[RFC] Why is set_config not supported in mlx5_vnet?
From: Carlos Bilbao
Date: Fri Aug 23 2024 - 12:54:56 EST
Hello,
I'm debugging my vDPA setup, and when using ioctl to retrieve the
configuration, I noticed that it's running in half duplex mode:
Configuration data (24 bytes):
MAC address: (Mac address)
Status: 0x0001
Max virtqueue pairs: 8
MTU: 1500
Speed: 0 Mb
Duplex: Half Duplex
RSS max key size: 0
RSS max indirection table length: 0
Supported hash types: 0x00000000
I believe this might be contributing to the underperformance of vDPA. While
looking into how to change this option for Mellanox, I read the following
kernel code in mlx5_vnet.c:
static void mlx5_vdpa_set_config(struct vdpa_device *vdev, unsigned int offset, const void *buf,
unsigned int len)
{
/* not supported */
}
I was wondering why this is the case. Is there another way for me to change
these configuration settings?
Thank you in advance,
Carlos