[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 19.08 v2] doc: announce infinite Rx PCAP PMD feature

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 19.08 v2] doc: announce infinite Rx PCAP PMD feature

[Cian Ferriter]

This feature was added in the following commit:
commit a3f5252e5cbd ("net/pcap: enable infinitely Rx a pcap file")

Signed-off-by: Cian Ferriter <cian.ferriter@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst
index 60c258136..c5acfe028 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ New Features
   * Enabled need_wakeup feature which can provide efficient support for case
     that application and driver executing on the same core.
 
+* **Enabled infinite Rx in the PCAP PMD.**
+
+  Added an infinite Rx feature which allows packets in the Rx PCAP of a PCAP
+  device to be received repeatedly at a high rate. This can be useful for quick
+  performance testing of DPDK apps.
+
 * **Updated telemetry library for global metrics support.**
 
   Updated ``librte_telemetry`` to fetch the global metrics from the
-- 
2.17.1

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 19.08 v2] doc: announce infinite Rx PCAP PMD feature

[Ferriter, Cian]

v2 changes:
* added the commit ID to which the announcement is relevant

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ferriter, Cian
> Sent: 03 July 2019 12:04
> To: Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>; Kovacevic, Marko
> <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Ferriter, Cian <cian.ferriter@intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH 19.08 v2] doc: announce infinite Rx PCAP PMD feature
> 
> This feature was added in the following commit:
> commit a3f5252e5cbd ("net/pcap: enable infinitely Rx a pcap file")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cian Ferriter <cian.ferriter@intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst
> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst
> index 60c258136..c5acfe028 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst
> @@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ New Features
>    * Enabled need_wakeup feature which can provide efficient support for
> case
>      that application and driver executing on the same core.
> 
> +* **Enabled infinite Rx in the PCAP PMD.**
> +
> +  Added an infinite Rx feature which allows packets in the Rx PCAP of a
> + PCAP  device to be received repeatedly at a high rate. This can be
> + useful for quick  performance testing of DPDK apps.
> +
>  * **Updated telemetry library for global metrics support.**
> 
>    Updated ``librte_telemetry`` to fetch the global metrics from the
> --
> 2.17.1

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 19.08 v2] doc: announce infinite Rx PCAP PMD feature

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 7/3/2019 12:04 PM, Cian Ferriter wrote:
> This feature was added in the following commit:
> commit a3f5252e5cbd ("net/pcap: enable infinitely Rx a pcap file")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cian Ferriter <cian.ferriter@intel.com>

<...>

> @@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ New Features
>    * Enabled need_wakeup feature which can provide efficient support for case
>      that application and driver executing on the same core.
>  
> +* **Enabled infinite Rx in the PCAP PMD.**
> +
> +  Added an infinite Rx feature which allows packets in the Rx PCAP of a PCAP
> +  device to be received repeatedly at a high rate. This can be useful for quick
> +  performance testing of DPDK apps.
> +

Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.


(cc'ed Jonathan, this feature looks like his "dpdk-burst-replay" [1], in case he
is interested.)


[1]: http://git.dpdk.org/apps/dpdk-burst-replay/