<div dir="ltr">Hi All.<div><br></div><div>I have currently a small problem to solve. I have a kvm virtual machine which in output of</div><div><div>ifconfig eth0 | egrep 'RX packets|TX packets'</div><div> RX packets:792681304 errors:0 dropped:560728 overruns:0 frame:0</div>
<div> TX packets:716661674 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0</div></div><div>show dropped packets. I think that rx buffer is to small (no strange messagess in dmesg) and would like to make it larger. But when I try a solution from </div>
<div><a href="http://www.scottalanmiller.com/linux/2011/06/20/working-with-nic-ring-buffers/">http://www.scottalanmiller.com/linux/2011/06/20/working-with-nic-ring-buffers/</a><br><div>I get:</div><div>ethtool -g eth0 </div>
<div>Ring parameters for eth0:</div><div>Cannot get device ring settings: Operation not supported</div></div><div><br></div><div>So what is the proper way to make rx buffers larger in this situation?</div><div><br></div><div>
Best regards,</div><div>Rafal Radecki.</div></div>