[v2,3/3] doc: update TxPP documentation

Message ID 20251030173304.260209-4-soumyadeep.hore@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
Delegated to: Bruce Richardson
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Series Update TxPP feature |

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Commit Message

Hore, Soumyadeep Oct. 30, 2025, 5:33 p.m. UTC
TxPP feature works only when DPDK library is compiled with
PTP feature enabled and application is run on PF.

Fixes: 0b6ff09a1f19 ("net/intel: support Tx packet pacing for E830")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Soumyadeep Hore <soumyadeep.hore@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/ice.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
  

Comments

Bruce Richardson Nov. 4, 2025, 11:41 a.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 01:33:04PM -0400, Soumyadeep Hore wrote:
> TxPP feature works only when DPDK library is compiled with
> PTP feature enabled and application is run on PF.
> 
> Fixes: 0b6ff09a1f19 ("net/intel: support Tx packet pacing for E830")
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Soumyadeep Hore <soumyadeep.hore@intel.com>
> ---
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
  

Patch

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
index 7e9ba23102..a15304fb34 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
@@ -457,6 +457,10 @@  This feature is currently supported only in E830 adapters.
 The flag ``RTE_ETH_TX_OFFLOAD_SEND_ON_TIMESTAMP`` is used to enable the feature.
 In order to deliver timestamps internally ``set txtimes`` is used,
 where inter burst and intra burst time interval in nsecs is provided.
+
+Note that dpdk library should be compiled using PTP support enabled and testpmd
+application should run on PF.
+
 For example:
 
 .. code-block:: console