From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pd0-f177.google.com (mail-pd0-f177.google.com [209.85.192.177]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C79205925 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2014 15:54:02 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-pd0-f177.google.com with SMTP id g10so1133628pdj.36 for ; Wed, 05 Mar 2014 06:55:30 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=CVS99vrRP9UWw+Dz3yISZLLCvcbwhWuP/igVxAHSLzg=; b=Vsrj+p+kSHkV4uhGEjenp9VrFbFOwCmzBILB86gzv0tdqkFHlKnjqWEYSpIV0KBlFu Be1DT/f5L/EHVR2kqNxSPCc60oux4XAx3fpeRqz08It6B/S6oYTfw7lv7qj+mrRcOy4s XPNnEoNWUSuBP+IAEgKtaD5YXUQfmU0gzHgr1wHmDEtOdaWmmIPiJjqrKMmu8WKLdo9y Up884Dl1SlVikTyPD9qoRsIxvHgD1JbRAUZPV2+3vYtaaR9+fTh70ojCLH7gYkLAus0R pM8hp8YEAa8fITASuDSRv2hJa1WThBmJ37LgmjPRhZWwDif4oiu9csxIYCbvwh35zXwS Vbfw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlB678urOUfaaKJ+hZ2finNWSQmCE6dnd5eMHVWl+wSeXA5Ddugb81eGfPWhiqqKsakjzDQ MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.68.136.2 with SMTP id pw2mr7264025pbb.167.1394031329973; Wed, 05 Mar 2014 06:55:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.68.14.65 with HTTP; Wed, 5 Mar 2014 06:55:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 15:55:29 +0100 Message-ID: From: David Marchand To: Srinivasan J Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.15 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: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:54:03 -0000 Hello, I would say the main advantage is the fact that vmxnet3-usermap does not require uio. Regards, -- David Marchand On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Srinivasan J wrote: > I want to try dpdk with vmxnet3 in Vmware Esxi 5.1. I see that the > latest dpdk 1.6.0r1 includes a vmxnet3 pmd. The > vmxnet3-usermap-1.1.tar.gz as well includes a vmxnet3 pmd driver. > > I'm confused as to which vmxnet3 pmd driver to use along with which > vmxnet3 kernel driver (vmxnet3 native kernel driver or vmxnet3-usermap > kernel driver). I also want to try RSS with vmxnet3 and dpdk. As per > Intel DPDK Programmer's Guide (January 2014) RSS is supported with > vmxnet3 since dpdk version 1.6.0. > > Thanks, > Srini >