Multiqueue tx/rx channel count is not equal to the cpu cores for VMXNET3

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • unable to set the tx/rx channels to more than 8 for VMXNET3 driver.
  • ethtool -l ethx shows operation not supported.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Vmware network interface using vmxnet3 driver

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