doc: move i40e specific to i40e guide

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / linux_gsg / enable_func.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst
index 8cb3d79..e6c806b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ Enabling Additional Functionality
 
 .. _High_Precision_Event_Timer:
 
-High Precision Event Timer HPET) Functionality
-----------------------------------------------
+High Precision Event Timer (HPET) Functionality
+-----------------------------------------------
 
 BIOS Support
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -176,53 +176,3 @@ Also, if ``INTEL_IOMMU_DEFAULT_ON`` is not set in the kernel, the ``intel_iommu=
 This ensures that the Intel IOMMU is being initialized as expected.
 
 Please note that while using ``iommu=pt`` is compulsory for ``igb_uio driver``, the ``vfio-pci`` driver can actually work with both ``iommu=pt`` and ``iommu=on``.
-
-High Performance of Small Packets on 40G NIC
---------------------------------------------
-
-As there might be firmware fixes for performance enhancement in latest version
-of firmware image, the firmware update might be needed for getting high performance.
-Check with the local Intel's Network Division application engineers for firmware updates.
-The base driver to support firmware version of FVL3E will be integrated in the next
-DPDK release, so currently the validated firmware version is 4.2.6.
-
-Enabling Extended Tag and Setting Max Read Request Size
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-PCI configurations of ``extended_tag`` and max _read_requ st_size have big impacts on performance of small packets on 40G NIC.
-Enabling extended_tag and setting ``max_read_request_size`` to small size such as 128 bytes provide great helps to high performance of small packets.
-
-*   These can be done in some BIOS implementations.
-
-*   For other BIOS implementations, PCI configurations can be changed by using command of ``setpci``, or special configurations in DPDK config file of ``common_linux``.
-
-    *   Bits 7:5 at address of 0xA8 of each PCI device is used for setting the max_read_request_size,
-        and bit 8 of 0xA8 of each PCI device is used for enabling/disabling the extended_tag.
-        lspci and setpci can be used to read the values of 0xA8 and then write it back after being changed.
-
-    *   In config file of common_linux, below three configurations can be changed for the same purpose.
-
-        ``CONFIG_RTE_PCI_CONFIG``
-
-        ``CONFIG_RTE_PCI_EXTENDED_TAG``
-
-        ``CONFIG_RTE_PCI_MAX_READ_REQUEST_SIZE``
-
-* From release 16.04, ``extended_tag`` is enabled by default during port
-  initialization, users don't need to care about that anymore.
-
-Use 16 Bytes RX Descriptor Size
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-As i40e PMD supports both 16 and 32 bytes RX descriptor sizes, and 16 bytes size can provide helps to high performance of small packets.
-Configuration of ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_16BYTE_RX_DESC`` in config files can be changed to use 16 bytes size RX descriptors.
-
-High Performance and per Packet Latency Tradeoff
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Due to the hardware design, the interrupt signal inside NIC is needed for per
-packet descriptor write-back. The minimum interval of interrupts could be set
-at compile time by ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_ITR_INTERVAL`` in configuration files.
-Though there is a default configuration, the interval could be tuned by the
-users with that configuration item depends on what the user cares about more,
-performance or per packet latency.