From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mr29p60im-ztfb07101501.me.com (mr29p60im-ztfb07101501.me.com [17.120.80.168]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D36316E for ; Wed, 23 May 2018 08:14:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from process-dkim-sign-daemon.mr29p60im-ztfb07101501.me.com by mr29p60im-ztfb07101501.me.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 8.0.1.2.20170607 64bit (built Jun 7 2017)) id <0P9600E003PRHQ00@mr29p60im-ztfb07101501.me.com> for users@dpdk.org; Wed, 23 May 2018 06:13:59 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=icloud.com; s=04042017; t=1527056039; bh=qAFcboH72DARV6Z8y0AVi5DWobHoQyKt8zFJxNY8uNo=; h=Content-type:MIME-version:Subject:From:Date:Message-id:To; b=OZ6/23K1Iw+06UNCT1LpDpLtwUXUHIL7Pe93dRZDb2EGoalRgtoK3FPU7vFvLuOPL xK+Dd218AcBcMuVphA+Jbc4Jn+bZ6rDcxWj5Di9DwuZyuZZtNO2DJzrU1z2xQCSjHB pXF2ZPDPwWHzk+++okHIBGigFlfLly+RWeURhAvGuHJheAPn7uJDE0TS7vfUdcnMKV fiQR/XSlQfTnvXHaK39QlfsiyPaTer5RRcBlezdx0EsEkMKg+6k9TWeirw4YPN00mi NNfOe3W1m89m1XCqpwGI1zVtIqLIo5kgPDLeTU5YRN79nbhNZEr+UQQTLmg0asH0DM tOtFYJEktStxw== Received: from icloud.com ([127.0.0.1]) by mr29p60im-ztfb07101501.me.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 8.0.1.2.20170607 64bit (built Jun 7 2017)) with ESMTPSA id <0P9600IZE3Z8G510@mr29p60im-ztfb07101501.me.com>; Wed, 23 May 2018 06:13:59 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2018-05-23_03:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1011 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1707230000 definitions=main-1805230059 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii MIME-version: 1.0 (1.0) From: Sivakiran Kodali X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (15E216) In-reply-to: Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 11:43:55 +0530 Cc: users@dpdk.org Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Message-id: References: To: megha syam Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] Increasing Rx/Tx queues for i40evf driver X-BeenThere: users@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK usage discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 06:14:00 -0000 Hi, Keeping aside the fact as to why you wanna do this, the change needs to be d= one in PF driver that is on the host. XL710 uses i40e driver. So change the i40e.h file as below. #define I40E_DEFAULT_QUEUES_PER_VF 4 To #define I40E_DEFAULT_QUEUES_PER_VF 16 Compile the driver and reinsert the kernel module. Thanks=20 Sent from my iPhone > On 22-May-2018, at 11:45 AM, megha syam wrote: >=20 > Hi All, > I am using dpdk 16.07 version. > The number queues listed by the sriov vf is 4 by default. (4 queue pairs t= o > be specific) > I have changed the config parameter >=20 > *CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_QUEUE_NUM_PER_VF* >=20 > to 16. > But still when the VM comes up, the number of queue pairs assigned is stil= l > 4. >=20 > In the host, the total number of VFs are 4 for the XL710 NIC. >=20 > Is there anything that needs to be done, to make VF use more number of > queues per VF? >=20 > Thanks, > Syam