From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga17.intel.com (mga17.intel.com [192.55.52.151]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0B5B1B721 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2018 13:48:03 +0100 (CET) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga005.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.32]) by fmsmga107.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 08 Feb 2018 04:48:02 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.46,478,1511856000"; d="scan'208";a="202331659" Received: from sivswdev02.ir.intel.com (HELO localhost.localdomain) ([10.237.217.46]) by fmsmga005.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 08 Feb 2018 04:48:01 -0800 From: John McNamara To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: bruce.richardson@intel.com, walter.e.gilmore@intel.com, John McNamara Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 12:47:58 +0000 Message-Id: <1518094078-21289-1-git-send-email-john.mcnamara@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.0.7 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] doc: add note on increased ring size to release notes 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: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 12:48:05 -0000 Added note on the increased ring size in testpmd and the sample applications to the release note. Signed-off-by: John McNamara --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst index 3206796..533c649 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst @@ -232,6 +232,14 @@ New Features and subsequent releases until such time as it's deprecation is announced. +* **Increased default Rx and Tx ring size in sample applications.** + + Increased the default ``RX_RING_SIZE`` and ``TX_RING_SIZE`` to 1024 entries + in testpmd and the sample applications to give better performance in the + general case. The user should experiment with various Rx and Tx ring sizes + for their specific application to get best performance. + + API Changes ----------- -- 2.7.5