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From: Jia Yu <jyu@vmware.com>
Subject: tx_stop_queue and flow control
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 21:11:37 +0000
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Hello,

DPDK drivers support tx_stop_queue, but they don't use it for flow control,=
 I.e. Stop upper layer calling the device tx_pkt_burst routine when there i=
s no resource. I wonder if flow control is needed here, if yes, is there pl=
an to add this support?

Thanks,
Jia