From: Marc Sune <marc.sune@bisdn.de>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] "TX WTHRESH must be set to 0 if tx_rs_thresh is greater than 1"
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 15:46:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5443C0B3.6060805@bisdn.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141018225002.GA17115@mhcomputing.net>
Which DPDK version are you using
marc
On 19/10/14 00:50, Matthew Hall wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm just trying to understand what you're supposed to do about this error to
> get the optiomal configuration / performance. The error message and comments
> seem like they're designed for Intel ethernet driver hackers not security
> hackers like myself! ;-)
>
> Note: I'm trying out the Intel 82545EM in VirtualBox because the virtio-net
> approach didn't work, for reasons I enumerated in some previous mails.
>
> /*
> * If rs_bit_thresh is greater than 1, then TX WTHRESH should be
> * set to 0. If WTHRESH is greater than zero, the RS bit is ignored
> * by the NIC and all descriptors are written back after the NIC
> * accumulates WTHRESH descriptors.
> */
> if (tx_conf->tx_thresh.wthresh != 0 && tx_rs_thresh != 1) {
> RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD, "TX WTHRESH must be set to 0 if "
> "tx_rs_thresh is greater than 1. (tx_rs_thresh=%u "
> "port=%d queue=%d)\n", (unsigned int)tx_rs_thresh,
> (int)dev->data->port_id, (int)queue_idx);
> return -(EINVAL);
> }
>
> Thanks,
> Matthew.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-10-19 13:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-18 22:50 Matthew Hall
2014-10-19 13:46 ` Marc Sune [this message]
2014-10-19 17:08 ` Matthew Hall
2014-10-20 9:36 ` Bruce Richardson
2014-10-20 20:29 ` Matthew Hall
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