From 9b8d46ee31ba84e0cd7ac2cdb0648a8e4bcb3c78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Krzysztof Matczak Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2017 14:59:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] dpdkstat: doc updated with initialization time notice Change-Id: Ia13c35e4112e74990896edb597d39c1f8ab14b6e Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Matczak --- docs/BUILD.dpdkstat.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/BUILD.dpdkstat.md b/docs/BUILD.dpdkstat.md index fe9f0e68..96f1eb95 100644 --- a/docs/BUILD.dpdkstat.md +++ b/docs/BUILD.dpdkstat.md @@ -208,6 +208,12 @@ See also: http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/prog_guide/multi_proc_support.html * The same PCI device configuration should be passed to the primary process as the secondary process uses the same port indexes as the primary. * A blacklist / whitelist of NICs isn't supported yet. + * Plugin initialization time depends on read interval. It requires 5 read + cycles to set up internal buffers and states. During that time no statistics + are submitted. + * If number of DPDK ports is increased while plugin is running, internal + buffers are resized. That requires 3 read cycles and no port statistics + are submitted in that time. ## License -- 2.11.0