From: John McNamara Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 12:47:58 +0000 (+0000) Subject: doc: add increased default ring size to release notes X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5ae9d5299a541a03b5a6fcb339bfa479dc77f50e;p=dpdk.git doc: add increased default ring size to release notes Added note on the increased ring size in testpmd and the sample applications to the release note. Fixes: bd8f10f6d69f ("app/testpmd: increase default ring sizes to 1024") Fixes: 867a6c66ecf3 ("examples: increase default ring sizes to 1024") Signed-off-by: John McNamara Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit --- diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst index 0d46303357..03bdd4f28c 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst @@ -216,6 +216,13 @@ New Features * ``rte_mp_request`` is for sending a request message and will block until it gets a reply message which is sent from the peer by ``rte_mp_reply``. +* **Increased default Rx and Tx ring size in sample applications.** + + Increased the default ``RX_RING_SIZE`` and ``TX_RING_SIZE`` to 1024 entries + in testpmd and the sample applications to give better performance in the + general case. The user should experiment with various Rx and Tx ring sizes + for their specific application to get best performance. + * **Added new DPDK build system using the tools "meson" and "ninja" [EXPERIMENTAL]** Added in support for building DPDK using ``meson`` and ``ninja``, which gives