From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from jaguar.aricent.com (jaguar.aricent.com [121.241.96.11]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF75DDE4 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2014 06:26:19 +0100 (CET) Received: from jaguar.aricent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by postfix.imss71 (Postfix) with ESMTP id B88B236B75; Tue, 11 Mar 2014 10:57:28 +0530 (IST) Received: from GUREXHT01.ASIAN.AD.ARICENT.COM (gurexht01.asian.ad.aricent.com [10.203.171.136]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by jaguar.aricent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A229236B2B; Tue, 11 Mar 2014 10:57:28 +0530 (IST) Received: from GUREXMB01.asian.ad.aricent.com ([10.203.171.132]) by GUREXHT01.ASIAN.AD.ARICENT.COM ([10.203.171.136]) with mapi; Tue, 11 Mar 2014 10:57:29 +0530 From: Prashant Upadhyaya To: Stephen Hemminger Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 10:57:27 +0530 Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev] Which vmxnet3 pmd is to be used in dpdk 1.6.x? Thread-Index: Ac88eHyMp9gWmTa5TciwAP2LgmNaZAAcdHTg Message-ID: References: <20140310085048.71a49faf@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> In-Reply-To: <20140310085048.71a49faf@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-TM-AS-MML: No Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Which vmxnet3 pmd is to be used in dpdk 1.6.x? X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 05:26:20 -0000 Hi Stephen, This is great news ! I can wait for a formal release of DPDK with your driver. Please let me know when is the release expected. I will happily migrate to = that. Regards -Prashant -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen@networkplumber.org] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 9:21 PM To: Prashant Upadhyaya Cc: Srinivasan J; dev@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Which vmxnet3 pmd is to be used in dpdk 1.6.x? On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:30:48 +0530 Prashant Upadhyaya wrote: > Hi Srini, > > Thanks, I could also make it work, thanks to your cue ! > > Now then, this multi-segment not being supported in vmxnet3 driver is a b= ig party-pooper for me. Unfortunately in my usecase, I do indeed make heavy= use of multisegment buffers for sending out the data, so my usecase has fa= iled and I will have to fix that. > > Also, can you please adivse how much is the max data rates you have been = able to achieve with one vmxnet3 10G port. > > Thanks a lot for the advice once again. > > Regards > -Prashant I am integrating our driver with the 1.6.1 DPDK driver. We support multi-segment, if you want I will backport that feature first. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D Please refer to http://www.aricent.com/legal/email_disclaimer.html for important disclosures regarding this electronic communication. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D