rx ring buffer sizes cannot be modified with ethtool on be2net network interfaces
Issue
When attempting to modify the receive (rx) ring buffer size on a be2net network interface with the ethtool utility, an error message is displayed
> [root@server ~]\# ethtool -G eth0 rx 512
> Cannot set device ring parameters: Operation not supported
Is it not possible to modify the rx ring buffer size with be2net network interfaces?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- be2net network interface driver
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