doc/reference/networking/8021Qav.rst

.. _8021Qav:

IEEE 802.1Qav
#############

Overview
********

Credit-based shaping is an alternative scheduling algorithm used in
network schedulers to achieve fairness when sharing a limited network
resource.  Zephyr has support for configuring a credit-based shaper
described in the `IEEE 802.1Qav-2009 standard`_. Zephyr does not
implement the actual shaper; it only provides a way to configure the
shaper implemented by the Ethernet device driver.

Enabling 802.1Qav
*****************

To enable 802.1Qav shaper, the Ethernet device driver must declare
that it supports credit-based shaping. The Ethernet driver's capability
function must return ``ETHERNET_QAV`` value for this purpose. Typically
also priority queues ``ETHERNET_PRIORITY_QUEUES`` need to be supported.

.. code-block:: none

	static enum ethernet_hw_caps eth_get_capabilities(struct device *dev)
	{
		ARG_UNUSED(dev);

		return ETHERNET_QAV | ETHERNET_PRIORITY_QUEUES |
		       ETHERNET_HW_VLAN | ETHERNET_LINK_10BASE_T |
		       ETHERNET_LINK_100BASE_T;
	}

See ``sam-e70-xplained`` board Ethernet driver
:zephyr_file:`drivers/ethernet/eth_sam_gmac.c` for an example.

Configuring 802.1Qav
********************

The application can configure the credit-based shaper like this:

.. code-block:: c

	#include <net/net_if.h>
	#include <net/ethernet.h>
	#include <net/ethernet_mgmt.h>

	static void qav_set_status(struct net_if *iface,
	                           int queue_id, bool enable)
	{
		struct ethernet_req_params params;
		int ret;

		memset(&params, 0, sizeof(params));

		params.qav_param.queue_id = queue_id;
		params.qav_param.enabled = enable;
		params.qav_param.type = ETHERNET_QAV_PARAM_TYPE_STATUS;

		/* Disable or enable Qav for a queue */
		ret = net_mgmt(NET_REQUEST_ETHERNET_SET_QAV_PARAM,
			       iface, &params,
			       sizeof(struct ethernet_req_params));
		if (ret) {
			LOG_ERR("Cannot %s Qav for queue %d for interface %p",
			        enable ? "enable" : "disable",
			        queue_id, iface);
		}
	}

	static void qav_set_bandwidth_and_slope(struct net_if *iface,
	                                        int queue_id,
	                                        unsigned int bandwidth,
	                                        unsigned int idle_slope)
	{
		struct ethernet_req_params params;
		int ret;

		memset(&params, 0, sizeof(params));

		params.qav_param.queue_id = queue_id;
		params.qav_param.delta_bandwidth = bandwidth;
		params.qav_param.type = ETHERNET_QAV_PARAM_TYPE_DELTA_BANDWIDTH;

		ret = net_mgmt(NET_REQUEST_ETHERNET_SET_QAV_PARAM,
			       iface, &params,
			       sizeof(struct ethernet_req_params));
		if (ret) {
			LOG_ERR("Cannot set Qav delta bandwidth %u for "
			        "queue %d for interface %p",
			        bandwidth, queue_id, iface);
		}

		params.qav_param.idle_slope = idle_slope;
		params.qav_param.type = ETHERNET_QAV_PARAM_TYPE_IDLE_SLOPE;

		ret = net_mgmt(NET_REQUEST_ETHERNET_SET_QAV_PARAM,
			       iface, &params,
			       sizeof(struct ethernet_req_params));
		if (ret) {
			LOG_ERR("Cannot set Qav idle slope %u for "
			        "queue %d for interface %p",
			        idle_slope, queue_id, iface);
		}
	}

.. _IEEE 802.1Qav-2009 standard:
   https://standards.ieee.org/standard/802_1Qav-2009.html