From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE691A0C57 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2021 04:17:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76A1C4013F; Wed, 1 Sep 2021 04:17:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-pg1-f174.google.com (mail-pg1-f174.google.com [209.85.215.174]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E9BD40041 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2021 04:17:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-pg1-f174.google.com with SMTP id y23so1204230pgi.7 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2021 19:17:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=psTq3XVe1ZpXVI3aZ7J5puWALYZys9zRE65xuc7Ftho=; b=BRl/6ItRrZnL3v8q/KlaVeO7FvhMmJmFZPmQjXH3LEAARfmYS8J14pIs0D2VxgCUUf QdnNoKOKw+lHmnObAOhwf/1BW/4Cw4Z/eWg74Wk6jlcka4BHvnwLPXO7tPQHG9bkUwJ5 x9hvOWQ3t0+aeY0d2z+mlvBnO0kowuCh7wr2Wo4Dinnogv28ROLQ275m/xfRVn54H3QG xPyIvYSZhmo8EhPlVyIKma98PxY9xNoKFC/PMD7gfEx39jEXLM8UjcTrtsQOkLoGrhEb 9/CC+g5P1wBZPgLZt9UWf6RobeZkh4FFXKkkeIW8sqoGN1vdv5iF1v5bJhwuUV5CtntO lBVw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=psTq3XVe1ZpXVI3aZ7J5puWALYZys9zRE65xuc7Ftho=; b=pDKn3zYr2Xa4dh1bQcG0O+GD3XANxCwTXI2K+Nq0QqQHmv5QzvrWz4syfQ2hbUXuk2 ilpaKMN7ptJXrnxQB0eW2j/LJlCQClMZpQBFtrjsfAunxRDvABMbuNX20ptOEl4sk5wf X9Lyu8IULXvfPmCG9dGZY5CvCa0wfESuFoIkfcz8bR36MLpgj5NK1iVToIQzK/QU2qjC XUJsf65YE/++7PxNgL+LgQZ4XZ7pC5fEnKlf0aaz8nHWfzwtDCWMTENUIXPYIgnQjq00 wP7yYr9GnDr8CefG5X3Hec8euwjdM+PzhGVz9aJMeFdH4vSv9L/ZXhMgcP309/fKl618 ik8Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5333bXjlZJPiyXdwCHuy+r0xRS/kNDoBX0glFqeDL+LsGS2iZZ0C SEh/sRxHYw2OcF1DIAAPf04Vdg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJy2PdkqcOxdpRZtWZP+G/+h/6PWo3WRh0rTobVJwO9U9XZyfkDmaicJiJtCh9HYxBESVn2SMQ== X-Received: by 2002:a63:1618:: with SMTP id w24mr29337548pgl.146.1630462677364; Tue, 31 Aug 2021 19:17:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.local (204-195-33-123.wavecable.com. [204.195.33.123]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d22sm18960766pfq.158.2021.08.31.19.17.56 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 31 Aug 2021 19:17:57 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 19:17:54 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: cs cs Cc: users@dpdk.org Message-ID: <20210831191754.5eba7b26@hermes.local> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] Packet distribution of single flow type using DPDK in Mellanox ConnectX-5 Ex X-BeenThere: users@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK usage discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: users-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "users" On Tue, 31 Aug 2021 18:28:12 -0700 cs cs wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way in DPDK to configure Mellanox ConnectX-5 Ex to distribute > the incoming packets of a single flow type to multiple NIC hardware queues? Yes, use rte_flow and rte_flow_action_type_rss. > Does ConnectX-5 Ex PMD support constantly changing the RETA table during > runtime without having to stop and start the device for the table to get > updated and for the packets to get dispatched to multiple cores? Could this > be a possible solution? The Reta table is only used without rte_flow. Use rte_flow it is a better solution.