Also, document the new pmd-cyclecount-specific flag.
Signed-off-by: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.bura...@intel.com>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst | 6 ++++++
doc/guides/tools/cryptoperf.rst | 10 +++++++++-
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
index 170f4f9..860858c 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ New Features
Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
=========================================================
+* **Add new benchmarking mode to dpdk-crypto-perf-test application.**
+
+ Added new "PMD cyclecount" benchmark mode to dpdk-crypto-perf-test
application
+ that displays more detailed breakdown of CPU cycles used by hardware
+ acceleration.
+
Resolved Issues
---------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/cryptoperf.rst b/doc/guides/tools/cryptoperf.rst
index 985848b..482e1cf 100644
--- a/doc/guides/tools/cryptoperf.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/tools/cryptoperf.rst
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ offload are still consumed by the test tool and included in
the cycle-count.
These cycles are consumed by retries and inefficient API calls enqueuing and
dequeuing smaller bursts than specified by the cmdline parameter. This results
in a larger cycle-count measurement and should not be interpreted as an offload
-cost measurement.
+cost measurement. Using "pmd-cyclecount" mode will give a better idea of
+actual costs of hardware acceleration.
On hardware devices the throughput measurement is not necessarily the maximum
possible for the device, e.g. it may be necessary to use multiple cores to keep
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ The following are the appication command-line options:
throughput
latency
verify
+ pmd-cyclecount
* ``--silent``
@@ -329,6 +331,12 @@ The following are the appication command-line options:
Set default number of descriptors in cryptodev.
+* ``--pmd-cyclecount-delay-ms <n>``
+
+ Add a delay (in milliseconds) between enqueue and dequeue in
+ pmd-cyclecount benchmarking mode (useful when benchmarking
+ hardware acceleration).
+
* ``--csv-friendly``
Enable test result output CSV friendly rather than human friendly.
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