From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Hunt Subject: [PATCH v11 16/18] doc: distributor library changes for new burst API Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 10:08:40 +0000 Message-ID: <1490004522-183515-17-git-send-email-david.hunt@intel.com> References: <1489558767-56329-2-git-send-email-david.hunt@intel.com> <1490004522-183515-1-git-send-email-david.hunt@intel.com> Cc: bruce.richardson@intel.com, David Hunt To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mga03.intel.com (mga03.intel.com [134.134.136.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4522247CD for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2017 18:08:17 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <1490004522-183515-1-git-send-email-david.hunt@intel.com> List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Signed-off-by: David Hunt Acked-by: John McNamara Acked-by: Bruce Richardson --- doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_distrib_lib.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_distrib_lib.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_distrib_lib.rst index b5bdabb..e0adcaa 100644 --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_distrib_lib.rst +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_distrib_lib.rst @@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ The model of operation is shown in the diagram below. Packet Distributor mode of operation +There are two modes of operation of the API in the distributor Library, one which sends one packet at a time +to workers using 32-bits for flow_id, and an optiomised mode which sends bursts of up to 8 packets at a time +to workers, using 15 bits of flow_id. The mode is selected by the type field in the ``rte_distributor_create function``. Distributor Core Operation -------------------------- -- 2.7.4