[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] doc: fix vector mode info for bnxt

Ajit Khaparde ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com
Wed Sep 30 19:37:35 CEST 2020


On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 10:28 AM Lance Richardson
<lance.richardson at broadcom.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 5:01 PM Ajit Khaparde
> <ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com> wrote:
> >
> > Vector mode is disabled when jumbo frames are enabled.
> > This usage guide was reporting it incorrectly.
> >
> > Fixes: 1adaf0e0f2ee ("doc: update bnxt guide")
> > Cc:stable at dpdk.org
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com>
> > ---
> >  doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst | 1 -
> >  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst b/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst
> > index 129a16cfc..48ec6156d 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst
> > @@ -836,7 +836,6 @@ This improved performance comes from several optimizations:
> >
> >         DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_STRIP
> >         DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_KEEP_CRC
> > -       DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_JUMBO_FRAME
> >         DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_IPV4_CKSUM
> >         DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_UDP_CKSUM
> >         DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_TCP_CKSUM
> > --
> > 2.21.1 (Apple Git-122.3)
> >
>
> NAK - receive vector mode *is* allowed when jumbo is enabled, as
> long as the MTU is not large enough to require scattered RX (which
> also depends on the mbuf size).
Ok. Fair enough. Let me drop this patch.

>
>    Lance


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