X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Flinux_gsg%2Fnic_perf_intel_platform.rst;h=dbfaf4e350a9b1c11f0db0801e34e433bfbe3b7c;hb=b80c527a9ca4b8aa5ed1d8fba4e7882213883485;hp=c554c2159ca0f5f127bad4a514c82ed80bd55d9b;hpb=f43d3dbbd90c9e195d26d18ac7da9ca2854c3f1e;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 c554c2159c..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-linux-gcc -j - # Get the hugepage size. awk '/Hugepagesize/ {print $2}' /proc/meminfo