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From: "Wiles, Keith" <keith.wiles@intel.com>
To: Kumaraparameshwaran Rathnavel <krath@cloudsimple.com>
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> On Dec 15, 2016, at 8:17 AM, Kumaraparameshwaran Rathnavel <krath@cloudsi=
mple.com> wrote:
>=20
> Hi All,
>=20
> The MTU by default is 1500. But for the RX_BUFFER the packet size should =
atleast be 2048. So does this mean that for DPDK to work there should be MT=
U of atleast 2048?

DPDK uses 2048 byte buffers for aligning memory as 1500 is and odd size for=
 memory buffers. You should still use the standard MTU values for non-jumbo=
 frames.

>=20
> Thanking You,
> Param.

Regards,
Keith