net/iavf: support quanta size configuration

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / nics / intel_vf.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst b/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst
index 3e1742d..6498135 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Refer to :numref:`figure_single_port_nic`.
 
 Therefore, a NIC is logically distributed among multiple virtual machines (as shown in :numref:`figure_single_port_nic`),
 while still having global data in common to share with the Physical Function and other Virtual Functions.
-The DPDK fm10kvf, i40evf, igbvf or ixgbevf as a Poll Mode Driver (PMD) serves for the Intel® 82576 Gigabit Ethernet Controller,
+The DPDK fm10kvf, iavf, igbvf or ixgbevf as a Poll Mode Driver (PMD) serves for the Intel® 82576 Gigabit Ethernet Controller,
 Intel® Ethernet Controller I350 family, Intel® 82599 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller NIC,
 Intel® Fortville 10/40 Gigabit Ethernet Controller NIC's virtual PCI function, or PCIe host-interface of the Intel Ethernet Switch
 FM10000 Series.
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ For more detail on SR-IOV, please refer to the following documents:
     available for IAVF PMD. The same devargs with the same parameters can be applied to IAVF PMD, for detail please reference
     the section ``Protocol extraction for per queue`` of ice.rst.
 
+    Quanta size configuration is also supported when IAVF is backed by an Intel® E810 device by setting ``devargs``
+    parameter ``quanta_size`` like ``-a 18:00.0,quanta_size=2048``. The default value is 1024, and quanta size should be
+    set as the product of 64 in legacy host interface mode.
+
 The PCIE host-interface of Intel Ethernet Switch FM10000 Series VF infrastructure
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
@@ -216,21 +220,21 @@ For example,
     *   If the max number of VFs (max_vfs) is set in the range of 1 to 32:
 
         If the number of Rx queues is specified as 4 (``--rxq=4`` in testpmd), then there are totally 32
-        pools (ETH_32_POOLS), and each VF could have 4 Rx queues;
+        pools (RTE_ETH_32_POOLS), and each VF could have 4 Rx queues;
 
         If the number of Rx queues is specified as 2 (``--rxq=2`` in testpmd), then there are totally 32
-        pools (ETH_32_POOLS), and each VF could have 2 Rx queues;
+        pools (RTE_ETH_32_POOLS), and each VF could have 2 Rx queues;
 
     *   If the max number of VFs (max_vfs) is in the range of 33 to 64:
 
         If the number of Rx queues in specified as 4 (``--rxq=4`` in testpmd), then error message is expected
         as ``rxq`` is not correct at this case;
 
-        If the number of rxq is 2 (``--rxq=2`` in testpmd), then there is totally 64 pools (ETH_64_POOLS),
+        If the number of rxq is 2 (``--rxq=2`` in testpmd), then there is totally 64 pools (RTE_ETH_64_POOLS),
         and each VF have 2 Rx queues;
 
-    On host, to enable VF RSS functionality, rx mq mode should be set as ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_RSS
-    or ETH_MQ_RX_RSS mode, and SRIOV mode should be activated (max_vfs >= 1).
+    On host, to enable VF RSS functionality, rx mq mode should be set as RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_RSS
+    or RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_RSS mode, and SRIOV mode should be activated (max_vfs >= 1).
     It also needs config VF RSS information like hash function, RSS key, RSS key length.
 
 .. note::
@@ -571,7 +575,7 @@ Fast Host-based Packet Processing
 
 Software Defined Network (SDN) trends are demanding fast host-based packet handling.
 In a virtualization environment,
-the DPDK VF PMD driver performs the same throughput result as a non-VT native environment.
+the DPDK VF PMD performs the same throughput result as a non-VT native environment.
 
 With such host instance fast packet processing, lots of services such as filtering, QoS,
 DPI can be offloaded on the host fast path.
@@ -633,3 +637,13 @@ Windows Support
 
 *   To load NetUIO driver, follow the steps mentioned in `dpdk-kmods repository
     <https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/tree/windows/netuio/README.rst>`_.
+
+
+Inline IPsec Support
+--------------------
+
+*   IAVF PMD supports inline crypto processing depending on the underlying
+    hardware crypto capabilities. IPsec Security Gateway Sample Application
+    supports inline IPsec processing for IAVF PMD. For more details see the
+    IPsec Security Gateway Sample Application and Security library
+    documentation.