"dev" <[email protected]> wrote on 05/12/2016 04:38:21 AM:
> From: Mark Kavanagh <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Date: 05/12/2016 04:38 AM > Subject: [ovs-dev] [PATCH RFC 1/1] netdev-dpdk: add jumbo frame support > Sent by: "dev" <[email protected]> > > Add support for Jumbo Frames to DPDK-enabled port types, > using single-segment-mbufs. > > Using this approach, the amount of memory allocated for each mbuf > to store frame data is increased to a value greater than 1518B > (typical Ethernet maximum frame length). The increased space > available in the mbuf means that an entire Jumbo Frame can be carried > in a single mbuf, as opposed to partitioning it across multiple mbuf > segments. > > The amount of space allocated to each mbuf to hold frame data is > defined dynamically by the user when adding a DPDK port to a bridge. > If an MTU value is not supplied, or the user-supplied value is invalid, > the MTU for the port defaults to standard Ethernet MTU (i.e. 1500B). > > Signed-off-by: Mark Kavanagh <[email protected]> > --- > INSTALL.DPDK.md | 60 ++++++++++++- > NEWS | 1 + > lib/netdev-dpdk.c | 248 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > +----------------- > 3 files changed, 232 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-) > This patch doesn't apply cleanly for me - do you intend to update with another version? Ryan _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
