MACsec Intel FPGA System Design User Guide

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Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. Introduction 2. Architecture 3. Interface Overview 4. Parameters 5. Configuration Registers 6. Software Architecture 7. Generating the System Design 8. Document Revision History for MACsec System Design User Guide
1. Introduction x
1.1. Terminology 1.2. Release Information 1.3. System Requirements
2. Architecture x
2.1. System Architecture 2.2. Data Path Between Ethernet MAC and MACsec 2.3. Data Path Between MACsec and MCDMA 2.4. Data Path Between MACsec and Packet Generator/Checker (Packet Client) 2.5. Data Path Illustrations 2.6. Interrupts 2.7. Packet FIFO 2.8. AXI-ST Rate Controller 2.9. Error Handling 2.10. Top Level Signals
2.2. Data Path Between Ethernet MAC and MACsec x
2.2.1. Ethernet Subsystem
2.2.1. Ethernet Subsystem x
2.2.1.1. Data Receiving from MACsec to E/F-Tile Hard IP 2.2.1.2. Data Transmitting from E/F-tile Hard IP to MACsec 2.2.1.3. Order of Ethernet Transmission 2.2.1.4. E/F-Tile Hard IP Reset Sequence
2.3. Data Path Between MACsec and MCDMA x
2.3.1. AXI-ST Multi-Segment to Single-Segment Conversion 2.3.2. MCDMA
2.4. Data Path Between MACsec and Packet Generator/Checker (Packet Client) x
2.4.1. Packet Client 2.4.2. Packet Generation and Check
2.5. Data Path Illustrations x
2.5.1. MACsec Interface Signal Names
2.6. Interrupts x
2.6.1. MCDMA MSI-X Table Configuration
3. Interface Overview x
3.1. Clocking 3.2. Resets
5. Configuration Registers x
5.1. System Register Map
5.1. System Register Map x
5.1.1. Packet Client Register Map 5.1.2. Interrupt Controller Register Map
6. Software Architecture x
6.1. MACsec Key Agreement Protocol 6.2. Driver Functional Requirements 6.3. Software Requirements 6.4. Software Overview 6.5. MACsec IP APIs Sequence 6.6. Functions 6.7. Software Tools
6.4. Software Overview x
6.4.1. McDMA Driver Kernel Module 6.4.2. MACsec IP APIs 6.4.3. Linux MACsec Driver Kernel Module 6.4.4. IP Tool 6.4.5. WPA Supplicant
6.4.2. MACsec IP APIs x
6.4.2.1. SDK
6.5. MACsec IP APIs Sequence x
6.5.1. MACsec Initialization Sequence
6.5.1. MACsec Initialization Sequence x
6.5.1.1. MACsec Reset Sequence 6.5.1.2. TX Configuration Sequence 6.5.1.3. RX Configuration Sequence 6.5.1.4. TX Rekeying Sequence 6.5.1.5. RX Rekeying Sequence 6.5.1.6. Cut Through/Store Forward Mode 6.5.1.7. User Single/Multi Port Settings 6.5.1.8. Encrypt/Decrypt Port 6.5.1.9. Port Priority 6.5.1.10. Interrupt Generation and Register
6.5.1.1. MACsec Reset Sequence x
6.5.1.1.1. GLOBAL Reset 6.5.1.1.2. PORT Reset 6.5.1.1.3. Secure Association (SA) Reset
6.6. Functions x
6.6.1. macsec_initilize 6.6.2. macsec_get_attributes 6.6.3. macsec_get_sa_attributes 6.6.4. macsec_set_attributes 6.6.5. macsec_set_sa_attributes 6.6.6. macsec_read_register 6.6.7. macsec_write_register 6.6.8. macsec_set_port_configuration 6.6.9. macsec_rate_configuration 6.6.10. macsec_single_or_multi_port 6.6.11. macsec_crypto_mode 6.6.12. macsec_port_priority 6.6.13. macsec_register_isr
6.7. Software Tools x
6.7.1. IP Tool 6.7.2. WPA_Supplicant 6.7.3. CLI Debug Tool
6.7.3. CLI Debug Tool x
6.7.3.1. Functional Requirements 6.7.3.2. Features Overview 6.7.3.3. Design with HOST 6.7.3.4. Netlink Interface 6.7.3.5. SDK 6.7.3.6. Design Overview
7. Generating the System Design x
7.1. Software Requirements 7.2. Obtaining the Reference Design 7.3. Reference Design Directory Structure 7.4. Simulation Command Arguments 7.5. Simulation Test Cases 7.6. Complete Simulation Command 7.7. Simulation Requirements 7.8. Running the Simulation 7.9. Building, Installing, and Running the Software
7.4. Simulation Command Arguments x
7.4.1. Simulation -d Options
1. Introduction
2. Architecture
3. Interface Overview
4. Parameters
5. Configuration Registers
6. Software Architecture
7. Generating the System Design
8. Document Revision History for MACsec System Design User Guide

6.4.2. MACsec IP APIs

The MACsec IP APIs are exposed/included with McDMA(or can be added to any network driver).

The MACsec IP APIs are available to use by McDMA for the following:
  1. MACsec Ops

    The APIs below are implemented to perform MACsec control path functionality.

  2. intel_macsec_isr()

    This is the interrupt service routine registered for MACsec ip interrupts. On receiving an Interrupt, this signals user which interrupt has been raised. After signaling it clears the Interrupt line and clears the interrupt status register.

  3. genl_ppbb_read_reg() & genl_ppbb_write_reg()

    The netlink support is added here to get the netlink request from CLI tool and response it. In the reference design, the data path is through packet generator and checker. The CLI debug tool is used to configure the packet generator using netlink support.

  4. Netlink functions

    The netlink functions are added to McDMA driver to support register access. In the reference design, the data flow is from the packet generator/checker. Therefore, register settings are required from user application (i.e CLI Debug Tool). The linux kernel module registers a generic netlink family name, on which the kernel routes any user-space interaction. Linux kernel can have multiple netlink families registered at a time. User-space application has to mention a corresponding name to interact with a particular netlink channel. The MACsec IP (i.e McDMA driver) kernel module registers the "intel_macsec" netlink family name, which is used by CLI to interact with the kernel module.

    The linux kernel module registers 6 handlers for all of the above netlink commands. These handler functions are as follows:
    1. genl_get_attr()
    2. genl_set_attr()
    3. genl_get_sa_attr()
    4. genl_set_sa_attr()
    5. genl_ppbb_read_reg()
    6. genl_ppbb_write_reg()
    7. genl_read_reg()
    8. genl_write_reg()

    All of the above handlers receive socket buffer information from the CLI and invoke the respective MACsec IP API. On success, they return the data received from the API. On failure, they return the error code back to CLI.


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