[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/3] net/iavf: enable AVX512 for Tx

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 10/29/2020 1:24 AM, Wenzhuo Lu wrote:
> To enhance the per-core performance, this patch adds some AVX512
> instructions to the data path to handle the Tx descriptors.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Leyi Rong <leyi.rong at intel.com>
> ---
>   doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst  |   3 +
>   drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c          |   3 +-
>   drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx.c            |  34 +++-
>   drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx.h            |   7 +
>   drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_avx512.c | 304 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   5 files changed, 343 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
> index 89e0959..6d7c59d 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
> @@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ DPDK Release 20.11
>         make doc-guides-html
>         xdg-open build/doc/html/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.html
>   
> +   * **Added support of vector instructions on IAVF.**
> +
> +     Added support of AVX512 instructions in IAVF RX and TX path.
>   

The documentation update is in the comment section, fixed in next-net.