[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] update to docs

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] update to docs

[Ajit Khaparde]

Update documentation to indicate vector mode support ARM CPUs.

Ajit Khaparde (2):
  doc: update bnxt nic guide
  doc: update release notes

 doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst               | 6 +++---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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2.21.1 (Apple Git-122.3)

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] doc: update bnxt nic guide

[Ajit Khaparde]

Update documentation to indicate vector mode support on ARM CPUs.
Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst b/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst
index a53cdad21..6ff75d0a2 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst
@@ -774,9 +774,9 @@ Vector processing provides significantly improved performance over scalar
 processing (see Vector Processor, here).
 
 The BNXT PMD supports the vector processing using SSE (Streaming SIMD
-Extensions) instructions on x86 platforms. The BNXT vPMD (vector mode PMD) is
-currently limited to Intel/AMD CPU architecture. Support for ARM is *not*
-currently implemented.
+Extensions) instructions on x86 platforms. It also supports NEON intrinsics for
+vector processing on ARM CPUs. The BNXT vPMD (vector mode PMD) is available for
+Intel/AMD and ARM CPU architectures.
 
 This improved performance comes from several optimizations:
 
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2.21.1 (Apple Git-122.3)

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] doc: update release notes

[Ajit Khaparde]

Update release notes indicating vector mode support for ARM CPUs
in Broadcom bnxt PMD.

Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
index 9bcea29ba..f2a3fc23a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ New Features
   * Added support for new resource manager API.
   * Added support for VXLAN encap/decap.
   * Added support for rte_flow_query for COUNT action.
+  * Added support for rx_burst_mode_get and tx_burst_mode_get
+  * Added vector mode support for ARM CPUs
 
 * **Added support for BPF_ABS/BPF_IND load instructions.**
 
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2.21.1 (Apple Git-122.3)

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] update to docs

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 7/1/2020 4:09 PM, Ajit Khaparde wrote:
> Update documentation to indicate vector mode support ARM CPUs.

Hi Ajit,

I guess these are documenting the changes in the "net/bnxt: vector mode
enhancements" patchset [1], if so can you please move document updates to that
patchset and distribute the doc updates to relevant patches (instead of having
as separate patches).

Thanks,
ferruh


[1]
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=10504

> 
> Ajit Khaparde (2):
>   doc: update bnxt nic guide
>   doc: update release notes
> 
>  doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst               | 6 +++---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst | 2 ++
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>