Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] net/ixgbe: increase the maximum of RX/TX descriptors

2024-11-01 Thread Bruce Richardson
On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 05:26:12PM +0100, Morten Brørup wrote: > > From: Lukas Sismis [mailto:sis...@cesnet.cz] > > Sent: Wednesday, 30 October 2024 16.43 > > > > Intel PMDs are capped by default to only 4096 RX/TX descriptors. > > This can be limiting for applications requiring a bigger buffer >

RE: [PATCH v3 1/2] net/ixgbe: increase the maximum of RX/TX descriptors

2024-10-30 Thread Morten Brørup
> From: Lukas Sismis [mailto:sis...@cesnet.cz] > Sent: Wednesday, 30 October 2024 16.43 > > Intel PMDs are capped by default to only 4096 RX/TX descriptors. > This can be limiting for applications requiring a bigger buffer > capabilities. By bufferring more packets with RX/TX > descriptors, the ap

[PATCH v3 1/2] net/ixgbe: increase the maximum of RX/TX descriptors

2024-10-30 Thread Lukas Sismis
Intel PMDs are capped by default to only 4096 RX/TX descriptors. This can be limiting for applications requiring a bigger buffer capabilities. By bufferring more packets with RX/TX descriptors, the applications can better handle the processing peaks. Setting ixgbe max descriptors to 8192 as per da