Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] netdev-dpdk: use rte_eth_dev_set_mtu

2017-06-12 Thread Kavanagh, Mark B
>From: Aaron Conole [mailto:acon...@redhat.com] >Sent: Friday, June 9, 2017 8:26 PM >To: Kavanagh, Mark B <mark.b.kavan...@intel.com> >Cc: ovs-dev@openvswitch.org; Varghese, Vipin <vipin.vargh...@intel.com> >Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] netdev-dpdk: use rte_eth_dev_

[ovs-dev] [PATCH] netdev-dpdk: use rte_eth_dev_set_mtu

2017-06-09 Thread Mark Kavanagh
DPDK provides an API to set the MTU of compatible physical devices - rte_eth_dev_set_mtu(). Prior to DPDK v16.07 however, this API was not implemented in some DPDK PMDs (i40e, specifically). To allow the use of jumbo frames with affected NICs in OvS-DPDK, MTU configuration was achieved by setting