> -----Original Message----- > From: Fischetti, Antonio > Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 8:40 AM > To: De Lara Guarch, Pablo; dev at dpdk.org > Cc: Lu, Wenzhuo; De Lara Guarch, Pablo > Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ixgbe: add check for tx queue number > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Pablo de Lara > > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 3:29 PM > > To: dev at dpdk.org > > Cc: Lu, Wenzhuo <wenzhuo.lu at intel.com>; De Lara Guarch, Pablo > > <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com> > > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ixgbe: add check for tx queue number > > > > IXGBE supports 128 TX queues. However, the full 128 queues > > are only available in VT and DCB mode. > > In normal default "none" mode (VT/DCB off) the maximum number > > of available queues is only 64. > > IXGBE doesn't check the mode when reporting the available > > number of queues. If a queue larger than 64 is used in default mode, > > the TX packets will be dropped silently. > > > > This change adds a check to forbid using a queue number larger than 64 > > during device configuration (in default mode), so that the problem is > > reported as early as possible. > > It also changes the order of where the dev_conf parameters are copied > > into the dev structure so that the correct maximum number of queues > > is reported for the correct mode. > > > > Signed-off-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu at intel.com> > > Signed-off-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com> > > Tested-by: Antonio Fischetti <antonio.fischetti at intel.com>
Self-NACK. Will include release notes update and split the patch.
