From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
To: Yuliang Li <yuliang.li@yale.edu>
Cc: users@dpdk.org, "Wiles, Keith" <keith.wiles@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] difference between rte_eth_tx_buffer and rte_eth_tx_burst
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 10:17:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2848144.mosHmk2WaE@xps13> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <A540AE91-1095-4F2C-934F-3155C142D2C2@intel.com>
2017-03-05 15:22, Wiles, Keith:
>
> > On Mar 4, 2017, at 7:46 PM, Yuliang Li <yuliang.li@yale.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am new to DPDK. I found 2 functions that can send packets:
> > rte_eth_tx_buffer and rte_eth_tx_burst. I am confused about why we need
> > these two different functions. To me, I can use only rte_eth_tx_burst, and
> > rte_eth_tx_buffer does add more functional capability. Are there any other
> > concerns like performance or others that we need these two functions?
>
> The best place to find out this type of information is to read the emails around the rte_eth_tx_buffer APIs in the archives. You may want to refine the search.
>
> https://mail-archive.com/search?a=1&l=dev%40dpdk.org&o=newest&haswords=rte_eth_tx_buffer
The best place should be the documentation :)
If someone is missing in the doc, please tell us what or make a patch.
Thanks
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-05 1:46 Yuliang Li
2017-03-05 15:22 ` Wiles, Keith
2017-03-05 17:26 ` Yuliang Li
2017-03-06 9:17 ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
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