doc: fix max supported packet len for virtio driver

Message ID 20221118012614.4338-1-liyi1@chinatelecom.cn (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: Maxime Coquelin
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Series doc: fix max supported packet len for virtio driver |

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liyi1@chinatelecom.cn Nov. 18, 2022, 1:26 a.m. UTC
  From: Yi Li <liyi@chinatelecom.cn>

According to VIRTIO_MAX_RX_PKTLEN macro definition, for virtio driver
currently supported pkt size is 9728.

Signed-off-by: Yi Li <liyi@chinatelecom.cn>
---
 doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
  

Comments

Zhang, Fan Nov. 18, 2022, 10:14 a.m. UTC | #1
Hi Yi,

Please add "Fixes: xxxxx" description to the commit message.

You may find more information in https://core.dpdk.org/contribute/.

Regards,

Fan

On 11/18/2022 1:26 AM, liyi1@chinatelecom.cn wrote:
> From: Yi Li <liyi@chinatelecom.cn>
>
> According to VIRTIO_MAX_RX_PKTLEN macro definition, for virtio driver
> currently supported pkt size is 9728.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yi Li <liyi@chinatelecom.cn>
> ---
>   doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst b/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst
> index aace780249..c422e7347a 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst
> @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Features and Limitations of virtio PMD
>   In this release, the virtio PMD provides the basic functionality of packet reception and transmission.
>   
>   *   It supports merge-able buffers per packet when receiving packets and scattered buffer per packet
> -    when transmitting packets. The packet size supported is from 64 to 1518.
> +    when transmitting packets. The packet size supported is from 64 to 9728.
>   
>   *   It supports multicast packets and promiscuous mode.
>
  

Patch

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst b/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst
index aace780249..c422e7347a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@  Features and Limitations of virtio PMD
 In this release, the virtio PMD provides the basic functionality of packet reception and transmission.
 
 *   It supports merge-able buffers per packet when receiving packets and scattered buffer per packet
-    when transmitting packets. The packet size supported is from 64 to 1518.
+    when transmitting packets. The packet size supported is from 64 to 9728.
 
 *   It supports multicast packets and promiscuous mode.