[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: add new field to rxq info struct
Chengchang Tang
tangchengchang at huawei.com
Fri Aug 7 06:00:46 CEST 2020
On 2020/8/6 20:50, Slava Ovsiienko wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dev <dev-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Chengchang Tang
>> Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2020 7:01
>> To: dev at dpdk.org
>> Cc: linuxarm at huawei.com; Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>;
>> ferruh.yigit at intel.com; arybchenko at solarflare.com;
>> stephen at networkplumber.org
>> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: add new field to rxq info struct
>>
>> Struct rte_eth_rxq_info will be modified to include a new field, indicating the
>> size of each buffer that could be used for hw to receive packets. Add this
>> field to rte_eth_rxq_info to expose relevant information to upper layer
>> users/application.
>>
>> For more details:
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>> Signed-off-by: Chengchang Tang <tangchengchang at huawei.com>
>> Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>
>> ---
>> v2:
>> - Remove field name.
>> - Fix some spelling mistakes.
>> ---
>> doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 9 +++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>> index ea4cfa7..f08b5f9 100644
>> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>> @@ -110,6 +110,15 @@ Deprecation Notices
>> break the ABI checks, that is why change is planned for 20.11.
>> The list of internal APIs are mainly ones listed in ``rte_ethdev_driver.h``.
>>
>> +* ethdev: A new field will be added to the public data structure
>> + ``rte_eth_rxq_info`` to indicate the buffer size used in receiving
>> +packets
>> + for HW. When receive packets, HW DMA won't exceed this size. And it
>> +will
>> + affect the number of fragments in receiving packets when scatter is
>> enabled.
>> + So, add this field to ``rte_eth_rxq_info`` to expose relevant
>> +information to
>> + upper layer user/application.
>> + This change is planned for 20.11. For more details:
>> +
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>> * traffic manager: All traffic manager API's in ``rte_tm.h`` were mistakenly
>> made
>> ABI stable in the v19.11 release. The TM maintainer and other contributors
>> have
>> agreed to keep the TM APIs as experimental in expectation of additional
>> spec
>> --
>> 2.7.4
> We are going to introduce the more flexible format to descript the rx buffers
> with multiple segment lengths/pools. It might be worth to consider extending this
> info structure single field to array. I suppose it is the subject for further discussion (on RFC).
I saw your announcement about changing rxconf structure, and it looks interesting.
I am not sure if I need to mention this in v3?
>
> Acked-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo at mellanox.com>
>
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>
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