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| author |   Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com> | 2018-08-14 18:55:37 +0100 |
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| committer | Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com> | 2018-08-14 18:57:39 +0100 |
| commit | ae1479de3027a4a0f68d90bf65ac6ff2b862b837 (patch) | |
| tree | 5dbca675b6717b6b61abbe1a9583d5166fed942b /doc/guides/cryptodevs/scheduler.rst | |
| parent | 8cee230dd1f0f9f31f4b0339c671d0b1ee14e111 (diff) | |
| parent | b63264c8342e6a1b6971c79550d2af2024b6a4de (diff) | |
Merge branch 'upstream' into 18.08.x
Change-Id: Ifbda2d554199dd4d11e01f0090881b5f0103ae12
Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/scheduler.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/scheduler.rst index d67894d5..a754a27e 100644 --- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/scheduler.rst +++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/scheduler.rst @@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ two calls: mode parameter values are specified in the "Cryptodev Scheduler Modes Overview" section. +* mode_param: Specify the mode-specific parameter. Some scheduling modes + may be initialized with specific parameters other than the default ones, + such as the **threshold** packet size of **packet-size-distr** mode. This + parameter fulfills the purpose. + * ordering: Specify the status of the crypto operations ordering feature. The value of this parameter can be "enable" or "disable". This feature is disabled by default. @@ -132,7 +137,12 @@ operation: **option_type** must be **CDEV_SCHED_OPTION_THRESHOLD** and **option** should point to a rte_cryptodev_scheduler_threshold_option structure filled with appropriate threshold value. Please NOTE this threshold has be a power-of-2 - unsigned integer. + unsigned integer. It is possible to use **mode_param** initialization + parameter to achieve the same purpose. For example: + + ... --vdev "crypto_scheduler,mode=packet-size-distr,mode_param=threshold:512" ... + + The above parameter will overwrite the threshold value to 512. * **CDEV_SCHED_MODE_FAILOVER:** |