On Thu, 7 Aug 2014 06:19:58 +0000 "Czaus, Tomasz" <tomasz.czaus at intel.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > Does virtio pmd driver support scenario when a frame fits in mbuf chain, this > means all headers (eth/ipv4/tcp) are located in first mbuf and user data is > located in next mbuf. I have asked the same question on dpdk-ovs mailing > group, here is a thread and more details: > > https://lists.01.org/pipermail/dpdk-ovs/2014-August/001557.html > > Best Regards, > Tomasz Czaus Existing DPDK 1.7 virtio driver does not. I wrote a virtio DPDK driver (before the 1.6 one) that does handle it, so it is possible. I have some patches to handle multi-part mbuf and messages, based on backport from that driver but they are untested.