On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 11:37 PM Carrillo, Erik G <[email protected]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Shijith Thotton <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 3:04 AM > > To: Carrillo, Erik G <[email protected]> > > Cc: Shijith Thotton <[email protected]>; Pavan Nikhilesh > > <[email protected]>; Jerin Jacob <[email protected]>; > > [email protected] > > Subject: [PATCH v3 1/3] eventdev: introduce adapter flags for periodic mode > > > > A timer adapter in periodic mode can be used to arm periodic timers. > > This patch adds flags used to advertise capability and configure timer > > adapter > > in periodic mode. Capability flag should be set for adapters which support > > periodic mode. > > > > Below is a programming sequence on the usage: > > /* check for periodic mode support by reading capability. */ > > rte_event_timer_adapter_caps_get(...); > > > > /* create adapter in periodic mode by setting periodic flag > > (RTE_EVENT_TIMER_ADAPTER_F_PERIODIC) and resolution. */ > > rte_event_timer_adapter_create_ext(...); > > > > /* arm periodic timer of configured resolution */ > > rte_event_timer_arm_burst(...); > > > > /* timer event will be periodically generated at configured > > resolution till cancel is called. */ > > while (running) { rte_event_dequeue_burst(...); } > > > > /* cancel periodic timer which stops generating events */ > > rte_event_timer_cancel_burst(...); > > > > Signed-off-by: Shijith Thotton <[email protected]> > > Thanks, Shijith: > > Acked-by: Erik Gabriel Carrillo <[email protected]>
Added following text in release notes in respective patches. -- * **Introduced period timer mode in eventdev timer adapter.** * Added support for periodic timer mode in eventdev timer adapter. * Added support for periodic timer mode in octeontx2 event device driver. -- Series Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <[email protected]> Applied to dpdk-next-net-eventdev/for-main. Thanks
