[dpdk-dev] Which vmxnet3 pmd is to be used in dpdk 1.6.x?

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Mon Mar 10 16:50:48 CET 2014


On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:30:48 +0530
Prashant Upadhyaya <prashant.upadhyaya at aricent.com> wrote:

> Hi Srini,
> 
> Thanks, I could also make it work, thanks to your cue !
> 
> Now then, this multi-segment not being supported in vmxnet3 driver is a big party-pooper for me. Unfortunately in my usecase, I do indeed make heavy use of multisegment buffers for sending out the data, so my usecase has failed and I will have to fix that.
> 
> Also, can you please adivse how much is the max data rates you have been able to achieve with one vmxnet3 10G port.
> 
> Thanks a lot for the advice once again.
> 
> Regards
> -Prashant

I am integrating our driver with the 1.6.1 DPDK driver.
We support multi-segment, if you want I will backport that feature first.



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