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[v2,4/4] doc: update send scheduling mlx5 feature description

Message ID 20220222102648.4662-5-viacheslavo@nvidia.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: Raslan Darawsheh
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Series net/mlx5: support send scheduling for ConnectX-7 |

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Commit Message

Slava Ovsiienko Feb. 22, 2022, 10:26 a.m. UTC 
  Updated:
  - send scheduling feature description for mlx5
  - release notes

Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst               | 5 +++++
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_03.rst | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

Comments

Ferruh Yigit Feb. 23, 2022, 6:56 p.m. UTC | #1 
On 2/22/2022 10:26 AM, Viacheslav Ovsiienko wrote:
> Updated:
>    - send scheduling feature description for mlx5
>    - release notes
> 
> Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>
> ---
>   doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst               | 5 +++++
>   doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_03.rst | 6 ++++++
>   2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 

Hi Viacheslav,

Can you please distribute the doc updates to the patches
that are doing the updates in this patch, instead of having
a separate patch for it?
Slava Ovsiienko Feb. 24, 2022, 10:56 a.m. UTC | #2 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 20:56
> To: Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>; dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Matan Azrad <matan@nvidia.com>; Raslan Darawsheh
> <rasland@nvidia.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] doc: update send scheduling mlx5 feature
> description
> 
> On 2/22/2022 10:26 AM, Viacheslav Ovsiienko wrote:
> > Updated:
> >    - send scheduling feature description for mlx5
> >    - release notes
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>
> > ---
> >   doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst               | 5 +++++
> >   doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_03.rst | 6 ++++++
> >   2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
> >
> 
> Hi Viacheslav,
> 
> Can you please distribute the doc updates to the patches that are doing the
> updates in this patch, instead of having a separate patch for it?

Yes, please:
http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/cover/20220224105501.6549-1-viacheslavo@nvidia.com/

With best regards,
Slava
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diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index c3cc0c0f41..6494f4ae39 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -934,6 +934,11 @@  Driver options
   By default (if the ``tx_pp`` is not specified) send scheduling on timestamps
   feature is disabled.
 
+  Starting since ConnectX-7 the capability to schedule traffic directly
+  on timestamp specified in descriptor is provided, no extra objects are
+  needed anymore and scheduling capability is advertised and handled
+  regardless tx_pp parameter presence.
+
 - ``tx_skew`` parameter [int]
 
   The parameter adjusts the send packet scheduling on timestamps and represents
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_03.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_03.rst
index 41923f50e6..12832ca101 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_03.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_03.rst
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@  New Features
   * Added PPPoL2TPv2oUDP FDIR distribute packets based on inner IP
     src/dst address and UDP/TCP src/dst port.
 
+* **Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver.**
+
+  Updated the Mellanox mlx5 driver with new features and improvements, including:
+
+  * Support ConnectX-7 capability to schedule traffic sending on timestamp
+
 * **Updated Wangxun ngbe driver.**
 
   * Added support for devices of custom PHY interfaces.