X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Fnics%2Fsfc_efx.rst;h=40065284bcad551fffecbac0db76504d8dbad107;hb=566b4d7a968fa454ff7deab7c43216712878af30;hp=693aa55855ea622a545941717bad373caad1f4e0;hpb=6e899accd24d031a6a1a34046373532095778a98;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst b/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst index 693aa55855..40065284bc 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst @@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ Supported actions: - DROP +- FLAG (supported only with ef10_essb Rx datapath) + +- MARK (supported only with ef10_essb Rx datapath) + Validating flow rules depends on the firmware variant. Ethernet destinaton individual/group match @@ -236,6 +240,10 @@ Supported NICs - Solarflare X2522 Dual Port SFP28 10/25GbE Adapter + - Solarflare X2541 Single Port QSFP28 10/25G/100G Adapter + + - Solarflare X2542 Dual Port QSFP28 10/25G/100G Adapter + - Solarflare Flareon [Ultra] Server Adapters: - Solarflare SFN8522 Dual Port SFP+ Server Adapter @@ -314,7 +322,7 @@ boolean parameters value. **efx** chooses libefx-based datapath which supports Rx scatter. **ef10** chooses EF10 (SFN7xxx, SFN8xxx, X2xxx) native datapath which is more efficient than libefx-based and provides richer packet type - classification, but lacks Rx scatter support. + classification. **ef10_esps** chooses SFNX2xxx equal stride packed stream datapath which may be used on DPDK firmware variant only (see notes about its limitations above). @@ -329,8 +337,7 @@ boolean parameters value. Mbuf segments may come from different mempools, and mbuf reference counters are treated responsibly. **ef10** chooses EF10 (SFN7xxx, SFN8xxx, X2xxx) native datapath which is - more efficient than libefx-based but has no VLAN insertion and TSO - support yet. + more efficient than libefx-based but has no VLAN insertion support yet. Mbuf segments may come from different mempools, and mbuf reference counters are treated responsibly. **ef10_simple** chooses EF10 (SFN7xxx, SFN8xxx, X2xxx) native datapath which @@ -372,6 +379,18 @@ boolean parameters value. without checksumming on transmit for higher Tx packet rate if checksumming is not required. +- ``rxd_wait_timeout_ns`` [long] (default **200 us**) + + Adjust timeout in nanoseconds to head-of-line block to wait for + Rx descriptors. + The accepted range is 0 to 400 ms. + Flow control should be enabled to make it work. + The value of **0** disables it and packets are dropped immediately. + When a packet is dropped because of no Rx descriptors, + ``rx_nodesc_drop_cnt`` counter grows. + The feature is supported only by the DPDK firmware variant when equal + stride super-buffer Rx mode is used. + Dynamic Logging Parameters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~