[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6] net/virtio: add set_mtu in virtio

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 00:08:38 +0000
"Dey, Souvik" <sodey at sonusnet.com> wrote:

> I am fine with the general idea of this patch but:
>   1. Calling virtio_dev_info_get is needlessly wasteful when all you want
>      is to access the max packet length. Since max_rx_pktlen is always
>      VIRTIO_MAX_RX_PKTLEN, please just use that.
> [Dey, Souvik] I am using the virtio_dev_info_get as in future can/may support the max_rx_pktlen as a variable to be set by  the application. This will keep the changes future proof. As we need to support till 65535 instead of 9728 as the linux does.

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