On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 03:27:59PM +0100, Adrien Mazarguil wrote: > From: Yaacov Hazan <yaacovh at mellanox.com> > > VLAN insertion is done in software by the PMD by default unless > CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_VERBS_VLAN_INSERTION is enabled and Verbs provides > support for hardware insertion. > > When enabled, this option improves performance when VLAN insertion is > requested, however ConnectX-4 Lx boards cannot take advantage of > multi-packet send optimizations anymore. > > Signed-off-by: Yaacov Hazan <yaacovh at mellanox.com> > Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com> > --- > config/common_linuxapp | 1 + > doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 9 +++ > doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst | 6 ++ > drivers/net/mlx5/Makefile | 9 +++ > drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_defs.h | 9 +++ > drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c | 12 ++-- > drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c | 109 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ > drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.h | 13 ++++ > drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_txq.c | 15 ++++- > 9 files changed, 158 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/config/common_linuxapp b/config/common_linuxapp > index 7b5e49f..793d262 100644 > --- a/config/common_linuxapp > +++ b/config/common_linuxapp > @@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_DEBUG=n > CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_SGE_WR_N=4 > CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_MAX_INLINE=0 > CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_TX_MP_CACHE=8 > +CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_VERBS_VLAN_INSERTION=n > New build time configuration options are no longer allowed in DPDK, as they can't be used in binary distributions and make testing harder. This should be made a run-time option instead.
/Bruce