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From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
To: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/5] mlx5: add VLAN insertion offload
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:24:43 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160311152443.GA12500@bricha3-MOBL3> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1457015279-3089-6-git-send-email-adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>

On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 03:27:59PM +0100, Adrien Mazarguil wrote:
> From: Yaacov Hazan <yaacovh@mellanox.com>
> 
> VLAN insertion is done in software by the PMD by default unless
> CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_VERBS_VLAN_INSERTION is enabled and Verbs provides
> support for hardware insertion.
> 
> When enabled, this option improves performance when VLAN insertion is
> requested, however ConnectX-4 Lx boards cannot take advantage of
> multi-packet send optimizations anymore.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yaacov Hazan <yaacovh@mellanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
> ---
>  config/common_linuxapp                 |   1 +
>  doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst               |   9 +++
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst |   6 ++
>  drivers/net/mlx5/Makefile              |   9 +++
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_defs.h           |   9 +++
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c         |  12 ++--
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c           | 109 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.h           |  13 ++++
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_txq.c            |  15 ++++-
>  9 files changed, 158 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/config/common_linuxapp b/config/common_linuxapp
> index 7b5e49f..793d262 100644
> --- a/config/common_linuxapp
> +++ b/config/common_linuxapp
> @@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_DEBUG=n
>  CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_SGE_WR_N=4
>  CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_MAX_INLINE=0
>  CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_TX_MP_CACHE=8
> +CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_VERBS_VLAN_INSERTION=n
>
New build time configuration options are no longer allowed in DPDK, as they can't
be used in binary distributions and make testing harder. This should be made
a run-time option instead.

/Bruce

  reply	other threads:[~2016-03-11 15:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-02-22 18:19 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/4] Implement missing features in mlx5 Adrien Mazarguil
2016-02-22 18:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/4] mlx5: add callbacks to support link (up / down) changes Adrien Mazarguil
2016-02-22 18:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/4] mlx5: allow operation in secondary processes Adrien Mazarguil
2016-02-22 18:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/4] mlx5: add support for HW packet padding Adrien Mazarguil
2016-02-22 18:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] mlx5: add VLAN insertion offload Adrien Mazarguil
2016-03-03 14:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/5] Implement missing features in mlx5 Adrien Mazarguil
2016-03-03 14:27   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/5] mlx5: add callbacks to support link (up / down) changes Adrien Mazarguil
2016-03-03 14:27   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/5] mlx5: allow operation in secondary processes Adrien Mazarguil
2016-03-03 14:27   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/5] mlx5: add RX CRC stripping configuration Adrien Mazarguil
2016-03-03 14:27   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/5] mlx5: add support for HW packet padding Adrien Mazarguil
2016-03-03 14:27   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/5] mlx5: add VLAN insertion offload Adrien Mazarguil
2016-03-11 15:24     ` Bruce Richardson [this message]
2016-03-16 13:45       ` Adrien Mazarguil
2016-03-17 15:38   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/5] Implement missing features in mlx5 Adrien Mazarguil
2016-03-17 15:38     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/5] mlx5: add callbacks to support link (up / down) changes Adrien Mazarguil
2016-03-17 15:38     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/5] mlx5: allow operation in secondary processes Adrien Mazarguil
2016-03-17 15:38     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/5] mlx5: add RX CRC stripping configuration Adrien Mazarguil
2016-03-17 15:38     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/5] mlx5: add support for HW packet padding Adrien Mazarguil
2016-03-17 15:38     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/5] mlx5: add VLAN insertion offload Adrien Mazarguil
2016-03-22 16:35     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/5] Implement missing features in mlx5 Bruce Richardson

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