testpmd will initialize default max packet length to 1518 which does't include vlan tag size in ether overheader. Once, send the max mtu length packet with vlan tag, the max packet length will exceed 1518 that will cause packets dropped directly from NIC hw side.
e1000 can support single vlan tags that need more 4 bytes for max packet size, so, configures the correct max packet size in dev_config ops. Fixes: 35b2d13fd6fd ("net: add rte prefix to ether defines") Signed-off-by: SteveX Yang <stevex.y...@intel.com> --- drivers/net/e1000/em_ethdev.c | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/em_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/e1000/em_ethdev.c index 902b1cdca..68ff892be 100644 --- a/drivers/net/e1000/em_ethdev.c +++ b/drivers/net/e1000/em_ethdev.c @@ -437,10 +437,21 @@ eth_em_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev) { struct e1000_interrupt *intr = E1000_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_INTR(dev->data->dev_private); + struct rte_eth_rxmode *rxmode = &dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode; PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE(); intr->flags |= E1000_FLAG_NEED_LINK_UPDATE; + /** + * Considering vlan tag packet, max frame size should be MTU and + * corresponding ether overhead. + */ + if (dev->data->mtu == RTE_ETHER_MTU && + rxmode->max_rx_pkt_len == RTE_ETHER_MAX_LEN) { + rxmode->max_rx_pkt_len = RTE_ETHER_MTU + E1000_ETH_OVERHEAD; + rxmode->offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_JUMBO_FRAME; + } + PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE(); return 0; -- 2.17.1