Configuring Receive Ring Buffer Size - UG1523

Alveo X3522 User Guide (UG1523)

Document ID
UG1523
Release Date
2024-10-18
Revision
1.5 English

The receive ring buffers on the X3522 adapter contain descriptors each of which references a packet buffer (see Figure 2). By default there are 2048 descriptor entries per ring. The user can identify and reconfigure the receive ring buffer size using the ethtool command.

Note: Transmit on the X3522 does not use a ring buffer, and so you cannot configure the transmit ring buffer size.

To identify the current ring buffer size (in packet buffers):

ethtool -g <interface>

This also shows the maximum size that can be set.

To set the new receive ring buffer size to value N:

ethtool -G <interface> [rx N]

where N has a minimum value of 1024, and must be a multiple of 512.