> -----Original Message----- > From: Stokes, Ian > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2018 3:28 PM > To: Yuanhan Liu <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Cc: Finn Christensen <[email protected]>; Darrell Ball <[email protected]>; > Chandran, Sugesh <[email protected]>; Simon Horman > <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [PATCH v7 6/6] Documentation: document ovs-dpdk flow offload >
Adding Shahaf Shuler. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Yuanhan Liu [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, January 29, 2018 7:00 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: Stokes, Ian <[email protected]>; Finn Christensen > > <[email protected]>; Darrell Ball <[email protected]>; Chandran, Sugesh > > <[email protected]>; Simon Horman > > <[email protected]>; Yuanhan Liu <[email protected]> > > Subject: [PATCH v7 6/6] Documentation: document ovs-dpdk flow offload > > > > And mark it as experimental. > > Commit message should be a bit more detailed than this. Details on what is > being added and where. > > > > > Signed-off-by: Yuanhan Liu <[email protected]> > > --- > > Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++ > > NEWS | 1 + > > 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst > > b/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst index 40f9d96..047525c 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst > > +++ b/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst > > @@ -727,3 +727,20 @@ devices to bridge ``br0``. Once complete, follow > > the below steps: > > Check traffic on multiple queues:: > > > > $ cat /proc/interrupts | grep virtio > > + > > +.. _dpdk-flow-hardware-offload: > > + > > +Flow Hardware Offload (Experimental) > > +------------------------------------ > > + > > +The flow hardware offload is disabled by default and can be enabled > by:: > > + > > + $ ovs-vsctl set Open_vSwitch . other_config:hw-offload=true > > + > > +So far only partial flow offload is implemented. Moreover, it only > > +works with PDM drivers have the rte flow action "MARK + RSS" support. > > + > > +The validated NICs are: > > + > > +- Mellanox (ConnectX-4, ConnectX-4 Lx, ConnectX-5) > > +- Napatech (NT200B01) > > I think it would be useful to document the flow types protocols that > can/can't be offloaded in a table here i.e. udp, tcp, ICMP etc. > I don't think these are documented anywhere, I could see users asking what > traffic they can offload when getting started. > > Regards > Ian > > > diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS > > index d7d585b..d0c9f44 100644 > > --- a/NEWS > > +++ b/NEWS > > @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ v2.9.0 - xx xxx xxxx > > * New appctl command 'dpif-netdev/pmd-rxq-rebalance' to > > rebalance rxq to > > pmd assignments. > > * Add rxq utilization of pmd to appctl 'dpif-netdev/pmd-rxq-show'. > > + * Add experimental flow hardware offload support > > - Userspace datapath: > > * Output packet batching support. > > - vswitchd: > > -- > > 2.7.4 _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
