Re: netmap: How the buf_num of buffers is used by driver and monitor app

2018-03-30 Thread Vincenzo Maffione
Hi, 2018-03-30 6:00 GMT+02:00 Ming Fu : > Hi, > > I am wondering about the netmap module parameters buf_num. The default > buf_num 163840 seems fairly big compare to intel 10G ixgbe of max 4096 > queue size. A full queue of the interface can only use a very small portion > of the buf_num. Can th

netmap: How the buf_num of buffers is used by driver and monitor app

2018-03-29 Thread Ming Fu
Hi, I am wondering about the netmap module parameters buf_num. The default buf_num 163840 seems fairly big compare to intel 10G ixgbe of max 4096 queue size. A full queue of the interface can only use a very small portion of the buf_num. Can the netmap enabled driver like ixgbe use more buffers