Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v3 10/11] netdev: Add reconfigure request mechanism.

2016-03-19 Thread Ilya Maximets
On 16.03.2016 01:30, Daniele Di Proietto wrote: > A netdev provider, especially a PMD provider (like netdev DPDK) might > not be able to change some of its parameters (such as MTU, or number of > queues) without stopping everything and restarting. > > This commit introduces a mechanism that allows

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v3 10/11] netdev: Add reconfigure request mechanism.

2016-03-19 Thread Daniele Di Proietto
On 16/03/2016 06:12, "Ilya Maximets" wrote: >On 16.03.2016 01:30, Daniele Di Proietto wrote: >> A netdev provider, especially a PMD provider (like netdev DPDK) might >> not be able to change some of its parameters (such as MTU, or number of >> queues) without stopping everything and restarting.

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v3 10/11] netdev: Add reconfigure request mechanism.

2016-03-19 Thread Daniele Di Proietto
On 16/03/2016 06:12, "Ilya Maximets" wrote: >On 16.03.2016 01:30, Daniele Di Proietto wrote: >> A netdev provider, especially a PMD provider (like netdev DPDK) might >> not be able to change some of its parameters (such as MTU, or number of >> queues) without stopping everything and restarting.