Re: [PATCH 1/4] doc: clarify the existing net/ark guide

2023-02-13 Thread Ferruh Yigit
On 2/13/2023 5:31 PM, Shepard Siegel wrote: > Yes, what is different here is that the MBUF size is communicated > from the PMD to the hardware which *changes its behavior* of data motion > to optimize throughput and latency as a function of that setting. And it > does that per-queue. And can be don

Re: [PATCH 1/4] doc: clarify the existing net/ark guide

2023-02-13 Thread Shepard Siegel
Yes, what is different here is that the MBUF size is communicated from the PMD to the hardware which *changes its behavior* of data motion to optimize throughput and latency as a function of that setting. And it does that per-queue. And can be done at runtime (that's the dynamic part). ... To the b

Re: [PATCH 1/4] doc: clarify the existing net/ark guide

2023-02-13 Thread Ferruh Yigit
On 2/13/2023 5:09 PM, Shepard Siegel wrote: > Hi Ferruh, > > Yes, there will probably be next versions in the future. If you don't > mind making the marker length adjustment, that would be great. > > Regarding MBUF (re)sizing  - Arkville supports the ability to configure > or reconfigure the MBUF

Re: [PATCH 1/4] doc: clarify the existing net/ark guide

2023-02-13 Thread Shepard Siegel
Hi Ferruh, Yes, there will probably be next versions in the future. If you don't mind making the marker length adjustment, that would be great. Regarding MBUF (re)sizing - Arkville supports the ability to configure or reconfigure the MBUF size used on a per-queue basis. This feature is useful wh

Re: [PATCH 1/4] doc: clarify the existing net/ark guide

2023-02-13 Thread Ferruh Yigit
On 2/13/2023 2:58 PM, Shepard Siegel wrote: > Add detail for the existing Arkville configurations FX0 and FX1. > Corrected minor errors of omission. > > Signed-off-by: Shepard Siegel > --- > doc/guides/nics/ark.rst | 18 ++ > 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc

[PATCH 1/4] doc: clarify the existing net/ark guide

2023-02-13 Thread Shepard Siegel
Add detail for the existing Arkville configurations FX0 and FX1. Corrected minor errors of omission. Signed-off-by: Shepard Siegel --- doc/guides/nics/ark.rst | 18 ++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ark.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ark.rst index ba00f14e8