Does DPDK 1.7.1 support jumboframes for VMXNET3

Does DPDK 1.7.1 support jumboframes for VMXNET3

[Kanika Singhal]

Hi,

I am a new to DPDK.

My product is using DPDK 1.6 and it does not support jumbo frames for
VMXNET3.

I have to  upgrade to 1.7.1, but i am not able to find info on whether the
jumbo frame support is being added for VMXNET3 or not.

I can see some jumbo frame related patches being posted for vmxnet3

Do I need to apply the patches in 1.7.1 to make jumbo work/Is there any
DPDK version which supports jumbo?

Thanks,
Kanika

Re: Does DPDK 1.7.1 support jumboframes for VMXNET3

[Yong Wang]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Kanika Singhal
> Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 12:18 AM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] Does DPDK 1.7.1 support jumboframes for VMXNET3
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am a new to DPDK.
> 
> My product is using DPDK 1.6 and it does not support jumbo frames for
> VMXNET3.
> 
> I have to  upgrade to 1.7.1, but i am not able to find info on whether the
> jumbo frame support is being added for VMXNET3 or not.

Jumbo frame for vmxnet3 was introduced in commit 

commit 2fdd835f992c2cdf55fc528fea9312c73313103c
Author: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Date:   Fri Mar 4 10:08:00 2016 -0800

This is in release 16.04 and later.  Either you need to upgrade to a version 16.04 or onwards or you need to backport that change to your release.
 
> I can see some jumbo frame related patches being posted for vmxnet3
> 
> Do I need to apply the patches in 1.7.1 to make jumbo work/Is there any
> DPDK version which supports jumbo?
> 
> Thanks,
> Kanika