From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Ansar Kannankattil <ansarkannankat@gmail.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: Can I use rte_pktmbuf_chain to chain multiple mbuffs for calling only single tx_eth_burst API
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2022 12:56:44 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220209125644.47a3cc5a@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPA_rBexb_JKhGtxp4uQ1M-5F0RXpvpOHxDCso5VxmjRxkL1eA@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, 9 Feb 2022 23:33:13 +0530
Ansar Kannankattil <ansarkannankat@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> My intention is to decrease the number of rte_tx_eth_burst calls, I know
> that mentioning nb_pkts will result in sending multiple packets in a single
> call.
> But providing nb_pkts=1 and posting a head mbuff having number of
> mbuffs linked with it will results sending multiple packets
> If not, what is the use case of linking multiple mbuffs together
It doesn't work that way.
tx_burst takes an array, not a chain.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-02-09 20:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-02-09 18:03 Ansar Kannankattil
2022-02-09 20:56 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2022-02-09 22:18 ` Ferruh Yigit
2022-02-09 22:46 ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-02-10 8:56 ` Ferruh Yigit
2022-02-10 10:37 ` Ansar Kannankattil
2022-02-10 10:43 ` Ferruh Yigit
2022-02-10 11:36 ` Bruce Richardson
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