[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/4] meson: change default cache line size for armv8

Honnappa Nagarahalli Honnappa.Nagarahalli at arm.com
Thu Apr 18 07:00:58 CEST 2019


> 
> Currently, the cache line size of armv8 CPUs having Implementor ID of 0x41 is
> 64 bytes.
I guess you meant to say 128 bytes

> 
> Signed-off-by: Yongseok Koh <yskoh at mellanox.com>
> ---
> 
> v2:
> * introduce flags_arm replacing flags_generic instead of using the extra flags
> 
>  config/arm/meson.build | 7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/config/arm/meson.build b/config/arm/meson.build index
> 22a062bad9..1db4ad2ee7 100644
> --- a/config/arm/meson.build
> +++ b/config/arm/meson.build
> @@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ flags_generic = [
>  	['RTE_MAX_LCORE', 256],
>  	['RTE_USE_C11_MEM_MODEL', true],
>  	['RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE', 128]]
> +flags_arm = [
> +	['RTE_MACHINE', '"armv8a"'],
> +	['RTE_MAX_LCORE', 256],
I am not aware of any implementations with implementor ID 0x41. Bluefield is the first one I am aware of. May be we can keep this smaller, 16?

> +	['RTE_USE_C11_MEM_MODEL', true],
> +	['RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE', 64]]
>  flags_cavium = [
>  	['RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE', 128],
>  	['RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES', 2],
> @@ -88,7 +93,7 @@ machine_args_cavium = [
> 
>  ## Arm implementer ID (ARM DDI 0487C.a, Section G7.2.106, Page G7-5321)
> impl_generic = ['Generic armv8', flags_generic, machine_args_generic]
> -impl_0x41 = ['Arm', flags_generic, machine_args_generic]
> +impl_0x41 = ['Arm', flags_arm, machine_args_generic]
>  impl_0x42 = ['Broadcom', flags_generic, machine_args_generic]
>  impl_0x43 = ['Cavium', flags_cavium, machine_args_cavium]
>  impl_0x44 = ['DEC', flags_generic, machine_args_generic]
> --
> 2.11.0



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