[PATCH requirements 0/7] virtio net new features requirements

From
David Edmondson <>
Date
2023-08-14T12:00:00+00:00
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[PATCH requirements 0/7] virtio net new features requirements
On Monday, 2023-07-24 at 06:34:20 +03, Parav Pandit wrote:
> Add tx and rx packet timestamp requirements. >
> Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <>  Acked-by: David Edmondson <>  > ---
>  net-workstream/features-1.4.md
26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) >
> diff --git a/net-workstream/features-1.4.md b/net-workstream/features-1.4.md
> index d228462..37820b6 100644 > --- a/net-workstream/features-1.4.md > +++ b/net-workstream/features-1.4.md > @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ together is desired while updating the virtio net interface.
>  2. Low latency tx and rx virtqueues for PCI transport
>  3. Virtqueue notification coalescing re-arming support
>  4  Virtqueue receive flow filters (RFF) > +5. Device timestamp for tx and rx packets >
>  # 3. Requirements >  ## 3.1 Device counters > @@ -280,3 +281,28 @@ struct virtio_net_rff_delete {
>  	u8 padding[2];
>  	le32 flow_id; >  }; > + > +## 3.5 Packet timestamp > +1. Device should provide transmit timestamp and receive timestamp of the packets > +
at per packet level when the device is enabled. > +2. Device should provide the current free running clock in the least latency > +
possible using an MMIO register read of 64-bit to have the least jitter. > +3. Device should provide the current frequency and the frequency unit for the > +
software to synchronize the reference point of software and the device using > +
a control vq command. > + > +### 3.5.1 Transmit timestamp > +1. Transmit completion must contain a packet transmission timestamp when the > +
device is enabled for it. > +2. The device should record the packet transmit timestamp in the completion at > +
the farthest egress point towards the network. > +3. The device must provide a transmit packet timestamp in a single DMA > +
transaction along with the rest of the transmit completion fields. > + > +### 3.5.2 Receive timestamp > +1. Receive completion must contain a packet reception timestamp when the device > +
is enabled for it. > +2. The device should record the received packet timestamp at the closet ingress > +
point of reception from the network. > +3. The device should provide a receive packet timestamp in a single DMA > +
transaction along with the rest of the receive completion fields.

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