[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH v1 4/4] testpmd: make use of per-PMD TxRx parameters

Remy Horton remy.horton at intel.com
Wed Mar 7 13:08:51 CET 2018


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
patch allows testpmd to make use of per-PMD tuned parameter values.

Signed-off-by: Remy Horton <remy.horton at intel.com>
---
 app/test-pmd/testpmd.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
index 4c0e258..82eb197 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
@@ -210,9 +210,10 @@ queueid_t nb_txq = 1; /**< Number of TX queues per port. */
 
 /*
  * Configurable number of RX/TX ring descriptors.
+ * Defaults are supplied by drivers via ethdev.
  */
-#define RTE_TEST_RX_DESC_DEFAULT 1024
-#define RTE_TEST_TX_DESC_DEFAULT 1024
+#define RTE_TEST_RX_DESC_DEFAULT 0
+#define RTE_TEST_TX_DESC_DEFAULT 0
 uint16_t nb_rxd = RTE_TEST_RX_DESC_DEFAULT; /**< Number of RX descriptors. */
 uint16_t nb_txd = RTE_TEST_TX_DESC_DEFAULT; /**< Number of TX descriptors. */
 
-- 
2.9.5



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