From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga09.intel.com (mga09.intel.com [134.134.136.24]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B9E0D586 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2017 15:47:31 +0100 (CET) Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 01 Mar 2017 06:47:30 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.35,226,1484035200"; d="scan'208";a="1117076610" Received: from silpixa00397515.ir.intel.com (HELO silpixa00397515.ger.corp.intel.com) ([10.237.223.14]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 01 Mar 2017 06:47:29 -0800 From: David Hunt To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: bruce.richardson@intel.com, David Hunt Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 07:47:34 +0000 Message-Id: <1488354455-142764-18-git-send-email-david.hunt@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1488354455-142764-1-git-send-email-david.hunt@intel.com> References: <1487647073-129064-2-git-send-email-david.hunt@intel.com> <1488354455-142764-1-git-send-email-david.hunt@intel.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 17/18] doc: distributor library changes for new burst API X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 14:47:31 -0000 Signed-off-by: David Hunt --- 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