> On 4/13/2018 3:52 PM, Stokes, Ian wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Currently it's the case that for some NICs (e.g. igb driver or ixgbe > driver based), scatter_rx needs to be enabled explicitly in the case where > it was not configured before. > > > > A patch submitted for ovs-dpdk proposes to check that the > DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_SCATTER flag is present in rte_ethdev_info.rx_offload_capa > before setting scatter_rx. > > > > https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2018-April/345901.html > > > > While testing igb and ixgbe devices I spotted the DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_SCATTER > flag is not set in rx_offload_capa. > > > > As these devices require scatter_rx, should the scatter_rx flag be set > for them as part of the eth_igb_infos_get() for igb and ixgbe_dev_info_get > for ixgbe? > > I agree, since that offload is supported by PMD, should be in capability > flag. > Would you mind sending a patch for it, we can continue to discuss on it? > > Thanks, > Ferruh
Thanks for the confirmation Ferruh, will send a patch. Thanks Ian
