X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=drivers%2Fnet%2Fsoftnic%2Frte_eth_softnic.h;h=6c11d89ab6bff8a549fd82cbc5989eafb7580838;hb=675a6c18746694a8e19a0256b16bd6b3e8dcbfd2;hp=048dfe6bf993d5e313d212672fcd8b3bdea75229;hpb=7709a63bf178f52e0d1c36d8db9b6d91860e0064;p=dpdk.git

diff --git a/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic.h b/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic.h
index 048dfe6bf9..6c11d89ab6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic.h
@@ -26,6 +26,26 @@ extern "C" {
 #define SOFTNIC_CPU_ID                                     0
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * Service cores:
+ *
+ * 0 = The current device is run explicitly by the application. The firmware
+ *     creates one or several pipelines for the current device and maps them to
+ *     CPU cores that should not be service cores. The application is required
+ *     to call rte_pmd_softnic_run() for the current device on each of these CPU
+ *     cores in order to make the current device work.
+ *
+ * 1 = The current device is run on the service cores transparently to the
+ *     application. The firmware creates one or several pipelines for the
+ *     current device and maps them to CPU cores that should be service cores.
+ *     Each of these service cores is calling rte_pmd_softnic_run() for the
+ *     current device in order to make the current device work. The application
+ *     is not allowed to call rte_pmd_softnic_run() for the current device.
+ */
+#ifndef SOFTNIC_SC
+#define SOFTNIC_SC                                         1
+#endif
+
 /** Traffic Manager: Number of scheduler queues. */
 #ifndef SOFTNIC_TM_N_QUEUES
 #define SOFTNIC_TM_N_QUEUES                                (64 * 1024)
@@ -55,7 +75,7 @@ rte_pmd_softnic_run(uint16_t port_id);
  * @return
  *    Zero on success, error code otherwise.
  */
-int __rte_experimental
+int
 rte_pmd_softnic_manage(uint16_t port_id);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus