[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/5] ethdev: support runtime queue setup

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 4/22/2018 12:58 PM, Qi Zhang wrote:
> It's not possible to setup a queue when the port is started
> because of a check in ethdev layer. New capability flags are
> added in order to relax this check for devices which support
> queue setup in runtime. The functions rte_eth_[rx|tx]_queue_setup
> will raise an error only if the port is started and runtime setup
> of queue is not supported.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>
> Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev at intel.com>
> ---
> 
> v7:
> - update default.init
> - rename runtime_queue_setup_capa to dev_capa for generic.
> - fix typo.
> 
> v6:
> - fix tx queue state check in rte_eth_tx_queue_setup
> 
> 
>  doc/guides/nics/features.rst         | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini |  2 ++
>  lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c        | 30 ++++++++++++++++++------------
>  lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h        |  7 +++++++
>  4 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features.rst b/doc/guides/nics/features.rst
> index 1b4fb979f..67d459f80 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/features.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/features.rst
> @@ -892,7 +892,25 @@ Documentation describes performance values.
>  
>  See ``dpdk.org/doc/perf/*``.
>  
> +.. _nic_features_runtime_rx_queue_setup:
>  
> +Runtime Rx queue setup
> +----------------------
> +
> +Supports Rx queue setup after device started.
> +
> +* **[provides] rte_eth_dev_info**: ``dev_capa:DEV_CAPA_RUNTIME_RX_QUEUE_SETUP``.
> +* **[related]  API**: ``rte_eth_dev_info_get()``.
> +
> +.. _nic_features_runtime_tx_queue_setup:
> +
> +Runtime Tx queue setup
> +----------------------
> +
> +Supports Tx queue setup after device started.
> +
> +* **[provides] rte_eth_dev_info**: ``dev_capa:DEV_CAPA_RUNTIME_TX_QUEUE_SETUP``.
> +* **[related]  API**: ``rte_eth_dev_info_get()``.
>  
>  .. _nic_features_other:
>  
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini
> index dae2ad776..dae80d52f 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini
> @@ -78,3 +78,5 @@ x86-64               =
>  Usage doc            =
>  Design doc           =
>  Perf doc             =
> +Runtime Rx queue setup =
> +Runtime Tx queue setup =

The order of this file is the display order, can you please move these two new
features somewhere close to queue or configuration related features?