ASFvOLT16 vOLTHA BAL DRIVER

This is an executable (voltha_bal_driver), which will receive asfvolt16_olt adapter grpc-c messages and call the respective BAL API. It will send received responses/asynchronous indications from BAL running in the ASFvOLT16 to the asfvolt16_olt adapter in VOLTHA. This driver requires the Broadcom proprietary BAL/Maple SDK for the PON MAC and the Qumran switching SDK. These components are available from Broadcom.

GETTING STARTED

The following proprietary components are required to build the voltha_bal_driver.

The following open-source components are required to build the voltha_bal_driver.

Open Network Linux

This guide assumes that Open Network Linux (ONL) build environment for ASFvOLT16 has been installed and the build was successful. Refer to ONL build instructions here.

Clone asfvolt16-driver repo

cd OpenNetworkLinux
git clone https://gerrit.opencord.org/asfvolt16-driver

Build helper scripts are available in asfvolt16-driver/scripts to automate the steps for building BAL/Maple SDK and the voltha_bal_driver.

The helper scripts contain default shell variable values for component directory locations and file names for the build.

Prepare workspace for BAL

Any of the following variables can be overridden to suit the local build environment.

ONL_TOPDIR=/aux/OpenNetworkLinux
BALSRC_RELEASE=bal_src_release
BALSRC_ZIPNAME=SW-BCM68620_2_4_3_6.zip
SWISDK_TARNAME=sdk-all-6.5.7
PATCH_FILENAME=BAL_2.4.3.6-V201709291146.patch
BROADCOM_DOWNLOAD_DIR=/home/user/broadcom/download
EDGECORE_DOWNLOAD_DIR=/home/user/edgecore/download

Prepare the BAL/Maple build workspace from outside of the docker environment. This allows access to network and device resources that may not be available in the docker.

    > cd ${ONL_TOPDIR}
    > BROADCOM_DOWNLOAD_DIR=/aux/brcm_download EDGECORE_DOWNLOAD_DIR=/aux/brcm_download ./asfvolt16-driver/scripts/asfvolt-bal-prepare.sh

Build BAL/Maple SDK

All of the remaining steps are done inside the ONL build docker. Start ONL build docker workspace:

    > docker/tools/onlbuilder -8   # enter the docker workspace
    > ./asfvolt16-driver/scripts/asfvolt-bal-buildall.sh

Build voltha_bal_driver

This step requires access to the voltha source tree so it can find the protobuf definitions used by the asfvolt16_olt adapter. Be sure to use matching version of the voltha tree because asfvolt16_olt adapter and the voltha_bal_driver need to share the same grpc protobuf definitions.

ONL_TOPDIR=/aux/OpenNetworkLinux
MAKE_JOBS=4
BALSRC_RELEASE=bal_src_release
VOLTHA_TOPDIR=/home/<user>/voltha/incubator/voltha
BALSRC_TOPDIR=/aux/OpenNetworkLinux/bal_src_release/bal_release
ASFSRC_TOPDIR=/aux/OpenNetworkLinux/asfvolt16-driver/src
DEVSIM_TOPDIR=/aux/OpenNetworkLinux/asfvolt16-driver/device_simulator
PATCHF_TOPDIR=/aux/OpenNetworkLinux/asfvolt16-driver/patches

From the ONL build docker workspace:

    > VOLTHA_TOPDIR=/home/<user>/voltha/incubator/voltha ./asfvolt16-driver/scripts/asfvolt-driver-build.sh

Package voltha_bal_driver into BAL release tarball

From the ONL build docker workspace:

    > ./asfvolt16-driver/scripts/asfvolt-driver-package.sh

The tarball containing the packaged voltha_bal_driver can be found in ${ASFDRVR_PKGDIR}:

    > ls ${ONL_TOPDIR}/asfdrvr-package-dir/
asfvolt16-voltha-bal-201710051908.tgz  broadcom  opt

USAGE: ./voltha_bal_driver "serverIP:port1" -C "serverIP:port2" -A "serverIP:port3" ./bal_core_dist -C "serverIP:port2" -A "serverIP:port3"

NOTE: bal_core_dist is a broadcom executable

CONTRIBUTING

VERSIONING

AUTHORS Radisys Adapter Team

Licence

Acknowledgments