Re: [PATCH net-next V2] eth: fbnic: Configure RDE settings for pause frame
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
Date: Mon Nov 17 2025 - 20:04:20 EST
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:26:10 -0800 you wrote:
> fbnic supports pause frames. When pause frames are enabled presumably
> user expects lossless operation from the NIC. Make sure we configure
> RDE (Rx DMA Engine) to DROP_NEVER mode to avoid discards due to delays
> in fetching Rx descriptors from the host.
>
> While at it enable DROP_NEVER when NIC only has a single queue
> configured. In this case the NIC acts as a FIFO so there's no risk
> of head-of-line blocking other queues by making RDE wait. If pause
> is disabled this just moves the packet loss from the DMA engine to
> the Rx buffer.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net-next,V2] eth: fbnic: Configure RDE settings for pause frame
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/0135333914d6
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