[openib-general] Re: [PATCH] TX/RX_RING_SIZE as loadable parameters

[Talpey, Thomas]

At 02:11 AM 3/7/2006, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>> The default TX_RING_SIZE is 64, RX_RING_SIZE is 128 in IPoIB, which 

>These parameters must be a power of 2, and at least 2, otherwise things
>break. I'd suggest making these a log and multiplying the result by 2,
>to exclude the possibility of user error.

Surely this isn't true of all hardware. If the underlying hardware requires a
power of 2, it should fix it, not make a requirement on the framework setting?

Tom.