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authorChristian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>2016-08-15 13:44:27 -0400
committerChristian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>2016-08-16 08:58:42 -0400
commit32361ffed1efce856e56a04029dcb72e5dcbf02d (patch)
tree22f4900605e6984c7949443a57d3790c863f8310 /docs/userguide
parenta8ef2c308d4c385b8eb0cae0f7f1f2d039affaaf (diff)
old_style_multi-queue: Allows for multi-queue with ovs <= 2.5.0
Enables multi-queue option for OVS versions 2.5.0 or less with dpdk. Instead of enabling MQ on a port by port basis this sets the global MQ option after starting the ovs switch. JIRA: VSPERF-372 Change-Id: I245c76779695518d0005122d8214bbf3f141bb96 Signed-off-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/docs/userguide/testusage.rst b/docs/userguide/testusage.rst
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+++ b/docs/userguide/testusage.rst
@@ -463,6 +463,13 @@ VSPerf currently supports multi-queue with the following limitations:
default upstream package versions installed by VSPerf satisfy this
requirement.
+ 5. If using OVS versions 2.5.0 or less enable old style multi-queue as shown in
+ the ''02_vswitch.conf'' file.
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ OVS_OLD_STYLE_MQ = True
+
To enable multi-queue modify the ''02_vswitch.conf'' file to enable multi-queue
on the switch.
@@ -476,7 +483,9 @@ applies by checking /sys/class/net/<eth_name>/device/numa_node and setting an
appropriate mask to create PMD threads on the same numa node.
When multi-queue is enabled, each dpdk or dpdkvhostuser port that is created
-on the switch will set the option for multiple queues.
+on the switch will set the option for multiple queues. If old style multi queue
+has been enabled a global option for multi queue will be used instead of the
+port by port option.
To enable multi-queue on the guest modify the ''04_vnf.conf'' file.