On Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:02:10 +0100 Bruce Richardson <[email protected]> wrote:
> When dealing with multi-segment packets, there are separate offload > flags which should be enabled on Rx (scattered flag) and on Tx > (multi-segment flag). Print warnings on testpmd startup if we detect a > situation where we suspect the user is missing these flags, e.g. we > allow scattered packets on Rx, but not on Tx. > > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <[email protected]> > --- Should also check for RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_BUFFER_SPLIT which should require multiple segment support. Could testpmd also check the descriptor limits of the device? Does it validate nb_seg_max for TSO, and nb_mtu_seg_max for all cases?

