> -----Original Message----- > From: David Marchand [mailto:david.march...@redhat.com] > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2019 22:27 > To: Wang, Haiyue <haiyue.w...@intel.com> > Cc: dev <dev@dpdk.org> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC v1 0/3] show the Rx/Tx burst description field > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 4:20 PM Haiyue Wang <haiyue.w...@intel.com> wrote: > > > > Since some PMDs have multi-path for Rx/Tx, FD.io VPP will tell you in > > the Debug CLI what rx/tx function is being used: > > #show hardware-interface > > > > tx burst function: ice_xmit_pkts > > rx burst function: ice_recv_scattered_pkts > > > > But if the tx/rx is static, then 'dladdr' will return nil: > > > > tx burst function: (nil) │······················ > > rx burst function: (nil) │······················ > > > > For making things consistent and gracefull, we introduce an new string > > field to describe the Rx/Tx burst information. This is vendor-neutral, > > it is used to identify the Rx/Tx burst selection if the PMD has more > > than one. > > > > If a PMD supports this, then rxqinfo/txqinfo->burst_info[0] != '\0'. > > The rx/tx handlers are the same for all queues of a ethdev port. > What is the added value to put this in a per queue api ? >
We will add support Receive Flex Descriptor per queue in 19.11: drivers/net/ice/base/ice_lan_tx_rx.h --> enum ice_rxdid Then the burst_info will be Vector (generic info) + RXDID info, that's why we changed the design from const char * to char []. > > -- > David Marchand
