprecated APIs Access-Layer Components NPE Message Handler IxNpeMh API Polled Operation Access-Layer Components NPE Message Handler IxNpeMh APIInitializing the IxNpeMh Interrupt-Driven Operation Sending an NPE Message Uninitializing IxNpeMh IxNpeMh Sending an NPE Message with ResponseClient Customer / Demo Code IxNpeMh Client Customer / Demo Code Receiving Unsolicited Messages from NPE to Software Client IxNpeMh Component Dependencies 232 Document Number 252539, Revision Introduction Access-Layer Components Parity Error Notifier IxParityENAccBackground Scrubbing/Memory Scrub Network Processing Engines Expansion Bus Controller Switching Coprocessor in NPE B SwcpAHB Queue Manager AQM DDR Sdram Memory Controller Unit MCU Secondary Effects of Parity Interrupts Parity Error InterruptsInterrupt Bit Default Priority Software Interrupt Prioritization Feature Hardware Component Software Support Recoverable FeaturesIxParityENAcc API Details IxParityENAcc API Usage Scenarios IxParityENAcc Dependency Diagram Parity Error Notification Sequence Summary Parity Error Notification Scenario Interrupt Bit Source API Invoked by Parity Error Interrupt Deassertion Conditions Sheet 1 Parity Error Interrupt Deassertion Conditions Sheet 2 Summary Parity Error Recovery Scenario Parity Error Notification Detailed Scenarios Summary Parity Error Prevention Scenario Data Abort with No Parity Error Data Abort followed by Unrelated Parity Error Notification Data Abort Caused by Parity Error Data Abort with both Related and Unrelated Parity Errors Access-Layer Components Performance Profiling IxPerfProfAcc Intel XScale Core PMU Counter Buffer Overflow Internal Bus PMU Idle-Cycle Counter Utilities ‘Xcycle’ IxPerfProfAcc Dependencies Interrupt Handling Threading Using the API Event and Clock Counting API Usage for Intel XScale Core PMU 254 Document Number 252539, Revision Display Performance Counters Time-Based Sampling Display Clock Counter Iii. Print out the first five elements Event-Based Sampling 258 Document Number 252539, Revision C0112788 No lower symbol found. Module kernel Using Intel XScale Core PMU to Determine Cache Efficiency Internal Bus PMU IxPerfProfAccBusPmuStart Perform the same calculation for the rest of the PECs Xcycle Idlecycle Counter Display Xcycle Measurement Access-Layer Components Queue Manager IxQMgr API Access-Layer Components Queue Manager IxQMgr API Features and Hardware Interface Document Number 252539, Revision 267 Attribute Description Values Configuration ValuesAQM Configuration Attributes Dispatcher Dispatcher Modes 270 Document Number 252539, Revision AQM Dispatcher in Context of a Polling Mechanism Livelock Prevention Document Number 252539, Revision 273 274 Document Number 252539, Revision IxSspAcc API Details Access-Layer Components Synchronous Serial Port IxSspAcc IxSspAcc Dependencies IxSspAcc API Usage Models Interrupt ModeInitialization and General Data Model 278 Document Number 252539, Revision Interrupt Scenario Polling Mode Init Transmit Receive 282 Document Number 252539, Revision Access-Layer Components Time Sync IxTimeSyncAcc API Ieee 1588 PTP Protocol Overview Access-Layer Components Time Sync IxTimeSyncAcc APISynchronization Sequence Overview Ieee 1588 Hardware Assist Block Detailed Information Block Diagram of Intel IXP46X Network Processor IPv6 and VLAN-Tagged Ethernet Frames Hardware Feature Options Default State Additional Hardware Information IxTimeSyncAcc API DetailsIxTimeSyncAcc Ieee 1588 PTP Client Application Document Number 252539, Revision 289 IxTimeSyncAcc API Usage Scenarios Interrupt Mode OperationsPolling for Transmit and Receive Timestamps Interrupt Servicing of Target Time Reached Condition Polled Mode Operations Polling for Auxiliary Snapshot Values Interface Description Access-Layer Components UART-Access IxUARTAcc API Access-Layer Components UART-Access IxUARTAcc API Fifo Versus Polled ModeUart / OS Dependencies Uart Services Models 296 Document Number 252539, Revision USB Controller Background Access-Layer Components USB Access ixUSB API SOF Token Packet Format Access-Layer Components USB Access ixUSB APIIN, OUT, and Setup Token Packet Format Packet Formats Bits 023 Bytes Transaction FormatsData Packet Format Handshake Packet Format Action Token Packet Data Packet Bulk Transaction FormatsIsochronous Transaction Formats Action Token Packet Data Packet Handshake Packet Interrupt Transaction Formats Control Write SetupControl Transaction Formats, Set-Up Stage Control Transaction Formats API interfaces Available for Access Layer IxUSB Setup RequestsIxUSB API Interfaces Request Name Host-Device Request Summary Sheet 1 Host-Device Request Summary Sheet 2 Configuration IxUSB Send and Receive Requests IxUSB Endpoint Stall FeatureFrame Synchronization Stall on OUT Transactions IxUSB Error Handling Error due to unknown reasons Detailed Error Codes USB Dependencies USB Data Flow ATM Codelet IxAtmCodelet CodeletsCodelets Ethernet AAL-5 Codelet IxEthAal5App Crypto Access Codelet IxCryptoAccCodeletDMA Access Codelet IxDmaAccCodelet Ethernet Access Codelet IxEthAccCodelet Parity Error Notifier Codelet IxParityENAccCodelet HSS Access Codelet IxHssAccCodelet Time Sync Codelet IxTimeSyncAccCodelet Performance Profiling Codelet IxPerfProfAccCodeletUSB Rndis Codelet IxUSBRNDIS Operating System Abstraction Layer Osal Osal Architecture Operating System Abstraction Layer Osal Buffer Management Module OS-Independent Core ModuleOS-Dependent Module Core Module Backward Compatibility Module Osal Library StructureBuffer Translation Module Document Number 252539, Revision 317 C lu d e Core Module Osal Modules and Related Interfaces Osal Core Interface Sheet 1 IPC Osal Core Interface Sheet 2 Thread 24.6.3 I/O Memory and Endianness Support Module Buffer Management ModuleOsal Buffer Management Interface Osal I/O Memory and Endianness Interface Sheet 1 Ixosalmmapvirttophys Osal I/O Memory and Endianness Interface Sheet 2 Supporting a New OS Example 1. Global Memory Map Definitions Supporting New Platforms Ixstaticmap Device Support Adsl DriverAdsl Driver Overview Adsl Line Open/Close Overview Adsl API Example of Adsl Line Open Call Sequence Limitations and Constraints 26.3 I2C Driver API Details 2C Driver IxI2cDrv I2C Driver IxI2cDrv 2C Driver IxI2cDrv Arbitration Loss Error Initialization Bus ErrorMaster-Interrupt Mode 26.4 I2C Driver API Usage Models Slave-Polling Mode I2C Driver IxI2cDrv Slave-Interrupt ModeSupport Functions Example Sequence Flows for Slave Mode Sequence Flow Diagram for Slave Transmit in Interrupt Mode Sequence Flow Diagram for Slave Receive in Polling Mode Sequence Flow Diagram for Slave Transmit in Polling Mode 26.4.3 I2C Using Gpio Versus Dedicated I2C Hardware 340 Document Number 252539, Revision Basics of Endianness Endianness in Intel IXP400 SoftwareEndianness in Intel IXP400 Software Nature of Endianness Hardware or Software? Endianness When Memory is Shared Coding Pitfalls Little-Endian/Big-Endian Software Considerations and ImplicationsCasting a Pointer Between Types of Different Sizes Here is what the macro ntohl looks like in actual code Network Stacks and Protocols Avoid Best Practices in Coding of Endian-IndependenceMacro Examples Endian Conversion Macro Source Code 346 Document Number 252539, Revision Document Number 252539, Revision 347 April Reasons for Choosing a Particular LE Coherency Mode Supporting Little-Endian Mode Silicon Endianness Controls Hardware Switches MMU Intel XScale Core Endianness Mode Forcebyteswap Bit Little-Endian Data Coherence Enable/DisableMMU P-Attribute Bit Byteswapen Bit Endian Hardware Summary Silicon VersionsPCI Bus Swap Summary of Silicon Controls Part Number Brief Description IXP46X network processors A-0 stepping APB Peripherals April 2005 NPE Downloader IxNpeDl Ethernet Access Component IxEthAccNPE Message Handler IxNpeMh Ixosalmbuf Data Payload Data Plane One Half-Word-Aligned Ethernet Frame LE Address Coherent Intel XScale Core Read of IP Header LE Data Coherent Learning Database Function Ethernet Access MIB StatisticsIntel IXP400 Software IxEthAcc and IxEthDB Summary Intel IXP400 Software OS Abstraction 27.5.4 PCIATM and HSS #defines VxWorks* ConsiderationsIntel IXP400 Software Macros Endian Conversion Macros VxWorks* Data Coherent Swap Code Intel IXP400 Software Versions Software VersionsIntel IXP400 Software Version Little-Endian Support Yes/No