By default, cores are now assigned to queues in a sequential
manner rather than all NICs starting at the first core. On a four-core
system with two NICs each using two queue pairs, the nic:queue -> core
mapping has changed from this:
0:0 -> 0, 0:1 -> 1
1:0 -> 0, 1:1 -> 1
To this:
0:0 -> 0, 0:1 -> 1
1:0 -> 2, 1:1 -> 3
Additionally, a device can now be configured to use separate cores for TX
and RX queues.
Two new tunables have been added, dev.X.Y.iflib.separate_txrx and
dev.X.Y.iflib.core_offset. If core_offset is set, the NIC is not part
of the auto-assigned sequence.
Reviewed by: marius
MFC after: 2 weeks
Sponsored by: Limelight Networks
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D20029
- Fix "mandoc -Tlint" warnings.
- Use the "Er" macro for errors.
- Add an extra newline for readability.
- Reference m_pullup(9) and m_defrag(9).
- Use the "Fx" macro when talking about FreeBSD versions.
Reviewed by: bcr
Approved by: re (gjb), krion (mentor)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D17270
The new manpage documents the tunables and statistic sysctls exposed by
iflib.
Reviewed by: bcr
Approved by: re (gjb)
Sponsored by: Limelight Networks
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D16920
