So, for example, at every 1 Sec interval if 1000 packets need to transmitted, then HW tries to send them as fast as possible ? Is there any document which talks about this ?
On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 10:25 AM, Stephen Hemminger < [email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 8 Jun 2017 09:50:05 -0700 > Vijay <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am new to this mailing list and new to DPDK. I would like to know about > > packet spacing when a burst of packets are being transmitted. For > example: > > there is a timer running and at expiry of the timer there could multiple > > frames that need to transmitted. So, will these frames be spaced by dpdk > > before transmission ? Is it internally handled by dpdk ? Is there any doc > > that talks about this ? > > > > I am not sure if this question has already been asked. If yes, please > point > > me to the appropriate thread which talks about this. > > > > Thanks, > > Vijay > > The packets in DPDK are not paced. The hardware sends them as fast as > possible. >
