Re: [ovs-discuss] dropped over-mtu packet:

2013-12-06 Thread Jesse Gross
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:43 AM, kevin parker wrote: > Thanks Jesse, > yes,it is a driver issue,Since other servers don't have > this driver issue they are not showing this in dmesg,but does that mean that > ovs send packets with out considering MTU of interface. Layer 2 switc

Re: [ovs-discuss] dropped over-mtu packet:

2013-12-06 Thread kevin parker
Thanks Jesse, yes,it is a driver issue,Since other servers don't have this driver issue they are not showing this in dmesg,but does that mean that ovs send packets with out considering MTU of interface. Thanks, kevin On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 11:54 PM, Jesse Gross wrote: > It'

Re: [ovs-discuss] dropped over-mtu packet:

2013-12-02 Thread Jesse Gross
It's likely due to the driver coalescing segments but not properly setting up the metadata, which happened with some versions of the Broadcom driver. You can look at the LRO and GRO settings on the NIC as a temporary workaround. On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 6:51 AM, kevin parker wrote: > Thanks for the

Re: [ovs-discuss] dropped over-mtu packet:

2013-12-02 Thread kevin parker
Thanks for the reply Philip, You are right i have TSO (tcp-segmentation-offload: on) enabled on eth0 and eth1,but no other servers are showing this in dmesg. Also With TSO on,why ovs is dropping frames rather than fragmenting it. Regards, Kevin Hi, > > seems tha

Re: [ovs-discuss] dropped over-mtu packet:

2013-12-02 Thread Philip Wette
Hi, seems that you have TSO enabled? you can check the offloading features of your NIC with ethtool. Best, Philip Am 02.12.13 15:09, schrieb kevin parker: Hi, I am confused with this in dmesg *dmesg |grep "mtu"* [10674662.495400] openvswitch: xapi3: dropped over-mtu packet: 2853 > 1500 [

[ovs-discuss] dropped over-mtu packet:

2013-12-02 Thread kevin parker
Hi, I am confused with this in dmesg *dmesg |grep "mtu"* [10674662.495400] openvswitch: xapi3: dropped over-mtu packet: 2853 > 1500 [10674662.495406] openvswitch: xapi3: dropped over-mtu packet: 2853 > 1500 [10674662.495411] openvswitch: xapi3: dropped over-mtu packet: 2853 > 1500 [1067466