7–VMware Driver Software
Driver Parameters
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intr_mode
The
intr_mode
parameter sets the interrupt mode:
mtu
This parameter specifies the MTU when the driver is loaded. Valid values are in
the range of
0–9000
. (default:
1500
)
offload_flags
This parameter specifies the offload flags:
multi_rx_filters
The
multi_rx_filters
parameter defines the number of receive filters per
NetQueue. Set to
–1
to use the default number of receive filters based on
availability. Set to
0
to disable use of multiple receive filters. Set to a value in the
range of
1, 2, 3,
and so on to force the number of receive filters used for
NetQueue. The default is
–1
.
rxqueue_nr
The
rxqueue_nr
parameter sets the number of receive queues. Set to
0
(default) for Auto. Set to a number in the range of
1–8
f
or the number of fixed
queues. The default is
4
queues.
rxring_bd_nr
The
rxring_bd_nr
parameter sets the number of receive buffer descriptors
(BDs). The minimum value is
4,096
(default). The maximum value is
16,384
.
Values are round up to nearest power of two.
Value Mode
0
Auto (default)
1
IRQ
2
MSI
3
MSI-X
Value Flag
1
CSO
2
TSO
4
VXLAN offload
8
GENEVE offload
15
Default. All tunneled offloads (CSO, TSO, VXLAN, GENEVE)
are enabled.
