[v2] net/gve: check driver compatibility

Message ID 20230508191552.104540-1-rushilg@google.com (mailing list archive)
State Changes Requested, archived
Delegated to: Ferruh Yigit
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Commit Message

Rushil Gupta May 8, 2023, 7:15 p.m. UTC
  Change gve_driver_info fields to report DPDK as OS type and DPDK RTE
version as OS version, reserving driver_version fields for GVE driver
version based on features.

Signed-off-by: Rushil Gupta <rushilg@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Joshua Washington <joshwash@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junfeng Guo <junfeng.guo@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeroen de Borst <jeroendb@google.com>
---
 drivers/net/gve/base/gve.h        |  3 --
 drivers/net/gve/base/gve_adminq.c | 19 ++++++++++
 drivers/net/gve/base/gve_adminq.h | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 drivers/net/gve/base/gve_osdep.h  | 24 ++++++++++++
 drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c      | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h      |  2 +-
 drivers/net/gve/gve_version.c     | 14 +++++++
 drivers/net/gve/gve_version.h     | 25 +++++++++++++
 drivers/net/gve/meson.build       |  7 ++++
 9 files changed, 185 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 drivers/net/gve/gve_version.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/net/gve/gve_version.h
  

Comments

Ferruh Yigit May 17, 2023, 4:58 p.m. UTC | #1
On 5/8/2023 8:15 PM, Rushil Gupta wrote:
> Change gve_driver_info fields to report DPDK as OS type and DPDK RTE
> version as OS version, reserving driver_version fields for GVE driver
> version based on features.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rushil Gupta <rushilg@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Joshua Washington <joshwash@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Junfeng Guo <junfeng.guo@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeroen de Borst <jeroendb@google.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/gve/base/gve.h        |  3 --
>  drivers/net/gve/base/gve_adminq.c | 19 ++++++++++
>  drivers/net/gve/base/gve_adminq.h | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  drivers/net/gve/base/gve_osdep.h  | 24 ++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c      | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h      |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/gve/gve_version.c     | 14 +++++++
>  drivers/net/gve/gve_version.h     | 25 +++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/gve/meson.build       |  7 ++++
>  9 files changed, 185 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/gve/gve_version.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/gve/gve_version.h
> 

'doc/guides/nics/gve.rst' has following reference to Linux kernel version:

"
The base code is under MIT license and based on GVE kernel driver v1.3.0.
"

Previously you mentioned that Linux kernel code has nothing to do with
DPDK version, should above note removed or updated?

<...>

> +static int
> +gve_verify_driver_compatibility(struct gve_priv *priv)
> +{
> +	struct gve_driver_info *driver_info;
> +	int err;
> +
> +	driver_info = rte_zmalloc("driver info", sizeof(struct gve_driver_info), 0);

Can use calloc(), no need to use DPDK memory APIs.
This memory is not for datapath, and only used for short time.

> +	if (driver_info == NULL) {
> +		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR,
> +			    "Could not alloc for driver compatibility");

Message can be misleading, adding 'verify' may help.

> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +	}
> +	*driver_info = (struct gve_driver_info) {
> +		.os_type = 5, /* DPDK */
> +		.driver_major = GVE_VERSION_MAJOR,
> +		.driver_minor = GVE_VERSION_MINOR,
> +		.driver_sub = GVE_VERSION_SUB,
> +		.os_version_major = cpu_to_be32(DPDK_VERSION_MAJOR),
> +		.os_version_minor = cpu_to_be32(DPDK_VERSION_MINOR),
> +		.os_version_sub = cpu_to_be32(DPDK_VERSION_SUB),
> +		.driver_capability_flags = {
> +			cpu_to_be64(GVE_DRIVER_CAPABILITY_FLAGS1),
> +			cpu_to_be64(GVE_DRIVER_CAPABILITY_FLAGS2),
> +			cpu_to_be64(GVE_DRIVER_CAPABILITY_FLAGS3),
> +			cpu_to_be64(GVE_DRIVER_CAPABILITY_FLAGS4),
> +		},
> +	};
> +
> +	populate_driver_version_strings((char *)driver_info->os_version_str1,
> +			(char *)driver_info->os_version_str2);
> +

Is it accepted by adminq_verify if 'os_version_str1' & 'os_version_str2'
is not set? If not 'populate_driver_version_strings()' should return
success/error value.

> +	err = gve_adminq_verify_driver_compatibility(priv,
> +		sizeof(struct gve_driver_info), (dma_addr_t)driver_info);
> +
> +	/* It's ok if the device doesn't support this */
> +	if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
> +		err = 0;
> +
> +	rte_free(driver_info);
> +	return err;
> +}
> +
>  static int
>  gve_dev_info_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info)
>  {
> @@ -672,6 +706,11 @@ gve_init_priv(struct gve_priv *priv, bool skip_describe_device)
>  		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to alloc admin queue: err=%d", err);
>  		return err;
>  	}
> +	err = gve_verify_driver_compatibility(priv);
> +	if (err) {
> +		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Could not verify driver compatibility: err=%d", err);
> +		goto free_adminq;
> +	}
>  
>  	if (skip_describe_device)
>  		goto setup_device;
> diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h
> index 42a02cf5d4..23ccff37d3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h
> @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ struct gve_priv {
>  	uint32_t adminq_report_stats_cnt;
>  	uint32_t adminq_report_link_speed_cnt;
>  	uint32_t adminq_get_ptype_map_cnt;
> -
> +	uint32_t adminq_verify_driver_compatibility_cnt;
>  	volatile uint32_t state_flags;
>  
>  	/* Gvnic device link speed from hypervisor. */
> diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/gve_version.c b/drivers/net/gve/gve_version.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..f02b4f696f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/net/gve/gve_version.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
> + * Google Virtual Ethernet (gve) driver

Is above line added intentionally?
Normally SPDX tag only contains license and copyright information,
please check 'gve_ethdev.c' for sample tag.

> + * Copyright (C) 2015-2023 Google, Inc.
> + */
> +#include "gve_version.h"
> +
> +const char *gve_version_string(void)
> +{
> +	static char gve_version[10];

DPDK-1.0.0 => 10 chars, it doesn't left room for terminating NULL, but
at least 'gve_write_version()' seems expecting to have one.

> +	snprintf(gve_version, sizeof(gve_version), "%s%d.%d.%d",
> +		GVE_VERSION_PREFIX, GVE_VERSION_MAJOR, GVE_VERSION_MINOR,
> +		GVE_VERSION_SUB);

'snprintf()' adds terminating NULL, truncating version string, need more
space in the 'gve_version' array.

> +	return gve_version;
> +}
> diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/gve_version.h b/drivers/net/gve/gve_version.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..eca717d64b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/net/gve/gve_version.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
> + * Google Virtual Ethernet (gve) driver

Ditto

> + * Copyright (C) 2015-2023 Google, Inc.
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef _GVE_VERSION_H_
> +#define _GVE_VERSION_H_
> +
> +#include <rte_version.h>
> +
> +#define GVE_VERSION_PREFIX "DPDK-"
> +#define GVE_VERSION_MAJOR 1
> +#define GVE_VERSION_MINOR 0
> +#define GVE_VERSION_SUB 0
> +
> +#define DPDK_VERSION_MAJOR (100 * RTE_VER_YEAR + RTE_VER_MONTH)
> +#define DPDK_VERSION_MINOR RTE_VER_MINOR
> +#define DPDK_VERSION_SUB RTE_VER_RELEASE
> +
> +
> +const char *
> +gve_version_string(void);
> +
> +
> +#endif /* GVE_VERSION_H */
> diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/meson.build b/drivers/net/gve/meson.build
> index af0010c01c..62ab02d0dc 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/gve/meson.build
> +++ b/drivers/net/gve/meson.build
> @@ -7,10 +7,17 @@ if is_windows
>      subdir_done()
>  endif
>  
> +if is_freebsd
> +    build = false
> +    reason = 'not supported on FreeBSD'
> +    subdir_done()
> +endif
> +

instead of both 'is_windows' & 'is_freebsd' checks,
can check as "not is_linux":

if not is_linux
    build = false
    reason = 'only supported on Linux'
endif
  
Rushil Gupta May 18, 2023, 5:41 p.m. UTC | #2
Thanks for reviewing. Here is v3:
http://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20230518174005.1377467-1-rushilg@google.com/

On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 9:59 AM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@amd.com> wrote:

> On 5/8/2023 8:15 PM, Rushil Gupta wrote:
> > Change gve_driver_info fields to report DPDK as OS type and DPDK RTE
> > version as OS version, reserving driver_version fields for GVE driver
> > version based on features.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rushil Gupta <rushilg@google.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Joshua Washington <joshwash@google.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Junfeng Guo <junfeng.guo@intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Jeroen de Borst <jeroendb@google.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/gve/base/gve.h        |  3 --
> >  drivers/net/gve/base/gve_adminq.c | 19 ++++++++++
> >  drivers/net/gve/base/gve_adminq.h | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  drivers/net/gve/base/gve_osdep.h  | 24 ++++++++++++
> >  drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c      | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> >  drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h      |  2 +-
> >  drivers/net/gve/gve_version.c     | 14 +++++++
> >  drivers/net/gve/gve_version.h     | 25 +++++++++++++
> >  drivers/net/gve/meson.build       |  7 ++++
> >  9 files changed, 185 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100644 drivers/net/gve/gve_version.c
> >  create mode 100644 drivers/net/gve/gve_version.h
> >
>
> 'doc/guides/nics/gve.rst' has following reference to Linux kernel version:
>
> "
> The base code is under MIT license and based on GVE kernel driver v1.3.0.
> "
>
> Previously you mentioned that Linux kernel code has nothing to do with
> DPDK version, should above note removed or updated?
>
> I will address this in the license patch 23.11. We will port all of our
MIT licenses to BSD.
http://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20230411045908.844901-2-rushilg@google.com/
For now let's keep this change separate from license update/removal.

> <...>
>
> > +static int
> > +gve_verify_driver_compatibility(struct gve_priv *priv)
> > +{
> > +     struct gve_driver_info *driver_info;
> > +     int err;
> > +
> > +     driver_info = rte_zmalloc("driver info", sizeof(struct
> gve_driver_info), 0);
>
> Can use calloc(), no need to use DPDK memory APIs.
> This memory is not for datapath, and only used for short time.
>
Done

>
> > +     if (driver_info == NULL) {
> > +             PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR,
> > +                         "Could not alloc for driver compatibility");
>
> Message can be misleading, adding 'verify' may help.
>
Done

>
> > +             return -ENOMEM;
> > +     }
> > +     *driver_info = (struct gve_driver_info) {
> > +             .os_type = 5, /* DPDK */
> > +             .driver_major = GVE_VERSION_MAJOR,
> > +             .driver_minor = GVE_VERSION_MINOR,
> > +             .driver_sub = GVE_VERSION_SUB,
> > +             .os_version_major = cpu_to_be32(DPDK_VERSION_MAJOR),
> > +             .os_version_minor = cpu_to_be32(DPDK_VERSION_MINOR),
> > +             .os_version_sub = cpu_to_be32(DPDK_VERSION_SUB),
> > +             .driver_capability_flags = {
> > +                     cpu_to_be64(GVE_DRIVER_CAPABILITY_FLAGS1),
> > +                     cpu_to_be64(GVE_DRIVER_CAPABILITY_FLAGS2),
> > +                     cpu_to_be64(GVE_DRIVER_CAPABILITY_FLAGS3),
> > +                     cpu_to_be64(GVE_DRIVER_CAPABILITY_FLAGS4),
> > +             },
> > +     };
> > +
> > +     populate_driver_version_strings((char
> *)driver_info->os_version_str1,
> > +                     (char *)driver_info->os_version_str2);
> > +
>
> Is it accepted by adminq_verify if 'os_version_str1' & 'os_version_str2'
> is not set? If not 'populate_driver_version_strings()' should return
> success/error value.
>
It is acceptable if  'os_version_str1' & 'os_version_str2' are not set.

>
> > +     err = gve_adminq_verify_driver_compatibility(priv,
> > +             sizeof(struct gve_driver_info), (dma_addr_t)driver_info);
> > +
> > +     /* It's ok if the device doesn't support this */
> > +     if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
> > +             err = 0;
> > +
> > +     rte_free(driver_info);
> > +     return err;
> > +}
> > +
> >  static int
> >  gve_dev_info_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_dev_info
> *dev_info)
> >  {
> > @@ -672,6 +706,11 @@ gve_init_priv(struct gve_priv *priv, bool
> skip_describe_device)
> >               PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to alloc admin queue: err=%d",
> err);
> >               return err;
> >       }
> > +     err = gve_verify_driver_compatibility(priv);
> > +     if (err) {
> > +             PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Could not verify driver compatibility:
> err=%d", err);
> > +             goto free_adminq;
> > +     }
> >
> >       if (skip_describe_device)
> >               goto setup_device;
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h
> > index 42a02cf5d4..23ccff37d3 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h
> > +++ b/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h
> > @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ struct gve_priv {
> >       uint32_t adminq_report_stats_cnt;
> >       uint32_t adminq_report_link_speed_cnt;
> >       uint32_t adminq_get_ptype_map_cnt;
> > -
> > +     uint32_t adminq_verify_driver_compatibility_cnt;
> >       volatile uint32_t state_flags;
> >
> >       /* Gvnic device link speed from hypervisor. */
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/gve_version.c
> b/drivers/net/gve/gve_version.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000000..f02b4f696f
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/net/gve/gve_version.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
> > + * Google Virtual Ethernet (gve) driver
>
> Is above line added intentionally?
> Normally SPDX tag only contains license and copyright information,
> please check 'gve_ethdev.c' for sample tag.
>
Fixed.

>
> > + * Copyright (C) 2015-2023 Google, Inc.
> > + */
> > +#include "gve_version.h"
> > +
> > +const char *gve_version_string(void)
> > +{
> > +     static char gve_version[10];
>
> DPDK-1.0.0 => 10 chars, it doesn't left room for terminating NULL, but
> at least 'gve_write_version()' seems expecting to have one.
>
Great catch! Fixed.

>
> > +     snprintf(gve_version, sizeof(gve_version), "%s%d.%d.%d",
> > +             GVE_VERSION_PREFIX, GVE_VERSION_MAJOR, GVE_VERSION_MINOR,
> > +             GVE_VERSION_SUB);
>
> 'snprintf()' adds terminating NULL, truncating version string, need more
> space in the 'gve_version' array.
>
> > +     return gve_version;
> > +}
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/gve_version.h
> b/drivers/net/gve/gve_version.h
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000000..eca717d64b
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/net/gve/gve_version.h
> > @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
> > + * Google Virtual Ethernet (gve) driver
>
> Ditto
>
Fixed.

>
> > + * Copyright (C) 2015-2023 Google, Inc.
> > + */
> > +
> > +#ifndef _GVE_VERSION_H_
> > +#define _GVE_VERSION_H_
> > +
> > +#include <rte_version.h>
> > +
> > +#define GVE_VERSION_PREFIX "DPDK-"
> > +#define GVE_VERSION_MAJOR 1
> > +#define GVE_VERSION_MINOR 0
> > +#define GVE_VERSION_SUB 0
> > +
> > +#define DPDK_VERSION_MAJOR (100 * RTE_VER_YEAR + RTE_VER_MONTH)
> > +#define DPDK_VERSION_MINOR RTE_VER_MINOR
> > +#define DPDK_VERSION_SUB RTE_VER_RELEASE
> > +
> > +
> > +const char *
> > +gve_version_string(void);
> > +
> > +
> > +#endif /* GVE_VERSION_H */
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/meson.build b/drivers/net/gve/meson.build
> > index af0010c01c..62ab02d0dc 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/gve/meson.build
> > +++ b/drivers/net/gve/meson.build
> > @@ -7,10 +7,17 @@ if is_windows
> >      subdir_done()
> >  endif
> >
> > +if is_freebsd
> > +    build = false
> > +    reason = 'not supported on FreeBSD'
> > +    subdir_done()
> > +endif
> > +
>
> instead of both 'is_windows' & 'is_freebsd' checks,
> can check as "not is_linux":
>
> if not is_linux
>     build = false
>     reason = 'only supported on Linux'
> endif
>
Fixed.
  

Patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/base/gve.h b/drivers/net/gve/base/gve.h
index 2dc4507acb..89f9654a72 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gve/base/gve.h
+++ b/drivers/net/gve/base/gve.h
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ 
 
 #include "gve_desc.h"
 
-#define GVE_VERSION		"1.3.0"
-#define GVE_VERSION_PREFIX	"GVE-"
-
 #ifndef GOOGLE_VENDOR_ID
 #define GOOGLE_VENDOR_ID	0x1ae0
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/base/gve_adminq.c b/drivers/net/gve/base/gve_adminq.c
index e745b709b2..2e5099a5b0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gve/base/gve_adminq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gve/base/gve_adminq.c
@@ -401,6 +401,9 @@  static int gve_adminq_issue_cmd(struct gve_priv *priv,
 	case GVE_ADMINQ_GET_PTYPE_MAP:
 		priv->adminq_get_ptype_map_cnt++;
 		break;
+	case GVE_ADMINQ_VERIFY_DRIVER_COMPATIBILITY:
+		priv->adminq_verify_driver_compatibility_cnt++;
+		break;
 	default:
 		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "unknown AQ command opcode %d", opcode);
 	}
@@ -465,6 +468,22 @@  int gve_adminq_configure_device_resources(struct gve_priv *priv,
 	return gve_adminq_execute_cmd(priv, &cmd);
 }
 
+int gve_adminq_verify_driver_compatibility(struct gve_priv *priv,
+					   u64 driver_info_len,
+					   dma_addr_t driver_info_addr)
+{
+	union gve_adminq_command cmd;
+
+	memset(&cmd, 0, sizeof(cmd));
+	cmd.opcode = cpu_to_be32(GVE_ADMINQ_VERIFY_DRIVER_COMPATIBILITY);
+	cmd.verify_driver_compatibility = (struct gve_adminq_verify_driver_compatibility) {
+		.driver_info_len = cpu_to_be64(driver_info_len),
+		.driver_info_addr = cpu_to_be64(driver_info_addr),
+	};
+
+	return gve_adminq_execute_cmd(priv, &cmd);
+}
+
 int gve_adminq_deconfigure_device_resources(struct gve_priv *priv)
 {
 	union gve_adminq_command cmd;
diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/base/gve_adminq.h b/drivers/net/gve/base/gve_adminq.h
index 05550119de..e30b184913 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gve/base/gve_adminq.h
+++ b/drivers/net/gve/base/gve_adminq.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ 
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  * Google Virtual Ethernet (gve) driver
- * Copyright (C) 2015-2022 Google, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2023 Google, Inc.
  */
 
 #ifndef _GVE_ADMINQ_H
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@  enum gve_adminq_opcodes {
 	GVE_ADMINQ_REPORT_STATS			= 0xC,
 	GVE_ADMINQ_REPORT_LINK_SPEED		= 0xD,
 	GVE_ADMINQ_GET_PTYPE_MAP		= 0xE,
+	GVE_ADMINQ_VERIFY_DRIVER_COMPATIBILITY	= 0xF,
 };
 
 /* Admin queue status codes */
@@ -145,6 +146,44 @@  enum gve_sup_feature_mask {
 };
 
 #define GVE_DEV_OPT_LEN_GQI_RAW_ADDRESSING 0x0
+enum gve_driver_capbility {
+	gve_driver_capability_gqi_qpl = 0,
+	gve_driver_capability_gqi_rda = 1,
+	gve_driver_capability_dqo_qpl = 2, /* reserved for future use */
+	gve_driver_capability_dqo_rda = 3,
+};
+
+#define GVE_CAP1(a) BIT((int)a)
+
+#define GVE_DRIVER_CAPABILITY_FLAGS1 \
+	(GVE_CAP1(gve_driver_capability_gqi_qpl) | \
+	 GVE_CAP1(gve_driver_capability_gqi_rda) | \
+	 GVE_CAP1(gve_driver_capability_dqo_rda))
+
+#define GVE_DRIVER_CAPABILITY_FLAGS2 0x0
+#define GVE_DRIVER_CAPABILITY_FLAGS3 0x0
+#define GVE_DRIVER_CAPABILITY_FLAGS4 0x0
+
+struct gve_driver_info {
+	u8 os_type;	/* 0x05 = DPDK */
+	u8 driver_major;
+	u8 driver_minor;
+	u8 driver_sub;
+	__be32 os_version_major;
+	__be32 os_version_minor;
+	__be32 os_version_sub;
+	__be64 driver_capability_flags[4];
+	u8 os_version_str1[OS_VERSION_STRLEN];
+	u8 os_version_str2[OS_VERSION_STRLEN];
+};
+
+struct gve_adminq_verify_driver_compatibility {
+	__be64 driver_info_len;
+	__be64 driver_info_addr;
+};
+
+GVE_CHECK_STRUCT_LEN(16,  gve_adminq_verify_driver_compatibility);
+
 
 struct gve_adminq_configure_device_resources {
 	__be64 counter_array;
@@ -345,6 +384,8 @@  union gve_adminq_command {
 			struct gve_adminq_report_stats report_stats;
 			struct gve_adminq_report_link_speed report_link_speed;
 			struct gve_adminq_get_ptype_map get_ptype_map;
+			struct gve_adminq_verify_driver_compatibility
+				verify_driver_compatibility;
 		};
 	};
 	u8 reserved[64];
@@ -378,4 +419,7 @@  struct gve_ptype_lut;
 int gve_adminq_get_ptype_map_dqo(struct gve_priv *priv,
 				 struct gve_ptype_lut *ptype_lut);
 
+int gve_adminq_verify_driver_compatibility(struct gve_priv *priv,
+					   u64 driver_info_len,
+					   dma_addr_t driver_info_addr);
 #endif /* _GVE_ADMINQ_H */
diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/base/gve_osdep.h b/drivers/net/gve/base/gve_osdep.h
index 7cb73002f4..43081ec2a9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gve/base/gve_osdep.h
+++ b/drivers/net/gve/base/gve_osdep.h
@@ -21,9 +21,14 @@ 
 #include <rte_malloc.h>
 #include <rte_memcpy.h>
 #include <rte_memzone.h>
+#include <rte_version.h>
 
 #include "../gve_logs.h"
 
+#ifdef __linux__
+#include <sys/utsname.h>
+#endif
+
 typedef uint8_t u8;
 typedef uint16_t u16;
 typedef uint32_t u32;
@@ -69,6 +74,12 @@  typedef rte_iova_t dma_addr_t;
 
 #define msleep(ms)		rte_delay_ms(ms)
 
+#define OS_VERSION_STRLEN 128
+struct os_version_string {
+	char os_version_str1[OS_VERSION_STRLEN];
+	char os_version_str2[OS_VERSION_STRLEN];
+};
+
 /* These macros are used to generate compilation errors if a struct/union
  * is not exactly the correct length. It gives a divide by zero error if
  * the struct/union is not of the correct size, otherwise it creates an
@@ -156,4 +167,17 @@  gve_free_dma_mem(struct gve_dma_mem *mem)
 	mem->pa = 0;
 }
 
+static inline void
+populate_driver_version_strings(char *str1, char *str2)
+{
+	struct utsname uts;
+	if (uname(&uts) >= 0) {
+		/* release */
+		rte_strscpy(str1, uts.release,
+			OS_VERSION_STRLEN);
+		/* version */
+		rte_strscpy(str2, uts.version,
+			OS_VERSION_STRLEN);
+	}
+}
 #endif /* _GVE_OSDEP_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c
index cf28a4a3b7..12a4d07252 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c
@@ -5,21 +5,13 @@ 
 #include "gve_ethdev.h"
 #include "base/gve_adminq.h"
 #include "base/gve_register.h"
-
-const char gve_version_str[] = GVE_VERSION;
-static const char gve_version_prefix[] = GVE_VERSION_PREFIX;
+#include "base/gve_osdep.h"
+#include "gve_version.h"
 
 static void
 gve_write_version(uint8_t *driver_version_register)
 {
-	const char *c = gve_version_prefix;
-
-	while (*c) {
-		writeb(*c, driver_version_register);
-		c++;
-	}
-
-	c = gve_version_str;
+	const char *c = gve_version_string();
 	while (*c) {
 		writeb(*c, driver_version_register);
 		c++;
@@ -265,6 +257,48 @@  gve_dev_close(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int
+gve_verify_driver_compatibility(struct gve_priv *priv)
+{
+	struct gve_driver_info *driver_info;
+	int err;
+
+	driver_info = rte_zmalloc("driver info", sizeof(struct gve_driver_info), 0);
+	if (driver_info == NULL) {
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR,
+			    "Could not alloc for driver compatibility");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	*driver_info = (struct gve_driver_info) {
+		.os_type = 5, /* DPDK */
+		.driver_major = GVE_VERSION_MAJOR,
+		.driver_minor = GVE_VERSION_MINOR,
+		.driver_sub = GVE_VERSION_SUB,
+		.os_version_major = cpu_to_be32(DPDK_VERSION_MAJOR),
+		.os_version_minor = cpu_to_be32(DPDK_VERSION_MINOR),
+		.os_version_sub = cpu_to_be32(DPDK_VERSION_SUB),
+		.driver_capability_flags = {
+			cpu_to_be64(GVE_DRIVER_CAPABILITY_FLAGS1),
+			cpu_to_be64(GVE_DRIVER_CAPABILITY_FLAGS2),
+			cpu_to_be64(GVE_DRIVER_CAPABILITY_FLAGS3),
+			cpu_to_be64(GVE_DRIVER_CAPABILITY_FLAGS4),
+		},
+	};
+
+	populate_driver_version_strings((char *)driver_info->os_version_str1,
+			(char *)driver_info->os_version_str2);
+
+	err = gve_adminq_verify_driver_compatibility(priv,
+		sizeof(struct gve_driver_info), (dma_addr_t)driver_info);
+
+	/* It's ok if the device doesn't support this */
+	if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+		err = 0;
+
+	rte_free(driver_info);
+	return err;
+}
+
 static int
 gve_dev_info_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info)
 {
@@ -672,6 +706,11 @@  gve_init_priv(struct gve_priv *priv, bool skip_describe_device)
 		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to alloc admin queue: err=%d", err);
 		return err;
 	}
+	err = gve_verify_driver_compatibility(priv);
+	if (err) {
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Could not verify driver compatibility: err=%d", err);
+		goto free_adminq;
+	}
 
 	if (skip_describe_device)
 		goto setup_device;
diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h
index 42a02cf5d4..23ccff37d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@  struct gve_priv {
 	uint32_t adminq_report_stats_cnt;
 	uint32_t adminq_report_link_speed_cnt;
 	uint32_t adminq_get_ptype_map_cnt;
-
+	uint32_t adminq_verify_driver_compatibility_cnt;
 	volatile uint32_t state_flags;
 
 	/* Gvnic device link speed from hypervisor. */
diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/gve_version.c b/drivers/net/gve/gve_version.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f02b4f696f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/gve/gve_version.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ 
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Google Virtual Ethernet (gve) driver
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2023 Google, Inc.
+ */
+#include "gve_version.h"
+
+const char *gve_version_string(void)
+{
+	static char gve_version[10];
+	snprintf(gve_version, sizeof(gve_version), "%s%d.%d.%d",
+		GVE_VERSION_PREFIX, GVE_VERSION_MAJOR, GVE_VERSION_MINOR,
+		GVE_VERSION_SUB);
+	return gve_version;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/gve_version.h b/drivers/net/gve/gve_version.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eca717d64b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/gve/gve_version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ 
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Google Virtual Ethernet (gve) driver
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2023 Google, Inc.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _GVE_VERSION_H_
+#define _GVE_VERSION_H_
+
+#include <rte_version.h>
+
+#define GVE_VERSION_PREFIX "DPDK-"
+#define GVE_VERSION_MAJOR 1
+#define GVE_VERSION_MINOR 0
+#define GVE_VERSION_SUB 0
+
+#define DPDK_VERSION_MAJOR (100 * RTE_VER_YEAR + RTE_VER_MONTH)
+#define DPDK_VERSION_MINOR RTE_VER_MINOR
+#define DPDK_VERSION_SUB RTE_VER_RELEASE
+
+
+const char *
+gve_version_string(void);
+
+
+#endif /* GVE_VERSION_H */
diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/meson.build b/drivers/net/gve/meson.build
index af0010c01c..62ab02d0dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gve/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/gve/meson.build
@@ -7,10 +7,17 @@  if is_windows
     subdir_done()
 endif
 
+if is_freebsd
+    build = false
+    reason = 'not supported on FreeBSD'
+    subdir_done()
+endif
+
 sources = files(
         'base/gve_adminq.c',
         'gve_rx.c',
         'gve_tx.c',
         'gve_ethdev.c',
+        'gve_version.c',
 )
 includes += include_directories('base')