Re: vmxnet3 maximum max tx and rx queues is 8

[Petr V. <pe...@vm...>]

Behrad Eslamifar wrote on 10/5/2020 10:28 AM:
> Hi
> 
> I vmxnet3 file in open-vm-tools, max tx and rx queue is 32 but i only 
> have 8 queues in ubuntu. What is ther problem?
> #define VMXNET3_EXT_MAX_TX_QUEUES  32
> #define VMXNET3_EXT_MAX_RX_QUEUES  32
> 
> OS: ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04
> esxi: 6.7
> open-vm-tools from official ubuntu repository

Hi Behrad,
   you'll need newer ESXi version (7.0), and virtual machine using 
hardware version 17 to have vmxnet3 device that supports more than 8 queues.

Then you'll need newer guest driver to be able to use the feature - 
currently driver in the Linux kernel does not support extended queues.

Petr