Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/4] igb_uio: add wc option

2018-06-29 Thread Ferruh Yigit
On 6/29/2018 1:17 PM, Rafal Kozik wrote: > From: Kozik > > Write combining (WC) increases NIC performance by making better > utilization of PCI bus, but cannot be use by all PMD. > > To get internal_addr memory need to be mapped. But as memory could not be > mapped twice: with and without WC it

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/4] igb_uio: add wc option

2018-06-29 Thread Ferruh Yigit
On 6/29/2018 1:17 PM, Rafal Kozik wrote: > From: Kozik > > Write combining (WC) increases NIC performance by making better > utilization of PCI bus, but cannot be use by all PMD. > > To get internal_addr memory need to be mapped. But as memory could not be > mapped twice: with and without WC it

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/4] igb_uio: add wc option

2018-06-29 Thread RafaƂ Kozik
> How can I confirm this silently fall-back behavior, is there any log can I > turn > on in kernel or anything from proc/sysfs? I cannot find any. I check it by measuring write speed. 2018-06-29 14:17 GMT+02:00 Rafal Kozik : > From: Kozik > > Write combining (WC) increases NIC performance by ma

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/4] igb_uio: add wc option

2018-06-29 Thread Rafal Kozik
From: Kozik Write combining (WC) increases NIC performance by making better utilization of PCI bus, but cannot be use by all PMD. To get internal_addr memory need to be mapped. But as memory could not be mapped twice: with and without WC it should be skipped for WC. [1] To do not spoil other dr