X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Flinux_gsg%2Fnic_perf_intel_platform.rst;h=dbfaf4e350a9b1c11f0db0801e34e433bfbe3b7c;hb=a0abf7052257ee21b1b9c6066f721e3b954aa181;hp=a556a40087dc07efe1f6d8586075b7d8fd9b2c99;hpb=be1aab711c8eec170cc762706ffb86f621560e64;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/nic_perf_intel_platform.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/nic_perf_intel_platform.rst index a556a40087..dbfaf4e350 100644 --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/nic_perf_intel_platform.rst +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/nic_perf_intel_platform.rst @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause + Copyright(c) 2015 Intel Corporation. + How to get best performance with NICs on Intel platforms ======================================================== @@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ This aligns with the previous output which showed that each channel has one memo Network Interface Card Requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Use a `DPDK supported `_ high end NIC such as the Intel XL710 40GbE. +Use a `DPDK supported `_ high end NIC such as the Intel XL710 40GbE. Make sure each NIC has been flashed the latest version of NVM/firmware. @@ -124,17 +127,11 @@ The following are some recommendations on GRUB boot settings: Configurations before running DPDK ---------------------------------- -1. Build the DPDK target and reserve huge pages. +1. Reserve huge pages. See the earlier section on :ref:`linux_gsg_hugepages` for more details. - The following shell commands may help with building and configuration: - .. code-block:: console - # Build DPDK target. - cd dpdk_folder - make install T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc -j - # Get the hugepage size. awk '/Hugepagesize/ {print $2}' /proc/meminfo @@ -150,7 +147,7 @@ Configurations before running DPDK # Mount to the specific folder. mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/huge -2. Check the CPU layout using using the DPDK ``cpu_layout`` utility: +2. Check the CPU layout using the DPDK ``cpu_layout`` utility: .. code-block:: console