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diff --git a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/pmd.rst b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/pmd.rst index e659fefef..acb1b9a50 100644 --- a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/pmd.rst +++ b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/pmd.rst @@ -31,17 +31,19 @@ input ports for packets, classifying packets once received, and executing actions on the packets once they are classified. PMD threads utilize Receive (Rx) and Transmit (Tx) queues, commonly known as -*rxq*\s and *txq*\s. While Tx queue configuration happens automatically, Rx -queues can be configured by the user. This can happen in one of two ways: +*rxq*\s and *txq*\s to receive and send packets from/to an interface. -- For physical interfaces, configuration is done using the - :program:`ovs-appctl` utility. +- For physical interfaces, the number of Tx Queues is automatically configured + based on the number of PMD thread cores. The number of Rx queues can be + configured with:: -- For virtual interfaces, configuration is done using the :program:`ovs-appctl` - utility, but this configuration must be reflected in the guest configuration - (e.g. QEMU command line arguments). + $ ovs-vsctl set Interface <interface_name> options:n_rxq=N -The :program:`ovs-appctl` utility also provides a number of commands for +- For virtual interfaces, the number of Tx and Rx queues are configured by + libvirt/QEMU and enabled/disabled in the guest. Refer to :doc:'vhost-user' + for more information. + +The :program:`ovs-appctl` utility provides a number of commands for querying PMD threads and their respective queues. This, and all of the above, is discussed here. |