Hi Jyoti, You can configure the number of tx and rx queues via the software when you are calling the rte_eth_dev_configure. However you cannot allocate more than what the NIC supports. But you can allocate less ofcourse.
Typically the queues are used so that independent cores can do tx and rx on a separate queue without locking. If you have configured 'n' rx queues, your must ensure that you read from _all_ the queues because the packet can arrive on any of the rx queues based on the algorithm by which NIC fans out incoming messages on the queues (eg. RSS). You can transmit freely from any queue (eg. each core of yours could have a tx queue each in your usecase) Regards -Prashant -----Original Message----- From: dev [mailto:dev-boun...@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Jyotiswarup Raiturkar Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 5:10 PM To: dev at dpdk.org Subject: [dpdk-dev] query about port queues Hello Devs I'm new to DPDK and trying to understand the basics. I went through the programming guide but I had one question regarding Tx and Rx queues per port. Are they configurable entirely in software or do they depend on the HW (NIC)? Does the L2 configuration (MAC address) apply to all the queues on the port? (and hence will an application like say a network stack need packets from all the queues in the port)? Thanks Jyotiswarup Raiturkar =============================================================================== Please refer to http://www.aricent.com/legal/email_disclaimer.html for important disclosures regarding this electronic communication. ===============================================================================
