[PATCH v2] doc: fix max supported packet len for virtio driver

Maxime Coquelin maxime.coquelin at redhat.com
Tue Nov 22 10:36:21 CET 2022



On 11/19/22 09:24, liyi1 at chinatelecom.cn wrote:
> From: Yi Li <liyi1 at chinatelecom.cn>
> 
> According to VIRTIO_MAX_RX_PKTLEN macro definition, for virtio driver
> currently supported pkt size is 9728.
> 
> Fixes: fc1f2750a3ec ("doc: programmers guide")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yi Li <liyi1 at chinatelecom.cn>
> ---
> 
> v2 change: Add "Fixes:" description in commit message.
> 
>   doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst b/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst
> index aace780249..c422e7347a 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst
> @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Features and Limitations of virtio PMD
>   In this release, the virtio PMD provides the basic functionality of packet reception and transmission.
>   
>   *   It supports merge-able buffers per packet when receiving packets and scattered buffer per packet
> -    when transmitting packets. The packet size supported is from 64 to 1518.
> +    when transmitting packets. The packet size supported is from 64 to 9728.
>   
>   *   It supports multicast packets and promiscuous mode.
>   

Reviewed-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin at redhat.com>

Thanks,
Maxime



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