Hi Mohsin,

Thanks a lot for the tips!

Regards,

Dmitry

On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Mohsin Kazmi (sykazmi) <syka...@cisco.com>
wrote:

> Hello Dmitry,
>
>
> This is processing header length which includes dpdk header + vlib header
> to process packets in graph nodes.
>
>
> While normal buffer size is 2048 bytes. MTU can be set using following
> command line provided that interface should be within the range of min/max
> supported values.
>
>
> *set interface mtu* <value> infc-name
>
>
> Bigger packets consist of multiple buffers. There is a common piece of
> code used for it. For example, function *buffer_add_to_chain()* in file
> *v**pp/vnet/vnet/d**evices/netmap/node.c *sets the flag
> VLIB_BUFFER_NEXT_PRESENT​ along with other necessary parameters. It tells
> the graph nodes about the next buffer in the processing of same packet.
>
>
> ​
>
> -br
>
> Mohsin
> ------------------------------
> *From:* vpp-dev-boun...@lists.fd.io <vpp-dev-boun...@lists.fd.io> on
> behalf of Dmitry Bufistov <dmi...@midokura.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, November 21, 2016 12:54 PM
> *To:* vpp-dev@lists.fd.io
> *Subject:* [vpp-dev] VLIB buffer size is 512 bytes
>
> Hi VPP list!
>
> The VPP buffer size is set to 512 bytes in buffer.h
> What about bigger packets? How does VPP handle them?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Dmitry
>
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