[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 9/9] doc: add packed vectorized path

Marvin Liu yong.liu at intel.com
Thu Apr 16 17:31:47 CEST 2020


Document packed virtqueue vectorized path selection logic in virtio net
PMD. Add packed virtqueue vectorized path features to new ini file.

Signed-off-by: Marvin Liu <yong.liu at intel.com>

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/virtio-packed_vec.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/virtio-packed_vec.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b239bcaad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/virtio-packed_vec.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+;
+; Supported features of the 'virtio_packed_vec' network poll mode driver.
+;
+; Refer to default.ini for the full list of available PMD features.
+;
+[Features]
+Speed capabilities   = P
+Link status          = Y
+Link status event    = Y
+Rx interrupt         = Y
+Queue start/stop     = Y
+Promiscuous mode     = Y
+Allmulticast mode    = Y
+Unicast MAC filter   = Y
+Multicast MAC filter = Y
+VLAN filter          = Y
+Basic stats          = Y
+Stats per queue      = Y
+BSD nic_uio          = Y
+Linux UIO            = Y
+Linux VFIO           = Y
+x86-64               = Y
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/virtio_vec.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/virtio-split_vec.ini
similarity index 88%
rename from doc/guides/nics/features/virtio_vec.ini
rename to doc/guides/nics/features/virtio-split_vec.ini
index e60fe36ae..4142fc9f0 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/features/virtio_vec.ini
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/virtio-split_vec.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;
-; Supported features of the 'virtio_vec' network poll mode driver.
+; Supported features of the 'virtio_split_vec' network poll mode driver.
 ;
 ; Refer to default.ini for the full list of available PMD features.
 ;
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst b/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst
index d1f5fb898..be07744ce 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst
@@ -403,6 +403,11 @@ Below devargs are supported by the virtio-user vdev:
     It is used to enable virtio device packed virtqueue feature.
     (Default: 0 (disabled))
 
+#.  ``vectorized``:
+
+    It is used to enable virtio device vectorized path.
+    (Default: 0 (disabled))
+
 Virtio paths Selection and Usage
 --------------------------------
 
@@ -454,6 +459,13 @@ according to below configuration:
    both negotiated, this path will be selected.
 #. Packed virtqueue in-order non-mergeable path: If in-order feature is negotiated and
    Rx mergeable is not negotiated, this path will be selected.
+#. Packed virtqueue vectorized Rx path: If building and running environment support
+   AVX512 && in-order feature is negotiated && Rx mergeable is not negotiated &&
+   TCP_LRO Rx offloading is disabled && vectorized option enabled,
+   this path will be selected.
+#. Packed virtqueue vectorized Tx path: If building and running environment support
+   AVX512 && in-order feature is negotiated && vectorized option enabled,
+   this path will be selected.
 
 Rx/Tx callbacks of each Virtio path
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -476,6 +488,8 @@ are shown in below table:
    Packed virtqueue non-meregable path          virtio_recv_pkts_packed           virtio_xmit_pkts_packed
    Packed virtqueue in-order mergeable path     virtio_recv_mergeable_pkts_packed virtio_xmit_pkts_packed
    Packed virtqueue in-order non-mergeable path virtio_recv_pkts_packed           virtio_xmit_pkts_packed
+   Packed virtqueue vectorized Rx path          virtio_recv_pkts_packed_vec       virtio_xmit_pkts_packed
+   Packed virtqueue vectorized Tx path          virtio_recv_pkts_packed           virtio_xmit_pkts_packed_vec
    ============================================ ================================= ========================
 
 Virtio paths Support Status from Release to Release
@@ -493,20 +507,22 @@ All virtio paths support status are shown in below table:
 
 .. table:: Virtio Paths and Releases
 
-   ============================================ ============= ============= =============
-                  Virtio paths                  16.11 ~ 18.05 18.08 ~ 18.11 19.02 ~ 19.11
-   ============================================ ============= ============= =============
-   Split virtqueue mergeable path                     Y             Y             Y
-   Split virtqueue non-mergeable path                 Y             Y             Y
-   Split virtqueue vectorized Rx path                 Y             Y             Y
-   Split virtqueue simple Tx path                     Y             N             N
-   Split virtqueue in-order mergeable path                          Y             Y
-   Split virtqueue in-order non-mergeable path                      Y             Y
-   Packed virtqueue mergeable path                                                Y
-   Packed virtqueue non-mergeable path                                            Y
-   Packed virtqueue in-order mergeable path                                       Y
-   Packed virtqueue in-order non-mergeable path                                   Y
-   ============================================ ============= ============= =============
+   ============================================ ============= ============= ============= =======
+                  Virtio paths                  16.11 ~ 18.05 18.08 ~ 18.11 19.02 ~ 19.11 20.05 ~
+   ============================================ ============= ============= ============= =======
+   Split virtqueue mergeable path                     Y             Y             Y          Y
+   Split virtqueue non-mergeable path                 Y             Y             Y          Y
+   Split virtqueue vectorized Rx path                 Y             Y             Y          Y
+   Split virtqueue simple Tx path                     Y             N             N          N
+   Split virtqueue in-order mergeable path                          Y             Y          Y
+   Split virtqueue in-order non-mergeable path                      Y             Y          Y
+   Packed virtqueue mergeable path                                                Y          Y
+   Packed virtqueue non-mergeable path                                            Y          Y
+   Packed virtqueue in-order mergeable path                                       Y          Y
+   Packed virtqueue in-order non-mergeable path                                   Y          Y
+   Packed virtqueue vectorized Rx path                                                       Y
+   Packed virtqueue vectorized Tx path                                                       Y
+   ============================================ ============= ============= ============= =======
 
 QEMU Support Status
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- 
2.17.1



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