[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/6] net/sfc: support more options for a number of Rx/Tx descs

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Wed Jan 10 20:40:00 CET 2018


On 1/9/2018 8:24 PM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
> The minimum size of Rx/Tx descriptor rings supported by Solarflare HW is 512.
> It adds inconvenience to run DPDK applications which typically use smaller
> default values. Also smaller numbers of used descriptors is better for
> performance.
> 
> The patch series adds possibility to use any number of Rx/Tx descriptors
> in the range, for example, from 1 to 2048 for Tx and from 8 to 4096 for Rx.
> Maximum value is defined by HW maximum.
> 
> v2:
>  - rebased
> 
> Andrew Rybchenko (6):
>   net/sfc: make refill threshold check Rx datapath specific
>   net/sfc: make Tx free threshold check datapath specific
>   net/sfc: use Rx queue max fill level calculated on init
>   net/sfc: use Tx queue max fill level calculated on init
>   net/sfc: support more options for a number of Rx descriptors
>   net/sfc: support more options for a number of Tx descriptors

Series applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.


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