On 17-03-26 03:11 AM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > Hi ! > > It's not 100% clear to me looking at various drivers what is > considered "rx_pause" and what is "tx_pause" (from the ethtool > terminology). > > Is "rx_pause" about receiving pause frame to throttle the transmitter > or is it about sending pause frames when the receiver gets full ? > > Thanks, > Ben. >
The common implementation, at least on the Intel devices, is rx_pause should be enabled so the device will respond to receiving a pause frame, e.g. stop sending packets. And tx_pause is for enabling/disabling sending of pause frames. Thanks, John
