[dpdk-users] Packet spacing in DPDK
Stephen Hemminger
stephen at networkplumber.org
Thu Jun 8 19:25:14 CEST 2017
On Thu, 8 Jun 2017 09:50:05 -0700
Vijay <vjmohanc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am new to this mailing list and new to DPDK. I would like to know about
> packet spacing when a burst of packets are being transmitted. For example:
> there is a timer running and at expiry of the timer there could multiple
> frames that need to transmitted. So, will these frames be spaced by dpdk
> before transmission ? Is it internally handled by dpdk ? Is there any doc
> that talks about this ?
>
> I am not sure if this question has already been asked. If yes, please point
> me to the appropriate thread which talks about this.
>
> Thanks,
> Vijay
The packets in DPDK are not paced. The hardware sends them as fast as possible.
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