[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 6/6] testpmd: Set Rx VMDq RSS mode

Ouyang, Changchun changchun.ouyang at intel.com
Tue Jan 6 03:01:54 CET 2015



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vlad Zolotarov [mailto:vladz at cloudius-systems.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 5, 2015 6:12 PM
> To: Ouyang, Changchun; dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 6/6] testpmd: Set Rx VMDq RSS mode
> 
> 
> On 01/05/15 04:38, Ouyang, Changchun wrote:
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Vlad Zolotarov [mailto:vladz at cloudius-systems.com]
> >> Sent: Sunday, January 4, 2015 5:47 PM
> >> To: Ouyang, Changchun; dev at dpdk.org
> >> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 6/6] testpmd: Set Rx VMDq RSS mode
> >>
> >>
> >> On 01/04/15 11:01, Ouyang, Changchun wrote:
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Vlad Zolotarov [mailto:vladz at cloudius-systems.com]
> >>>> Sent: Sunday, January 4, 2015 4:50 PM
> >>>> To: Ouyang, Changchun; dev at dpdk.org
> >>>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 6/6] testpmd: Set Rx VMDq RSS
> >>>> mode
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 01/04/15 09:18, Ouyang Changchun wrote:
> >>>>> Set VMDq RSS mode if it has VF(VF number is more than 1) and has
> >>>>> RSS
> >>>> information.
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Changchun Ouyang <changchun.ouyang at intel.com>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>>     app/test-pmd/testpmd.c | 10 ++++++++++
> >>>>>     1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c index
> >>>>> 8c69756..6230f8b 100644
> >>>>> --- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
> >>>>> +++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
> >>>>> @@ -1708,6 +1708,16 @@ init_port_config(void)
> >>>>>     				port->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode =
> >>>> ETH_MQ_RX_NONE;
> >>>>>     		}
> >>>>>
> >>>>> +		if (port->dev_info.max_vfs != 0) {
> >>>>> +			if (port-
> >dev_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf != 0)
> >>>>> +				port->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode =
> >>>>> +					ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_RSS;
> >>>>> +			else {
> >>>>> +				port->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode =
> >>>> ETH_MQ_RX_NONE;
> >>>>> +				port->dev_conf.txmode.mq_mode =
> >>>> ETH_MQ_TX_NONE;
> >>>>
> >>>> And what about the txmode.mq_mode when RSS is available (the :if"
> >> clause)?
> >>> I think we can keep its original value for txmode.mq_mode, so don't
> >> change its value. How do you think of it?
> >>
> >> I agree that not changing a Tx mq_mode in both cases would be better.
> > In the else clause, set txmode.mq_mode as ETH_MQ_TX_NONE explicitly
> to
> > make sure it is neither ETH_MQ_TX_DCB, ETH_MQ_TX_VMDQ_DCB, nor
> ETH_MQ_TX_VMDQ_ONLY.
> 
> It's not obvious to me why u should do that since AFAIK any of these modes
> requires RX_RSS. Do I miss anything?

No, I don't think so, in the else clause, it doesn't need rx_rss, and no way to do it,
because the case is there is no rss configuration information(note: in the else clause, dev_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf == 0). 

So ETH_MQ_RX_NONE for rx_mode, and ETH_MQ_TX_NONE for tx_mode.

> >
> >>> Thanks
> >>> Changchun
> >>>
> >>>



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