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authorMaciek Konstantynowicz <mkonstan@cisco.com>2020-02-13 11:33:44 +0000
committerTibor Frank <tifrank@cisco.com>2020-02-13 13:37:37 +0000
commit50f6e64ecb8886dea80a3bdc3c5aac8fcf72632d (patch)
tree2a721e9424b09128ceeffff525337265d928ca74 /docs/report
parent04de70f0d13b998980f595d1456d54bd080f0a9d (diff)
Report: Comparison sections - added alternative note when bad ucode results are published.
Change-Id: I49c83eda5b4e200714783b695a1db80ed48e8027 Signed-off-by: Maciek Konstantynowicz <mkonstan@cisco.com> (cherry picked from commit 5d7ed165425bfbc62bfe3c32cf5ca22aee4fe537)
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-rw-r--r--docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/comparisons/index.rst13
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diff --git a/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/comparisons/index.rst b/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/comparisons/index.rst
index 0281318fff..368136b47d 100644
--- a/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/comparisons/index.rst
+++ b/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/comparisons/index.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,19 @@
Comparisons
===========
+..
+ // Alternative Note for 1st Bullet when bad microcode Skx, Clx results are published
+ note::
+ L3fwd throughput drop in the current release in comparison to previous
+ releases **on Intel Xeon 2n-skx, 3n-skx and 2n-clx testbeds**: L3fwd
+ performance test data shows lower performance and behaviour
+ inconsistency of these systems following the recent upgrade of
+ processor microcode packages (skx ucode 0x2000064, clx ucode
+ 0x500002c) as part of updating Ubuntu 18.04 LTS kernel version.
+ Tested VPP and DPDK applications (L3fwd) are affected. Skx and Clx
+ test data will be corrected in subsequent maintenance report
+ version(s) once the issue is resolved. See :ref:`vpp_known_issues`.
+
.. toctree::
current_vs_previous_release
diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/comparisons/index.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/comparisons/index.rst
index 5d5e50b059..4511a3e578 100644
--- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/comparisons/index.rst
+++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/comparisons/index.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,19 @@
Comparisons
===========
+..
+ // Alternative Note for 1st Bullet when bad microcode Skx, Clx results are published
+ note::
+ VPP throughput drop in the current release in comparison to previous
+ releases **on Intel Xeon 2n-skx, 3n-skx and 2n-clx testbeds**: VPP
+ performance test data shows lower performance and behaviour
+ inconsistency of these systems following the recent upgrade of
+ processor microcode packages (skx ucode 0x2000064, clx ucode
+ 0x500002c) as part of updating Ubuntu 18.04 LTS kernel version.
+ Tested VPP and DPDK applications (L3fwd) are affected. Skx and Clx
+ test data will be corrected in subsequent maintenance report
+ version(s) once the issue is resolved. See :ref:`vpp_known_issues`.
+
.. toctree::
current_vs_previous_release