X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=doc%2Fguides%2Fnics%2Fmlx5.rst;h=83299646ddb1f641278f6f70a9cab2000b4d4808;hb=a86144cd9ded2db1b719c9464cff8091edff2474;hp=7d41cacaaafc8d227aaf37f4dd7970416816033d;hpb=4f74cb68b96496acce845e75b5533f019f248b1e;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst index 7d41cacaaa..83299646dd 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst @@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ Features - Flow metering, including meter policy API. - Flow integrity offload API. - Connection tracking. +- Sub-Function representors. Limitations ----------- @@ -1437,9 +1438,10 @@ the DPDK application. echo switchdev > /sys/class/net//compat/devlink/mode -SubFunction representor support -------------------------------- -SubFunction is a portion of the PCI device, a SF netdev has its own +Sub-Function representor +------------------------ + +Sub-Function is a portion of the PCI device, a SF netdev has its own dedicated queues(txq, rxq). A SF netdev supports E-Switch representation offload similar to existing PF and VF representors. A SF shares PCI level resources with other SFs and/or with its parent PCI function. @@ -1494,7 +1496,7 @@ Performance tuning for better performance. For VMs, verify that the right CPU and NUMA node are pinned according to the above. Run:: - lstopo-no-graphics + lstopo-no-graphics --merge to identify the NUMA node to which the PCIe adapter is connected.