[dpdk-dev] [RFC] vhost: Add indirect descriptors support to the TX path

2016-09-21 Thread Yuanhan Liu
On Fri, Aug 05, 2016 at 02:18:42PM +0200, Maxime Coquelin wrote: > > > On 08/03/2016 04:03 PM, Yuanhan Liu wrote: > >On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 04:32:12PM +0200, Maxime Coquelin wrote: > >>Indirect descriptors are usually supported by virtio-net devices, > >>allowing to dispatch a large number of la

[dpdk-dev] [RFC] vhost: Add indirect descriptors support to the TX path

2016-08-05 Thread Maxime Coquelin
On 08/03/2016 04:03 PM, Yuanhan Liu wrote: > On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 04:32:12PM +0200, Maxime Coquelin wrote: >> Indirect descriptors are usually supported by virtio-net devices, >> allowing to dispatch a large number of large requests. >> >> When the virtio device sends a packet using indirect d

[dpdk-dev] [RFC] vhost: Add indirect descriptors support to the TX path

2016-08-03 Thread Yuanhan Liu
On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 04:32:12PM +0200, Maxime Coquelin wrote: > Indirect descriptors are usually supported by virtio-net devices, > allowing to dispatch a large number of large requests. > > When the virtio device sends a packet using indirect descriptors, > only one slot is used in the ring, e

[dpdk-dev] [RFC] vhost: Add indirect descriptors support to the TX path

2016-07-12 Thread Maxime Coquelin
Indirect descriptors are usually supported by virtio-net devices, allowing to dispatch a large number of large requests. When the virtio device sends a packet using indirect descriptors, only one slot is used in the ring, even for large packets. Signed-off-by: Maxime Coquelin --- I have a two qu