[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 16/18] doc: distributor library changes for new burst API

David Hunt david.hunt at intel.com
Mon Mar 20 11:08:40 CET 2017


Signed-off-by: David Hunt <david.hunt at intel.com>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara at intel.com>
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_distrib_lib.rst | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_distrib_lib.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_distrib_lib.rst
index b5bdabb..e0adcaa 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_distrib_lib.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_distrib_lib.rst
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ The model of operation is shown in the diagram below.
 
    Packet Distributor mode of operation
 
+There are two modes of operation of the API in the distributor Library, one which sends one packet at a time
+to workers using 32-bits for flow_id, and an optiomised mode which sends bursts of up to 8 packets at a time
+to workers, using 15 bits of flow_id. The mode is selected by the type field in the ``rte_distributor_create function``.
 
 Distributor Core Operation
 --------------------------
-- 
2.7.4



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