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[dpdk-dev,8/8] doc: update app eventdev options

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Pavan Nikhilesh Oct. 18, 2017, 12:39 p.m. UTC 
  Update documentation about new --prod_type_ethdev option in app/eventdev.

Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@caviumnetworks.com>
---
 doc/guides/tools/testeventdev.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

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John McNamara Oct. 18, 2017, 6:33 p.m. UTC | #1 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Pavan Nikhilesh
> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 1:39 PM
> To: Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>; Van Haaren, Harry
> <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>; Eads, Gage <gage.eads@intel.com>;
> hemant.agrawal@nxp.com; nipun.gupta@nxp.com; Rao, Nikhil
> <nikhil.rao@intel.com>; santosh.shukla@caviumnetworks.com;
> jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@caviumnetworks.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 8/8] doc: update app eventdev options
> 
> Update documentation about new --prod_type_ethdev option in app/eventdev.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@caviumnetworks.com>


Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
Jerin Jacob Dec. 10, 2017, 12:16 p.m. UTC | #2 
-----Original Message-----
> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 18:09:08 +0530
> From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@caviumnetworks.com>
> To: bruce.richardson@intel.com, harry.van.haaren@intel.com,
>  gage.eads@intel.com, hemant.agrawal@nxp.com, nipun.gupta@nxp.com,
>  nikhil.rao@intel.com, santosh.shukla@caviumnetworks.com,
>  jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@caviumnetworks.com>
> Subject: [PATCH 8/8] doc: update app eventdev options
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> 
> Update documentation about new --prod_type_ethdev option in app/eventdev.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@caviumnetworks.com>

Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com>
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diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/testeventdev.rst b/doc/guides/tools/testeventdev.rst
index 34b1c31..44b71bc 100644
--- a/doc/guides/tools/testeventdev.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/tools/testeventdev.rst
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@  The following are the application command-line options:
 
         Enable queue priority.
 
+* ``--prod_type_ethdev``
+
+        Use ethernet device as producer.
 
 Eventdev Tests
 --------------
@@ -352,6 +355,10 @@  the timestamp in the event on the first stage and then on termination, it
 updates the number of cycles to forward a packet. The application uses this
 value to compute the average latency to a forward packet.
 
+When ``--prod_type_ethdev`` command line option is selected, the application
+uses the probed ethernet devices as producers by configuring them as Rx
+adapters instead of using synthetic producers.
+
 Application options
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
@@ -371,6 +378,7 @@  Supported application command line options are following::
         --worker_deq_depth
         --fwd_latency
         --queue_priority
+        --prod_type_ethdev
 
 Example
 ^^^^^^^
@@ -382,6 +390,12 @@  Example command to run perf queue test:
    sudo build/app/dpdk-test-eventdev --vdev=event_sw0 -- \
         --test=perf_queue --slcore=1 --plcores=2 --wlcore=3 --stlist=p --nb_pkts=0
 
+Example command to run perf queue test with ethernet ports:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   sudo build/app/dpdk-test-eventdev --vdev=event_sw0 -- \
+        --test=perf_queue --plcores=2 --wlcore=3 --stlist=p --prod_type_ethdev
 
 PERF_ATQ Test
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -449,6 +463,7 @@  Supported application command line options are following::
         --nb_pkts
         --worker_deq_depth
         --fwd_latency
+        --prod_type_ethdev
 
 Example
 ^^^^^^^