From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Mcnamara, John" Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 16/17] doc: distributor library changes for new burst api Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 16:18:19 +0000 Message-ID: References: <1485163480-156507-2-git-send-email-david.hunt@intel.com> <1487647073-129064-1-git-send-email-david.hunt@intel.com> <1487647073-129064-17-git-send-email-david.hunt@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: "Richardson, Bruce" , "Hunt, David" To: "Hunt, David" , "dev@dpdk.org" Return-path: Received: from mga02.intel.com (mga02.intel.com [134.134.136.20]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 010742A5E for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:18:22 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <1487647073-129064-17-git-send-email-david.hunt@intel.com> Content-Language: en-US List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" > -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of David Hunt > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 3:18 AM > To: dev@dpdk.org > Cc: Richardson, Bruce ; Hunt, David > > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 16/17] doc: distributor library changes for > new burst api >=20 > Signed-off-by: David Hunt > --- > doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_distrib_lib.rst | 3 +++ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) >=20 > diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_distrib_lib.rst > b/doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_distrib_lib.rst > index b5bdabb..c070eaa 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. >=20 > Packet Distributor mode of operation >=20 > +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. It is better to use fixed width backquotes for function names like: type field in the ``rte_distributor_create()`` function. Apart from that. Acked-by: John McNamara