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How to support SR_IOV in NDIS 630

billxiangbillxiang Member Posts: 3

Hello All,

I am working on NDIS SRIOV driver, here is my code in NDIS_MINIPORT_DRIVER_CHARACTERISTICS.InitializeHandlerEx:

if (status == NDIS_STATUS_SUCCESS)
{
NdisZeroMemory(&miniportAttributes, sizeof(miniportAttributes));
NDIS_HYPERVISOR_INFO hypervisorInfo;
NDIS_SRIOV_CAPABILITIES sriovCap;
NDIS_SRIOV_CAPABILITIES currentSriovCap;
NDIS_NIC_SWITCH_CAPABILITIES nicSwitchCap;
NDIS_NIC_SWITCH_CAPABILITIES currentNicSwitchCap;

    miniportAttributes.HardwareAssistAttributes.Header.Type = NDIS_OBJECT_TYPE_MINIPORT_ADAPTER_HARDWARE_ASSIST_ATTRIBUTES;
    miniportAttributes.HardwareAssistAttributes.Header.Revision = NDIS_MINIPORT_ADAPTER_HARDWARE_ASSIST_ATTRIBUTES_REVISION_2;
    miniportAttributes.HardwareAssistAttributes.Header.Size = NDIS_SIZEOF_MINIPORT_ADAPTER_GENERAL_ATTRIBUTES_REVISION_2;

    sriovCap.Header.Type = NDIS_OBJECT_TYPE_DEFAULT;
    sriovCap.Header.Size = NDIS_SIZEOF_SRIOV_CAPABILITIES_REVISION_1;

    currentSriovCap.Header.Type = NDIS_OBJECT_TYPE_DEFAULT;
    currentSriovCap.Header.Size = NDIS_SIZEOF_SRIOV_CAPABILITIES_REVISION_1;

    hypervisorInfo.Header.Type = NDIS_OBJECT_TYPE_DEFAULT;
    hypervisorInfo.Header.Revision = NDIS_HYPERVISOR_INFO_REVISION_1;
    hypervisorInfo.Header.Size = NDIS_SIZEOF_HYPERVISOR_INFO_REVISION_1;
    NdisGetHypervisorInfo(&hypervisorInfo);

    if (hypervisorInfo.PartitionType == NdisHypervisorPartitionTypeMsHvParent)
    {
        DbgPrint("sriov PF\n");
        sriovCap.SriovCapabilities = NDIS_SRIOV_CAPS_SRIOV_SUPPORTED | NDIS_SRIOV_CAPS_PF_MINIPORT;
        currentSriovCap.SriovCapabilities = NDIS_SRIOV_CAPS_SRIOV_SUPPORTED | NDIS_SRIOV_CAPS_PF_MINIPORT;

        nicSwitchCap.Header.Type = NDIS_OBJECT_TYPE_DEFAULT;
        nicSwitchCap.Header.Revision = NDIS_NIC_SWITCH_CAPABILITIES_REVISION_2;
        nicSwitchCap.Header.Size = NDIS_SIZEOF_NIC_SWITCH_CAPABILITIES_REVISION_2;
        nicSwitchCap.MaxNumMacAddresses = 3;
        nicSwitchCap.MaxNumQueuePairs =12;
        nicSwitchCap.MaxNumQueuePairsPerNonDefaultVPort = 2;
        nicSwitchCap.MaxNumSwitches = 1;
        nicSwitchCap.MaxNumVFs = 2;
        nicSwitchCap.MaxNumVPorts = 3;
        //nicSwitchCap.NumMacAddressesPerPort = 1;
        //nicSwitchCap.NumTotalMacAddresses = 3;

        currentNicSwitchCap.Header.Type = NDIS_OBJECT_TYPE_DEFAULT;
        currentNicSwitchCap.Header.Revision = NDIS_NIC_SWITCH_CAPABILITIES_REVISION_2;
        currentNicSwitchCap.Header.Size = NDIS_SIZEOF_NIC_SWITCH_CAPABILITIES_REVISION_2;
        //currentNicSwitchCap.MaxNumMacAddresses = 3;
        currentNicSwitchCap.MaxNumQueuePairs = 8;
        currentNicSwitchCap.MaxNumQueuePairsPerNonDefaultVPort = 2;
        currentNicSwitchCap.MaxNumSwitches = 1;
        currentNicSwitchCap.MaxNumVFs = 2;
        currentNicSwitchCap.MaxNumVPorts = 3;
        //currentNicSwitchCap.NumMacAddressesPerPort = 1;
        //currentNicSwitchCap.NumTotalMacAddresses = 3;

        //miniportAttributes.HardwareAssistAttributes.HardwareNicSwitchCapabilities = &nicSwitchCap;
        //miniportAttributes.HardwareAssistAttributes.CurrentNicSwitchCapabilities = &currentNicSwitchCap;
    }
    else if (hypervisorInfo.PartitionType == NdisHypervisorPartitionMsHvChild) {
        sriovCap.SriovCapabilities = NDIS_SRIOV_CAPS_SRIOV_SUPPORTED | NDIS_SRIOV_CAPS_VF_MINIPORT;
        currentSriovCap.SriovCapabilities = NDIS_SRIOV_CAPS_SRIOV_SUPPORTED | NDIS_SRIOV_CAPS_VF_MINIPORT;
    }
    else {
        DbgPrint("not pf nor vf\n");
    }

    miniportAttributes.HardwareAssistAttributes.HardwareSriovCapabilities = &sriovCap;
    miniportAttributes.HardwareAssistAttributes.CurrentSriovCapabilities = &currentSriovCap;

    status = NdisMSetMiniportAttributes(miniportAdapterHandle, &miniportAttributes);
    if (status != NDIS_STATUS_SUCCESS)
    {
        DbgPrint("sriov config failed %x\n", status);
    }

    status = NdisMEnableVirtualization(miniportAdapterHandle, 0, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE);
    if (status != NDIS_STATUS_SUCCESS)
    {
        DbgPrint("NdisMEnableVirtualization disable failed %x\n", status);
    }
    status = NdisMEnableVirtualization(miniportAdapterHandle, 1, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE);
    //status = EnableVirtualization(miniportAdapterHandle, 1, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE);
    if (status != NDIS_STATUS_SUCCESS)
    {
        DbgPrint("NdisMEnableVirtualization enable failed %x\n", status);

    }
}

but NdisMEnableVirtualization always return STATUS_DEVICE_CONFIGURATION_ERROR, and Powershell shows IovEnabled=True but IovSupport=False.
I am not really sure about how to support SR-IOV according to docs of MS, can any one give me some advice.

regards,
BX

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