[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/4] ethdev: add per-PMD tuning of RxTx parmeters

[Remy Horton <remy.horton@intel.com>]

The optimal values of several transmission & reception related parameters,
such as burst sizes, descriptor ring sizes, and number of queues, varies
between different network interface devices. This patchset allows individual
PMDs to specify their preferred parameter values, and if so indicated by an
application, for them to be used automatically by the ethdev layer.

rte_eth_dev_configure() has been changed so that specifying zero for both
nb_rx_q AND nb_tx_q causes it to use driver preferred values, and if these
are not available, falls back to EAL defaults. Setting one (but not both)
to zero does not cause the use of defaults, as having one of them zeroed is
a valid setup.

This patchset includes per-PMD values for e1000 and i40e but it is expected
that subsequent patchsets will cover other PMDs. A deprecation notice
covering the API/ABI change is in place.

Changes in v4:
* Added API/ABI change documentation
# Rebased to 78f5a2e93d74

Changes in v3:
* Changed formatting around new rte_eth_dev_info fields
* Added Doxygen documentation to struct rte_eth_dev_portconf
* Testpmd "port config all burst 0" and --burst=0 uses PMD 
  Rx burst recommendations.
* Added to release notes
* Rebased to 8ea081f38161

Changes in v2:
* Rebased to master
* Removed fallback values from rte_eth_dev_info_get()
* Added fallback values to rte_rte_[rt]x_queue_setup()
* Added fallback values to rte_eth_dev_configure()
* Corrected comment
* Removed deprecation notice
* Split RX and Tx into seperate structures
* Changed parameter names


Remy Horton (4):
  ethdev: add support for PMD-tuned Tx/Rx parameters
  net/e1000: add TxRx tuning parameters
  net/i40e: add TxRx tuning parameters
  testpmd: make use of per-PMD TxRx parameters

 app/test-pmd/cmdline.c                 | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++---
 app/test-pmd/parameters.c              | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 app/test-pmd/testpmd.c                 |  5 ++--
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst   | 13 ----------
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/net/e1000/em_ethdev.c          |  6 +++++
 drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c         | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
 lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c          | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h          | 25 +++++++++++++++++++
 9 files changed, 195 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

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