[dpdk-dev] i40e: Steps and required configurations of how to achieve the best performance!

2015-02-10 Thread Zhang, Helin
that! Regards, Helin From: David Marchand [mailto:david.march...@6wind.com] Sent: Monday, February 9, 2015 8:12 PM To: Zhang, Helin Cc: Thomas Monjalon; dev at dpdk.org Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] i40e: Steps and required configurations of how to achieve the best performance! Hello Helin,? O

[dpdk-dev] i40e: Steps and required configurations of how to achieve the best performance!

2015-02-09 Thread David Marchand
Hello Helin, On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 2:43 AM, Zhang, Helin wrote: > Hi Thomas > > > > Yes, your proposal it the perfect one, also the most complicated one. I > was thinking of that one as well, but we did not have enough time for that > in our 1.8 timeframe. > > In the long run, I agree with yo

[dpdk-dev] i40e: Steps and required configurations of how to achieve the best performance!

2014-10-16 Thread Zhang, Helin
the great comments on this topic! I really like it! Regards, Helin From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monja...@6wind.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 5:42 PM To: Zhang, Helin Cc: dev at dpdk.org; David Marchand Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] i40e: Steps and required configurations of how to

[dpdk-dev] i40e: Steps and required configurations of how to achieve the best performance!

2014-10-15 Thread Thomas Monjalon
Hi Helin, 2014-09-19 03:43, Zhang, Helin: > My idea on it could be, > 1. Write a script to use ?setpci? to configure pci configuration. > End user can decide which PCI device needs to be changed. > 2. Add code to change that PCI configuration in i40e PMD only, as > it seems nobody else

[dpdk-dev] i40e: Steps and required configurations of how to achieve the best performance!

2014-09-19 Thread Zhang, Helin
, 2014 10:03 PM To: Zhang, Helin Cc: dev at dpdk.org<mailto:dev at dpdk.org> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] i40e: Steps and required configurations of how to achieve the best performance! On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Zhang, Helin mailto:helin.zhang at intel.com>> wrote: For the ?extended

[dpdk-dev] i40e: Steps and required configurations of how to achieve the best performance!

2014-09-18 Thread David Marchand
v] i40e: Steps and required configurations of how > to achieve the best performance! > > > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Zhang, Helin > wrote: > > For the ?extended tag?, it was defined in PCIe spec, but actually not > all BIOS implements it. Enabling it in BIOS or a

[dpdk-dev] i40e: Steps and required configurations of how to achieve the best performance!

2014-09-18 Thread Zhang, Helin
Hi David From: David Marchand [mailto:david.march...@6wind.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 10:03 PM To: Zhang, Helin Cc: dev at dpdk.org Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] i40e: Steps and required configurations of how to achieve the best performance! On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Zhang

[dpdk-dev] i40e: Steps and required configurations of how to achieve the best performance!

2014-09-17 Thread David Marchand
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Zhang, Helin wrote: > For the ?extended tag?, it was defined in PCIe spec, but actually not > all BIOS implements it. Enabling it in BIOS or at runtime are two choices > of doing the same thing. I don?t think it can be configured per PCI device > in BIOS, so we

[dpdk-dev] i40e: Steps and required configurations of how to achieve the best performance!

2014-09-17 Thread David Marchand
Hello, Some questions/comments : On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 6:18 AM, Zhang, Helin wrote: > -- *Extended Tag: Enabled > Note that 'Extended Tag' might not be seen in some BIOS, see 'compile > settings' for doing that at runtime. > I am not sure I understand this point. Either you have a bios that

[dpdk-dev] i40e: Steps and required configurations of how to achieve the best performance!

2014-09-17 Thread Zhang, Helin
DPDK VF by default. Regards, Helin From: David Marchand [mailto:david.march...@6wind.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 4:34 PM To: Zhang, Helin Cc: dev at dpdk.org Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] i40e: Steps and required configurations of how to achieve the best performance! Hello, Some questions

[dpdk-dev] i40e: Steps and required configurations of how to achieve the best performance!

2014-09-17 Thread Zhang, Helin
Hi all As a lot of special configurations are needed for achieving the best performance on DPDK, and we are asked by a lot of guys here, I'd like to share with all of you about the steps and required configurations of how to achieve the best performance of i40e. I am trying to list all and what