Hello Thomas, 01.04.2020 13:57, Thomas Monjalon пишет: > 30/03/2020 09:57, Ivan Dyukov: >> Some applications like pktgen use link speed to calculate >> transmission rate. It limits outcome traffic to hardcoded 10G. >> >> This patch adds speed devarg which allows to configure >> link speed of virtio device. > Is it really a good idea to fake such information? > Shouldn't it be managed differently in the application instead? > > > This is main stream of net devices. Device provides speed to application. Application calculates the packet rate. In case of virtio, speed is not limited by device. It could be specified by user. This patch just gives this posibility to user.
Best regards, Ivan.
