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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@amd.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: update TAP device features
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 19:26:12 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241003192612.3c5055dd@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <31c8133f-fb10-4e2a-9b25-8a6f7557d87f@amd.com>

On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 02:48:21 +0100
Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@amd.com> wrote:

> On 9/4/2024 4:42 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > The TAP device does have per-queue stats and handles multi-process.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> > ---
> >  doc/guides/nics/features/tap.ini | 2 ++
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/tap.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/tap.ini
> > index f26355e57f..f2ea5cd833 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/nics/features/tap.ini
> > +++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/tap.ini
> > @@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ Basic stats          = Y
> >  L3 checksum offload  = Y
> >  L4 checksum offload  = Y
> >  MTU update           = Y
> > +Multiprocess aware   = Y
> >  
> 
> ack
> 
> >  Multicast MAC filter = Y
> >  Unicast MAC filter   = Y
> >  Packet type parsing  = Y
> >  Flow control         = Y
> > +Stats per queue      = Y
> >  
> 
> This feature name is misleading,
> it is for 'rte_eth_dev_set_[rt]x_queue_stats_mapping()' API, which is
> indeed for covering limitation for some drivers.
> Tap does support getting stats per queue, but doesn't support above
> documented feature.

The stats queue mapping was a feature that was hinted at being removed.
It only exists because of HW limitations on Intel ixgbe NIC and SW
limitations from RTE_ETHDEV_QUEUE_STAT_CNTRS.

Perhaps there should be a generic SW emulation for this the mapping?

  reply	other threads:[~2024-10-04  2:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-09-04 15:42 Stephen Hemminger
2024-10-04  1:48 ` Ferruh Yigit
2024-10-04  2:26   ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2024-10-04  4:09     ` Ferruh Yigit
2024-10-04  7:54       ` Bruce Richardson
2024-10-04 15:24         ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-10-04 17:26         ` Ferruh Yigit
2024-10-04 20:40           ` Per queue stats Stephen Hemminger
2024-10-04 20:48   ` [PATCH] doc: update TAP device features Stephen Hemminger

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