[dpdk-dev] igb PMD should set the default tx wthresh correctly.
Lu, Wenzhuo
wenzhuo.lu at intel.com
Fri Jul 17 02:52:09 CEST 2015
Hi Stephen,
I don't think there's a conflict. The message just reminder us that we can adjust the values to achieve better performance.
I saw ixgbe and i40e also use 0 as the same default value. To my opinion, it's good to keep the same behavior.
Thanks.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:shemming at brocade.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2015 1:17 AM
> To: Lu, Wenzhuo
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: igb PMD should set the default tx wthresh correctly.
>
> Why doesn't igb driver set the wthresh it wants as default?
>
> I see:
> PMD: eth_igb_tx_queue_setup(): To improve 1G driver performance,
> consider setting the TX WTHRESH value to 4, 8, or 16.
>
> But the default tx_conf has wthresh of 0.
>
> #define IGB_DEFAULT_TX_WTHRESH 0
>
>
> Either message should be removed or default TX wthresh should change.
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