Index: share/man/man4/netmap.4 =================================================================== --- share/man/man4/netmap.4 +++ share/man/man4/netmap.4 @@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ are called with a write event (POLLOUT/wfdset) or a full ring. .Pp When registering a virtual interface that is dynamically created to a -.Xr vale 4 +.Nm VALE switch, we can specify the desired number of rings (1 by default, and currently up to 16) on it using nr_tx_rings and nr_rx_rings fields. .It Dv NIOCTXSYNC @@ -861,8 +861,10 @@ .Va dev.netmap.admode globally controls how netmap mode is implemented. .Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES AND MODULE PARAMETERS -Some aspect of the operation of +Some aspects of the operation of .Nm +and +.Nm VALE are controlled through sysctl variables on .Fx .Em ( dev.netmap.* ) @@ -883,15 +885,14 @@ Ring size used for emulated netmap mode .It Va dev.netmap.generic_mit: 100000 Controls interrupt moderation for emulated mode -.It Va dev.netmap.mmap_unreg: 0 .It Va dev.netmap.fwd: 0 Forces NS_FORWARD mode -.It Va dev.netmap.flags: 0 .It Va dev.netmap.txsync_retry: 2 +Number of txsync loops in the +.Nm VALE +flush function .It Va dev.netmap.no_pendintr: 1 Forces recovery of transmit buffers on system calls -.It Va dev.netmap.mitigate: 1 -Propagates interrupt mitigation to user processes .It Va dev.netmap.no_timestamp: 0 Disables the update of the timestamp in the netmap ring .It Va dev.netmap.verbose: 0 @@ -914,6 +915,18 @@ .It Va dev.netmap.if_curr_num: 0 .It Va dev.netmap.if_curr_size: 0 Actual values in use. +.It Va dev.netmap.priv_buf_num: 4098 +.It Va dev.netmap.priv_buf_size: 2048 +.It Va dev.netmap.priv_ring_num: 4 +.It Va dev.netmap.priv_ring_size: 20480 +.It Va dev.netmap.priv_if_num: 2 +.It Va dev.netmap.priv_if_size: 1024 +Sizes and number of objects (netmap_if, netmap_ring, buffers) +for private memory regions. +A separate memory region is used for each +.Nm VALE +port and each pair of +.Nm netmap pipes . .It Va dev.netmap.bridge_batch: 1024 Batch size used when moving packets across a .Nm VALE Index: share/man/man4/vale.4 =================================================================== --- share/man/man4/vale.4 +++ share/man/man4/vale.4 @@ -77,21 +77,13 @@ for details on the API. .Ss LIMITS .Nm -currently supports up to 4 switches, 16 ports per switch, with -1024 buffers per port. -These hard limits will be -changed to sysctl variables in future releases. +currently supports up to 8 switches, with 254 ports per switch. .Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES +See +.Xr netmap 4 +for a list of sysctl variables that affect .Nm -uses the following sysctl variables to control operation: -.Bl -tag -width dev.netmap.verbose -.It dev.netmap.bridge_batch -The maximum number of packets processed internally -in each iteration. -Defaults to 1024, use lower values to trade latency -with throughput. -.It dev.netmap.verbose -Set to non-zero values to enable in-kernel diagnostics. +bridges. .El .Sh EXAMPLES Create one switch, with a traffic generator connected to one Index: sys/dev/netmap/netmap_kern.h =================================================================== --- sys/dev/netmap/netmap_kern.h +++ sys/dev/netmap/netmap_kern.h @@ -1591,7 +1591,6 @@ #define NETMAP_BUF_BASE(_na) ((_na)->na_lut.lut[0].vaddr) #define NETMAP_BUF_SIZE(_na) ((_na)->na_lut.objsize) extern int netmap_no_pendintr; -extern int netmap_mitigate; extern int netmap_verbose; #ifdef CONFIG_NETMAP_DEBUG extern int netmap_debug; /* for debugging */ @@ -1613,7 +1612,6 @@ }; extern int netmap_txsync_retry; -extern int netmap_flags; extern int netmap_generic_hwcsum; extern int netmap_generic_mit; extern int netmap_generic_ringsize;