Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/3] net/e1000: e1000 igb support to free consumed buffers

[Lu, Wenzhuo]

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Billy McFall [mailto:bmcf...@redhat.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 4:51 AM
> To: thomas.monja...@6wind.com; Lu, Wenzhuo; olivier.m...@6wind.com
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Billy McFall
> Subject: [PATCH v6 2/3] net/e1000: e1000 igb support to free consumed buffers
> 
> Add support to the e1000 igb driver for the new API to force free consumed
> buffers on Tx ring. This API is independent of the tx_rs_thresh setting. With 
> this
> API, buffers should be free even if tx_rs_thresh is not met.
> 
> e1000 igb driver does not implement a tx_rs_thresh to free mbufs, it frees a 
> slot
> in the ring as needed. However, it could be implemented at some future date.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Billy McFall <bmcf...@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo...@intel.com>