Re: [RFC] doc/linux_gsg: add amd configuration section

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

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It is RFC, is it ready to merge?

Instead of the Linux guide, should we add it to the platform guides?
	doc/guides/platform/

We may want to create an entry in MAINTAINERS as well.

More details below.


10/10/2023 17:34, Vipin Varghese:
> Add AMD EPYC SoC tuning guide as new setcion of linux getting

typo: section

> started guide.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese <vipin.varghese@amd.com>
> ---
> +This document shares step-by-step guide for configuring AMD EPYC SoC across various families for getting best performance for DPDK applications.
> +Various factors like BIOS, Numa Per Socket, Memory per Numa, near-far from IO device affects the overall performance.

Numa -> NUMA

> +
> +These are covered in various sections of tuning guides shared below.
> +
> +
> +Tuning Guide for AMD EPYC SoC
> +-----------------------------
> +
> +#. `MILAN <https://www.amd.com/content/dam/amd/en/documents/epyc-technical-docs/tuning-guides/data-plane-development-kit-tuning-guide-amd-epyc7003-series-processors.pdf>`_
> +
> +#. `GENOA <https://www.amd.com/content/dam/amd/en/documents/epyc-technical-docs/tuning-guides/58017-amd-epyc-9004-tg-data-plane-dpdk.pdf>`_
> +
> +#. `BERGAMO|SIENNA <https://www.amd.com/content/dam/amd/en/documents/epyc-technical-docs/tuning-guides/58310_amd-epyc-8004-tg-data-plane-dpdk.pdf>`_
> +
> +
> +General Requirements
> +--------------------
> +
> +Memory
> +~~~~~~
> +
> +Refer `Memory Configuration` section for SoC specific details.
> +
> +Note: general thumb rule is to ensure that each memory channel has at least one memory DIMM populated. The ideal memory size for each is at least 8|16|32 GB ECC modules.

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