[dpdk-users] Packet spacing in DPDK

[Vijay]

So, for example, at every 1 Sec interval if 1000 packets need to
transmitted, then HW tries to send them as fast as possible ? Is there any
document which talks about this ?

On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 10:25 AM, Stephen Hemminger <
stephen at networkplumber.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 8 Jun 2017 09:50:05 -0700
> Vijay <vjmohanc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am new to this mailing list and new to DPDK. I would like to know about
> > packet spacing when a burst of packets are being transmitted. For
> example:
> > there is a timer running and at expiry of the timer there could multiple
> > frames that need to transmitted. So, will these frames be spaced by dpdk
> > before transmission ? Is it internally handled by dpdk ? Is there any doc
> > that talks about this ?
> >
> > I am not sure if this question has already been asked. If yes, please
> point
> > me to the appropriate thread which talks about this.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Vijay
>
> The packets in DPDK are not paced. The hardware sends them as fast as
> possible.
>