netmap ixgbevf mtu

[Vincenzo Maffione]

Hi,
  This commit (fe13476b106ed1f4b517b1590e1dfb3f268b6e78) in the upstream
netmap should have fixed the NS_MOREFRAG issue for ixgbe.
If you happen give a try let us know.

Cheers,
  Vincenzo

2018-03-21 21:40 GMT+01:00 Vincenzo Maffione <v.maffione at gmail.com>:

> I see. Unfortunately this breaks the API, so I don't think we can accept
> it.
> We should probably sum up the fragment lengths, remember which one was the
> first descriptor and write the olinfo field when we process the last
> descriptor ...
> I hope this does not slow down the simpler case where NS_MOREFRAG is not
> used.
>
> In any, case we should move this discussion to the github, if possible (so
> that the issue gets tracked).
>
> Cheers,
>   Vincenzo
>
> 2018-03-20 20:54 GMT+01:00 Joe Buehler <aspam at cox.net>:
>
>> Attached is a patch that allows fragmented TX with the ixgbevf driver.
>>
>> For the first TX buffer set the slot length to the full length of the
>> frame and make sure that the slot buffer is fully filled.  For succeeding
>> slots just set the length to the amount of the buffer filled.
>>
>> Not intended as the perfect solution but it works fine for my situation.
>>
>> Joe Buehler
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Vincenzo Maffione
>



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