On 08/10/2012 03:53 PM, Chris Friesen wrote: > On 08/08/2012 05:20 PM, Brandeburg, Jesse wrote: >> You can enable flow-director on UDP packets with ethtool. > What's the command for that? I'm using ixgbe 3.6.7, does it support > that or do I need to upgrade? > > > Also, I tried enabling perfect filters (xgbe.FdirMode=2,2,2,2, > everything else set to default) and was a bit surprised that I was > limited to 16 queues. Is this expected? Is there some combination of > module parameters that can give me perfect filtering with 32 queues? > FDIRCMD.Rx-Queue seems to be big enough for 128 queues. > > Thanks, > Chris > Instead of using the FdirMode parameter one thing you could try doing is just using the "ethtool -K" option to turn on ntuple filtering in order to enable perfect filters.
The only way you can do UDP filtering with Flow Director is via perfect filters. The ATR mode which uses signature filters does not support UDP. Thanks, Alex ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
