Hi Francesco,
> -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Montorsi, Francesco > Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2016 1:17 AM > To: dev at dpdk.org > Subject: [dpdk-dev] rte_ixgbevf_pmd not reporting dropped packets > > Hi all, > > I'm using DPDK inside the OS of a VM that is SR-IOV-accelerated. > I noticed however that the "rte_ixgbevf_pmd" PMD does not report drops... I > am sending packets at TX side at 14Mpps; at the RX side I'm using "testpmd" > and > it's reporting 'just' 12Mpps, but zero drops (also through xstats). > > Is this a known bug? > I found a message at > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-March/035374.html > reporting a similar issue back in March this year... It's a known limitation. The stats are got from HW. But there're very limited counters for VF. There's no similar counter as imiss for VF :( > > > Thanks, > > Francesco Montorsi
