This patch documents PMD's other_config:tx-steering option.
Acked-by: Kevin Traynor <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Maxime Coquelin <[email protected]>
---
vswitchd/vswitch.xml | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
index 064e0facf..0c6632617 100644
--- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
+++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
@@ -3391,6 +3391,29 @@ ovs-vsctl add-port br0 p0 -- set Interface p0 type=patch
options:peer=p1 \
</ul>
<p>This option may only be used with dpdk VF representors.</p>
</column>
+
+ <column name="other_config" key="tx-steering"
+ type='{"type": "string",
+ "enum": ["set", ["thread", "hash"]]}'>
+ <p>
+ Specifies the Tx steering mode for the interface.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <code>thread</code> enables static (1:1) thread-to-txq mapping when
+ the number of Tx queues is greater than number of PMD threads, and
+ dynamic (N:1) mapping if equal or lower. In this mode a single thread
+ can not use more than 1 transmit queue of a given port.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <code>hash</code> enables hash-based Tx steering, which distributes
+ the packets on all the transmit queues based on their 5-tuples
+ hashes.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Defaults to <code>thread</code>.
+ </p>
+ </column>
+
</group>
<group title="EMC (Exact Match Cache) Configuration">
--
2.34.1
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