From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@caviumnetworks.com>
To: jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com, harry.van.haaren@intel.com,
hemant.agrawal@nxp.com, santosh.shukla@caviumnetworks.com
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@caviumnetworks.com>
Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 7/7] doc: update software event device
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:39:50 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1507712990-13064-8-git-send-email-pbhagavatula@caviumnetworks.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1507712990-13064-1-git-send-email-pbhagavatula@caviumnetworks.com>
Update software event device documentation to include use of service
cores for event distribution.
Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@caviumnetworks.com>
---
doc/guides/eventdevs/sw.rst | 13 ++++++-------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/eventdevs/sw.rst b/doc/guides/eventdevs/sw.rst
index a3e6624..ec49b3b 100644
--- a/doc/guides/eventdevs/sw.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/eventdevs/sw.rst
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ Scheduling Quanta
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The scheduling quanta sets the number of events that the device attempts to
-schedule before returning to the application from the ``rte_event_schedule()``
-function. Note that is a *hint* only, and that fewer or more events may be
-scheduled in a given iteration.
+schedule in a single schedule call performed by the service core. Note that
+is a *hint* only, and that fewer or more events may be scheduled in a given
+iteration.
The scheduling quanta can be set using a string argument to the vdev
create call:
@@ -140,10 +140,9 @@ eventdev.
Distributed Scheduler
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The software eventdev is a centralized scheduler, requiring the
-``rte_event_schedule()`` function to be called by a CPU core to perform the
-required event distribution. This is not really a limitation but rather a
-design decision.
+The software eventdev is a centralized scheduler, requiring a service core to
+perform the required event distribution. This is not really a limitation but
+rather a design decision.
The ``RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_DISTRIBUTED_SCHED`` flag is not set in the
``event_dev_cap`` field of the ``rte_event_dev_info`` struct for the software
--
2.7.4
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-11 9:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-11 9:09 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/7] eventdev: remove event schedule API for SW driver Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-11 9:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/7] eventdev: add API to get service id Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-11 9:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/7] event/sw: extend service capability Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-11 9:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/7] app/test-eventdev: update app to use service cores Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-11 9:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/7] test/eventdev: update test to use service core Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-11 9:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/7] examples/eventdev: update sample app to use service Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-11 9:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/7] eventdev: remove eventdev schedule API Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-11 9:09 ` Pavan Nikhilesh [this message]
2017-10-12 12:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 7/7] doc: update software event device Mcnamara, John
2017-10-13 16:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/7] eventdev: add API to get service id Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-13 16:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/7] event/sw: extend service capability Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-20 10:30 ` Van Haaren, Harry
2017-10-13 16:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/7] app/test-eventdev: update app to use service cores Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-21 17:01 ` Jerin Jacob
2017-10-13 16:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/7] test/eventdev: update test to use service core Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-13 16:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/7] examples/eventdev: update sample app to use service Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-23 17:17 ` Van Haaren, Harry
2017-10-23 17:51 ` Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2017-10-13 16:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/7] eventdev: remove eventdev schedule API Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-21 17:07 ` Jerin Jacob
2017-10-13 16:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 7/7] doc: update software event device Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-20 10:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/7] eventdev: add API to get service id Van Haaren, Harry
2017-10-20 11:11 ` Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
2017-10-22 9:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 " Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-22 9:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/7] event/sw: extend service capability Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-22 9:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/7] app/test-eventdev: update app to use service cores Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-22 9:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/7] test/eventdev: update test to use service core Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-22 9:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/7] examples/eventdev: update sample app to use service Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-22 9:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/7] eventdev: remove eventdev schedule API Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-22 9:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 7/7] doc: update software event device Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-25 11:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/7] eventdev: add API to get service id Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-25 11:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/7] event/sw: extend service capability Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-25 11:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/7] app/test-eventdev: update app to use service cores Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-25 11:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/7] test/eventdev: update test to use service iter Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-25 14:24 ` Van Haaren, Harry
2017-10-25 11:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/7] examples/eventdev: update sample app to use service Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-25 14:24 ` Van Haaren, Harry
2017-10-25 11:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 6/7] eventdev: remove eventdev schedule API Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-25 11:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 7/7] doc: update software event device Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-25 14:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/7] eventdev: add API to get service id Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-25 14:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/7] event/sw: extend service capability Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-25 14:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/7] app/test-eventdev: update app to use service cores Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-25 14:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 4/7] test/eventdev: update test to use service iter Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-25 14:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 5/7] examples/eventdev: update sample app to use service Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-25 14:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 6/7] eventdev: remove eventdev schedule API Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-25 14:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 7/7] doc: update software event device Pavan Nikhilesh
2017-10-26 22:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/7] eventdev: add API to get service id Thomas Monjalon
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