netmap memory config query

Vincenzo Maffione v.maffione at gmail.com
Wed Mar 14 20:41:08 UTC 2018


Hi,
  The parameter to increase is "ring_size". FreeBSD or Linux does not
matter (except for how you modify the parameter, i.e. sysctl on FreeBSD and
sysfs in Linux).

Cheers,
  Vincenzo

2018-03-14 20:59 GMT+01:00 Joe Buehler <aspam at cox.net>:

> When I increase the ixgbevf rx ring size from 1024 to 4096 I get this:
>
> [ 5526.651780] 851.135009 [ 931] netmap_obj_malloc         netmap_ring
> request size 65792 too large
> [ 5526.652779] 851.136008 [1802] netmap_mem2_rings_create  Cannot allocate
> RX_ring
>
> What netmap module parameters do I need to tweak to get past this?
>
> I am using LINUX should it matter.
>
> Joe Buehler
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