Solarflare-onload-installation-steps

onload-steps.md

check installation

lspci | grep Eth

check nic card is installed properly

dmesg

might need to find a suitable slot if you see the below

 This Solarflare Network Adapter requires the equivalent of 8 lanes at PCI Express 3 speed for full throughput, but is currently limited to 4 lanes at PCI Express 1 speed.  Consult your motherboard documentation to find a more suitable slot

check in-tree drivers

find /lib/modules/`uname -r` -type f -name '*.ko' -printf '%f\n' | grep -E 'sfc|onload'`

should see the following

onload.ko
sfc.ko
sfc-siena.ko
sfc.ko
sfc-falcon.ko

ethtool -i ens3f0np0

should see something like below

isaiahp@z600:~$ ethtool -i ens3f0np0
driver: sfc
version: 6.2.0-39-generic
firmware-version: 8.0.0.1015 rx1 tx1
expansion-rom-version: 
bus-info: 0000:1c:00.0
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: yes
supports-eeprom-access: no
supports-register-dump: yes
supports-priv-flags: no

Install Onload and Onload kernel modules

1. install build prerequisites sudo apt install python3-dev libpcap-dev libcap-dev devscripts

2. download onload deb packages openonload-8-1-3-40

3. install source sudo dpkg-source -x onload_8.1.3.40-1.dsc

4. untar tar -xf onload_8.1.3.40-debiansource.tgz

5. dpkg-source -x onload_8.1.3.40-1.dsc

6. cd into src dir

7. build packages `debuild -i -uc -us

8. this should generate onload-user_8.1.3.40-1_amd64.deb

9. install userspace packages sudo dpkg -i onload-user_8.1.3.40-1_amd64.deb

10. sudo dpkg -i onload-source_8.1.3.40-1_all.deb

11. check packages installed sudo dpkg -l "*onload*"

Install onload kernel module

use dkms

1. unzip SF-120887-LS-15-OpenOnload-DKMS-Release-Package.zip

2. sudo alien -c onload-dkms-8.1.3.40-0.noarch.rpm

3. sudo dpkg -i onload-dkms_8.1.3.40-1_all.deb

4. sudo onload_tool reload

5. check module and driver

find /lib/modules/`uname -r` -type f -name '*.ko' -printf '%f\n' | grep -E 'sfc|onload'`

should see the following

onload.ko
sfc.ko
sfc_char.ko
sfc_resource.ko
sfc_driverlink.ko
onload.ko
sfc.ko
sfc_char.ko
sfc_resource.ko
sfc-siena.ko
sfc.ko
sfc-falcon.ko

5. check everything is loaded onload -v output should be

Onload 8.1.3.40
Copyright (c) 2002-2024 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Built: Nov 26 2024 22:03:41 (release)
Build profile header: <ci/internal/transport_config_opt_extra.h>
Kernel module: 8.1.3.40