X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Feventdevs%2Fsw.rst;fp=doc%2Fguides%2Feventdevs%2Fsw.rst;h=ec49b3b577c2048a8bfe913a2fef471c2802ea91;hb=055c52583a2794da8ba1e85a48cce3832372b12f;hp=a3e66243e652b60f05a81448d990bb1ab9aeb4a6;hpb=f239aed5e674965691846e8ce3f187dd47523689;p=deb_dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/eventdevs/sw.rst b/doc/guides/eventdevs/sw.rst index a3e66243..ec49b3b5 100644 --- a/doc/guides/eventdevs/sw.rst +++ b/doc/guides/eventdevs/sw.rst @@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ Scheduling Quanta ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The scheduling quanta sets the number of events that the device attempts to -schedule before returning to the application from the ``rte_event_schedule()`` -function. Note that is a *hint* only, and that fewer or more events may be -scheduled in a given iteration. +schedule in a single schedule call performed by the service core. Note that +is a *hint* only, and that fewer or more events may be scheduled in a given +iteration. The scheduling quanta can be set using a string argument to the vdev create call: @@ -140,10 +140,9 @@ eventdev. Distributed Scheduler ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -The software eventdev is a centralized scheduler, requiring the -``rte_event_schedule()`` function to be called by a CPU core to perform the -required event distribution. This is not really a limitation but rather a -design decision. +The software eventdev is a centralized scheduler, requiring a service core to +perform the required event distribution. This is not really a limitation but +rather a design decision. The ``RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_DISTRIBUTED_SCHED`` flag is not set in the ``event_dev_cap`` field of the ``rte_event_dev_info`` struct for the software