From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hyunseok Subject: Re: Performance issue with vmxnet3 pmd Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 11:08:48 -0400 Message-ID: References: <1630662.vmkTfDzhME@xps13> Reply-To: hyunseok-EkmVulN54Sk@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "dev-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org" To: Thomas Monjalon Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1630662.vmkTfDzhME@xps13> List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org Sender: "dev" Thomas, The last time I tried vmxnet3-usermap a couple of weeks ago, it did not compile against the latest kernel (3.11). Is it still the case? Or do you have the latest version which is compatible with newer kernels? Also, do you have any benchmark numbers with vmxnet3-usermap in any chance? Regards, -Hyunseok On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 3:05 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > Hi, > > 2014-07-07 18:22, Hyunseok: > > I was testing l2-fwd with vmxnet3 pmd (included in dpdk). > > Have you tested vmxnet3-usermap (http://dpdk.org/doc/vmxnet3-usermap)? > > > The maximum forwarding rate I got from vmxnet3 pmd with l2fwd is only 2.5 > > to 2.8 Gbps. > > It could be interesting to know your exact testing procedure with numbers > for > vmxnet3-usermap. > > Thanks > -- > Thomas >