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For example, I don't see you add the tx_pp devarg as part of the testpmd command line.
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<div>Regards,</div>
<div dir="auto">Asaf Penso</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Antoine POLLENUS <a.pollenus@deltacast.tv><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 2, 2022 11:53:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Asaf Penso <asafp@nvidia.com>; users@dpdk.org <users@dpdk.org>; Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [ConnectX 6Dx]Issue using Tx scheduling feature in DPDK</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Thanks for you answer,<br>
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Already red the doc on the subject but can’t make it work in testpmd. <br>
Didn’t implemented it myself at this step but seams I’m missing something.<br>
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Do I need to enable a specific offload ?<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Asaf Penso [mailto:asafp@nvidia.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> lundi 2 mai 2022 09:59<br>
<b>To:</b> Antoine POLLENUS <a.pollenus@deltacast.tv>; users@dpdk.org; Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [ConnectX 6Dx]Issue using Tx scheduling feature in DPDK</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US">Hello </span>
<span style="color:black">Antoine,</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US">Have you had a look into mlx5 documentation?</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/nics/mlx5.html">http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/nics/mlx5.html</a></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US">Please look for tx_pp.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US">I’m adding <a href="mailto:viacheslavo@nvidia.com" id="OWAAMFEBCA98502224794BDB1A563D58BF282">
<span style="text-decoration:none">@Slava Ovsiienko</span></a> in case you need further support.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US">Regards,</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US">Asaf Penso</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Antoine POLLENUS <<a href="mailto:a.pollenus@deltacast.tv">a.pollenus@deltacast.tv</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 28, 2022 3:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:users@dpdk.org">users@dpdk.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ConnectX 6Dx]Issue using Tx scheduling feature in DPDK</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Hello,</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">DPDK Version: 21.11</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Firmware version : 22.32.1010</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">MLNX_OFED version: MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.5-1.0.3.2-ubuntu20.04-x86_64</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">We are trying to use the DPDK tx scheduling feature on a ConnectX6 DX adapter. We experience some issues with the feature not working.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">The test is using Test-pmd in txonly mode.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Here are the command used:</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">sudo ./dpdk-testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 -- -i --portmask=0x1 --nb-cores=1 --eth-peer=0,01:00:5e:00:00:08 --tx-ip=10.10.1.168,239.0.0.8</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">testpmd> set fwd txonly</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">testpmd> set burst 64</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">testpmd> set txtimes 1000000,10000</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">By doing this I expect the feature working. Am i missing something ?</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">I also added a print in txonly.c and clearly sees that the feature is not enabled</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">dynf = rte_mbuf_dynflag_lookup</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">(RTE_MBUF_DYNFLAG_TX_TIMESTAMP_NAME, NULL);</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">if (dynf >= 0)</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">timestamp_mask = 1ULL << dynf;</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">dynf = rte_mbuf_dynfield_lookup</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">(RTE_MBUF_DYNFIELD_TIMESTAMP_NAME, NULL);</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">if (dynf >= 0)</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">timestamp_off = dynf;</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">both function ( rte_mbuf_dynfield_lookup and rte_mbuf_dynflag_lookup) returns -1</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">I also tried to enabled the feature.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">testpmd> port config 0 tx_offload send_on_timestamp on</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">but when doing this DPDK tells me that I don't have these offload capabilities</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Hope you will be able to help me.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="color:black">Regards</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="color:black">Antoine</span></p>
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