From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pg0-f52.google.com (mail-pg0-f52.google.com [74.125.83.52]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 837B323B for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2017 19:51:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-pg0-f52.google.com with SMTP id a70so18321687pge.3 for ; Thu, 08 Jun 2017 10:51:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=Yr+6ZKnCikM6YxTQkd6QdCa2lbnZfvTKjVF3k0HM53c=; b=AbyGZoXtcm1Xdz79HZJIUqcHVAFQsVjKtMbQgYaOD7+AWnsIotT2En2KV2IYkz8TfB aTsIENXpeJ4kQvV3/aR8Mnhi+oCI4JBkiUNE2BQtv8zIXcgc+86R1Zza/m9l29nnOiou pn9f+KwE8w/MxbgXD6AbActovFJhsWrhBXC9nsNbZqguN5JQ3rCckZT1+TNioNaSuf+f cWgZEzXUrLBfrnGmmxrJE95k3EQ6h/rArVHoxOuK6I7imWt4Tzq232QQdV8fo1fiI/mn D1ClJP0YHWcbnIGdZmUeQK25wFgPtPlJbelW/UyryN4JJN4hzT1k4SVqHK2PVU9lM2jd r7Cg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=Yr+6ZKnCikM6YxTQkd6QdCa2lbnZfvTKjVF3k0HM53c=; b=NI/LFLv8xaBiHuctoADmF6EhUsmtkG/pQGPklkHM1asR0CPOqTTGrzx6RF+O0ojnja gsjj+sPzhpuB86xbSxS2Ime2wIKeU7LaGxljF2SvVfMieuyWxdGJ5VZeeuufL8yxOBTq NntnFVSA1xLfpAhBbOJeLXDaY8FdFa4oqA/owvsR5+eQW32am3QyTCNe9DV1lXPr40PO 6wwA1l6o4HKOe05gSS1/M6eIJQU7NL4/llKuFV+r7UF3TishMwLxmDwIpw6U8LAZ5Rwn dr79keRVWGDxtbJyEQ0NdZ1x5qnCW/oH558nHL5EAus8HnbsVAeAlTUzQrzkaX17VoVi sVVQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AODbwcBLsLd8HBE5ctzUxtQTVWjba7Ojffydce2AUUZIRzlbyvVJ3rTv Ty9g4KUWxIqd0PwgPA698xEBPMPo1w== X-Received: by 10.99.175.19 with SMTP id w19mr39273199pge.67.1496944270791; Thu, 08 Jun 2017 10:51:10 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.133.66 with HTTP; Thu, 8 Jun 2017 10:51:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20170608102514.2e5a1097@xeon-e3> References: <20170608102514.2e5a1097@xeon-e3> From: Vijay Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 10:51:10 -0700 Message-ID: To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: users@dpdk.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.15 Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] Packet spacing in DPDK X-BeenThere: users@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK usage discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 17:51:11 -0000 So, for example, at every 1 Sec interval if 1000 packets need to transmitted, then HW tries to send them as fast as possible ? Is there any document which talks about this ? On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 10:25 AM, Stephen Hemminger < stephen@networkplumber.org> wrote: > On Thu, 8 Jun 2017 09:50:05 -0700 > Vijay 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. >