Alexander Duyck wrote: >Or Gerlitz wrote: >> I'm was asking/wondering if the Intel NICs have a rate limiter (i.e one >> can program the VF such that its rate doesn't exceed XX MB/s) or a "rate >> guarantee" (i.e one can program the VF such that its guaranteed it will >> get YY MB/s in case it wants to xmit at least this bandwidth) > >Based on the way I am reading the documentation I would say the all >these registers do is guarantee a minimum percentage of the bandwidth.
FYI, the newer 10gig 82599 *does* have a rate limiting feature in hw. This feature is not currently supported by the ixgbe driver. sln ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel
