[dpdk-users] RSS RETA size of 0 on vmxnet3?

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Fri, 27 Jan 2017 18:21:10 -0500
Rob Zimmerman <rob at thezims.net> wrote:

> Thanks for the reply, @networkplumber  :)
> 
> No KNI interface here, unfortunately. Just a plain-ol DPDK ethernet device.
> 
> 
> In the scenario where the RETA size is 0 I'm using the vmxnet3_pmd. Within
> the application the eth devices are initialized and I make a call to
> rte_eth_dev_info_get().
> 
> What is everyone else seeing for the RETA size using vmxnet3?
> 
> Thanks again everyone,
> ~Rob

It is a vmxnet3 missing feature. The VMXNET3 protocol has ability to get/set RSS table
but the VMXNET3 driver in DPDK (originally by Intel) is missing that feature. Would not
be hard to write, just look at Linux for protocol.