On Thu, 9 Feb 2017 22:17:56 +0000 "Lazarenko, Vlad (WorldQuant)" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey everyone, > > Does anyone happen to know if it is possible to receive non-contiguous mbufs > from rte_eth_rx_burst? If so, when would this happen? I am thinking that NICs > with LSO enabled could possibly do this if data does not fit into > RTE_MBUF_DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE? But if the packet fits, I don't see why the driver > could possibly split that across multiple mbufs. Any insight is highly > appreciated. > > Thanks, > Vlad Any driver that handles jumbo frames is going to return a multiple segment mbuf when given a mbuf pool with smaller buffers. It is common to create 2K mbuf pool and handle 9K frames. > > ################################################################################### > > The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be > > subject to legal privilege, and is intended only for the individual named. > > If you are not the named addressee, please notify the sender immediately and > > delete this email from your system. The views expressed in this email are > > the views of the sender only. Outgoing and incoming electronic communications > > to this address are electronically archived and subject to review and/or > disclosure > > to someone other than the recipient. > > ################################################################################### Please don't use such Lawyer stuff on public mailing lists. In fact according to the wording, it probably is against your rules for me to respond to it.
