From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John McNamara Subject: [PATCH v1] doc: add note on increased ring size to release notes Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 12:47:58 +0000 Message-ID: <1518094078-21289-1-git-send-email-john.mcnamara@intel.com> Cc: bruce.richardson@intel.com, walter.e.gilmore@intel.com, John McNamara To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mga17.intel.com (mga17.intel.com [192.55.52.151]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0B5B1B721 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2018 13:48:03 +0100 (CET) List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Added note on the increased ring size in testpmd and the sample applications to the release note. Signed-off-by: John McNamara --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst index 3206796..533c649 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst @@ -232,6 +232,14 @@ New Features and subsequent releases until such time as it's deprecation is announced. +* **Increased default Rx and Tx ring size in sample applications.** + + Increased the default ``RX_RING_SIZE`` and ``TX_RING_SIZE`` to 1024 entries + in testpmd and the sample applications to give better performance in the + general case. The user should experiment with various Rx and Tx ring sizes + for their specific application to get best performance. + + API Changes ----------- -- 2.7.5