but less or equal to RTE_IXGBE_TX_MAX_FREE_BUF_SZ.
Consequently, by default the tx_rs_thresh value is in the range 32 to 64.
-Feature not Supported by RX Vector PMD
+Feature not Supported by TX Vector PMD
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TX vPMD only works when txq_flags is set to IXGBE_SIMPLE_FLAGS.
* ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_NOXSUMTCP
Application Programming Interface
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+---------------------------------
In DPDK release v16.11 an API for ixgbe specific functions has been added to the ixgbe PMD.
The declarations for the API functions are in the header ``rte_pmd_ixgbe.h``.
Sample Application Notes
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+------------------------
testpmd
-^^^^^^^
+~~~~~~~
By default, using CONFIG_RTE_IXGBE_RX_OLFLAGS_ENABLE=y:
./x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/app/testpmd -c 300 -n 4 -- -i --burst=32 --rxfreet=32 --mbcache=250 --txpt=32 --rxht=8 --rxwt=0 --txfreet=32 --txrst=32 --txqflags=0xf01 --disable-hw-vlan
l3fwd
-^^^^^
+~~~~~
When running l3fwd with vPMD, there is one thing to note.
In the configuration, ensure that port_conf.rxmode.hw_ip_checksum=0.
Otherwise, by default, RX vPMD is disabled.
load_balancer
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As in the case of l3fwd, set configure port_conf.rxmode.hw_ip_checksum=0 to enable vPMD.
In addition, for improved performance, use -bsz "(32,32),(64,64),(32,32)" in load_balancer to avoid using the default burst size of 144.
+Limitations or Known issues
+---------------------------
+
Malicious Driver Detection not Supported
-----------------------------------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Intel x550 series NICs support a feature called MDD (Malicious
Driver Detection) which checks the behavior of the VF driver.
Statistics
-----------
+~~~~~~~~~~
The statistics of ixgbe hardware must be polled regularly in order for it to
remain consistent. Running a DPDK application without polling the statistics will