[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 02/18] doc: add detail on using max SIMD bitwidth

Kevin Laatz kevin.laatz at intel.com
Thu Oct 15 15:12:25 CEST 2020


On 15/10/2020 11:37, Ciara Power wrote:
> This patch adds documentation on the usage of the max SIMD bitwidth EAL
> setting, and how to use it to enable AVX-512 at runtime.
>
> Cc: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
> Cc: John McNamara <john.mcnamara at intel.com>
> Cc: Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic at intel.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: Ciara Power <ciara.power at intel.com>
>
> ---
> v6: Updated enum value.
> v4: Updated docs to reflect renamed enum.
> v3:
>    - Added enum value for disabling use of max SIMD to doc.
>    - Added entry to HowTo index.
> ---
>   doc/guides/howto/avx512.rst                   | 36 +++++++++++++++++++
>   doc/guides/howto/index.rst                    |  1 +
>   doc/guides/linux_gsg/eal_args.include.rst     | 16 +++++++++
>   .../prog_guide/env_abstraction_layer.rst      | 32 +++++++++++++++++
>   4 files changed, 85 insertions(+)
>   create mode 100644 doc/guides/howto/avx512.rst
>
Docs LGTM.

Acked-by: Kevin Laatz <kevin.laatz at intel.com>



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