[PATCH v2 1/1] app/testpmd: add command line argument 'nic-to-pmd-rx-metadata'

Andrew Rybchenko andrew.rybchenko at oktetlabs.ru
Tue Oct 4 16:48:49 CEST 2022


On 9/1/22 11:03, Singh, Aman Deep wrote:
> 
> 
> On 8/2/2022 11:21 PM, Hanumanth Pothula wrote:
>> Presently, rx metadata is sent to PMD by default, leading
>> to a performance drop as processing for the same in rx path
>> takes extra cycles.
>>
>> Hence, introducing command line argument, 'nic-to-pmd-rx-metadata'
>> to control passing rx metadata to PMD. By default it’s disabled.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Hanumanth Pothula <hpothula at marvell.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Aman Singh <aman.deep.singh at intel.com>
> 
>> v2:
>> - taken cared alignment issues
>> - renamed command line argument from rx-metadata to 
>> nic-to-pmd-rx-metadata
>> - renamed variable name from rx-metadata to nic_to_pmd_rx_metadata
>> ---
>>
> 


Please, update doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst to
document the new command-line argument.

Also avoid argument name in the summary. It must be human-
readable.



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