What is a NIC ring buffer?

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Issue

  • What is a NIC ring buffer?
  • Please explain NIC ring buffer sizing
  • What does the term "RX mini" and "RX Jumbo" in the output of ethtool -g|--show-ring mean?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Ethernet networking
  • ethtool -g command to view

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