[dpdk-dev] Does DPDK 1.7.1 support jumboframes for VMXNET3
Yong Wang
yongwang at vmware.com
Thu Dec 8 19:46:06 CET 2016
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Kanika Singhal
> Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 12:18 AM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] Does DPDK 1.7.1 support jumboframes for VMXNET3
>
> Hi,
>
> I am a new to DPDK.
>
> My product is using DPDK 1.6 and it does not support jumbo frames for
> VMXNET3.
>
> I have to upgrade to 1.7.1, but i am not able to find info on whether the
> jumbo frame support is being added for VMXNET3 or not.
Jumbo frame for vmxnet3 was introduced in commit
commit 2fdd835f992c2cdf55fc528fea9312c73313103c
Author: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
Date: Fri Mar 4 10:08:00 2016 -0800
This is in release 16.04 and later. Either you need to upgrade to a version 16.04 or onwards or you need to backport that change to your release.
> I can see some jumbo frame related patches being posted for vmxnet3
>
> Do I need to apply the patches in 1.7.1 to make jumbo work/Is there any
> DPDK version which supports jumbo?
>
> Thanks,
> Kanika
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