.. code-block:: console
- sudo ./testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 -- -i --portmask=0x1 --nb-cores=2
+ sudo ./dpdk-testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 -- -i --portmask=0x1 --nb-cores=2
The command line options are:
* ``--nb-cores=N``
Set the number of forwarding cores,
- where 1 <= N <= "number of cores" or ``CONFIG_RTE_MAX_LCORE`` from the configuration file.
+ where 1 <= N <= "number of cores" or ``RTE_MAX_LCORE`` from the configuration file.
The default value is 1.
* ``--nb-ports=N``
Set the number of forwarding ports,
- where 1 <= N <= "number of ports" on the board or ``CONFIG_RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS`` from the configuration file.
+ where 1 <= N <= "number of ports" on the board or ``RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS`` from the configuration file.
The default value is the number of ports on the board.
* ``--coremask=0xXX``
Set the hexadecimal bitmask of the cores running the packet forwarding test.
- The master lcore is reserved for command line parsing only and cannot be masked on for packet forwarding.
+ The main lcore is reserved for command line parsing only and cannot be masked on for packet forwarding.
* ``--portmask=0xXX``
Set the socket from which all memory is allocated in NUMA mode,
where 0 <= N < number of sockets on the board.
-* ``--mbuf-size=N``
+* ``--mbuf-size=N[,N1[,...Nn]``
- Set the data size of the mbufs used to N bytes, where N < 65536. The default value is 2048.
+ Set the data size of the mbufs used to N bytes, where N < 65536.
+ The default value is 2048. If multiple mbuf-size values are specified the
+ extra memory pools will be created for allocating mbufs to receive packets
+ with buffer splitting features.
* ``--total-num-mbufs=N``
* ``--eth-peer=N,XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX``
Set the MAC address ``XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX`` of the peer port N,
- where 0 <= N < ``CONFIG_RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS`` from the configuration file.
+ where 0 <= N < ``RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS``.
* ``--tx-ip=SRC,DST``
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* ``--rss-ip``
If set to 0, driver default is used if defined. Else, if driver
default is not defined, default of 32 is used.
+* ``--flowgen-clones=N``
+
+ Set the number of each packet clones to be sent in `flowgen` mode.
+ Sending clones reduces host CPU load on creating packets and may help
+ in testing extreme speeds or maxing out Tx packet performance.
+ N should be not zero, but less than 'burst' parameter.
+
+* ``--flowgen-flows=N``
+
+ Set the number of flows to be generated in `flowgen` mode, where
+ 1 <= N <= INT32_MAX.
+
* ``--mbcache=N``
Set the cache of mbuf memory pools to N, where 0 <= N <= 512.
Set the transmit RS bit threshold of TX rings to N, where 0 <= N <= value of ``--txd``.
The default value is 0.
-* ``--rx-queue-stats-mapping=(port,queue,mapping)[,(port,queue,mapping)]``
+* ``--no-flush-rx``
- Set the RX queues statistics counters mapping 0 <= mapping <= 15.
+ Don't flush the RX streams before starting forwarding. Used mainly with the PCAP PMD.
-* ``--tx-queue-stats-mapping=(port,queue,mapping)[,(port,queue,mapping)]``
+* ``--rxoffs=X[,Y]``
- Set the TX queues statistics counters mapping 0 <= mapping <= 15.
+ Set the offsets of packet segments on receiving if split
+ feature is engaged. Affects only the queues configured
+ with split offloads (currently BUFFER_SPLIT is supported only).
-* ``--no-flush-rx``
+* ``--rxpkts=X[,Y]``
- Don't flush the RX streams before starting forwarding. Used mainly with the PCAP PMD.
+ Set the length of segments to scatter packets on receiving if split
+ feature is engaged. Affects only the queues configured
+ with split offloads (currently BUFFER_SPLIT is supported only).
+ Optionally the multiple memory pools can be specified with --mbuf-size
+ command line parameter and the mbufs to receive will be allocated
+ sequentially from these extra memory pools.
* ``--txpkts=X[,Y]``
Generate multiple flows in txonly mode.
+* ``--eth-link-speed``
+
+ Set a forced link speed to the ethernet port::
+
+ 10 - 10Mbps (not supported)
+ 100 - 100Mbps (not supported)
+ 1000 - 1Gbps
+ 10000 - 10Gbps
+ 25000 - 25Gbps
+ 40000 - 40Gbps
+ 50000 - 50Gbps
+ 100000 - 100Gbps
+ 200000 - 200Gbps
+ ...
+
* ``--disable-link-check``
Disable check on link status when starting/stopping ports.
Set the logical core N to perform bitrate calculation.
-* ``--print-event <unknown|intr_lsc|queue_state|intr_reset|vf_mbox|macsec|intr_rmv|dev_probed|dev_released|all>``
+* ``--print-event <unknown|intr_lsc|queue_state|intr_reset|vf_mbox|macsec|intr_rmv|dev_probed|dev_released|flow_aged|all>``
Enable printing the occurrence of the designated event. Using all will
enable all of them.
-* ``--mask-event <unknown|intr_lsc|queue_state|intr_reset|vf_mbox|macsec|intr_rmv|dev_probed|dev_released|all>``
+* ``--mask-event <unknown|intr_lsc|queue_state|intr_reset|vf_mbox|macsec|intr_rmv|dev_probed|dev_released|flow_aged|all>``
Disable printing the occurrence of the designated event. Using all will
disable all of them.
Set the UDP port number of tunnel VXLAN-GPE to N.
The default value is 4790.
+* ``--geneve-parsed-port=N``
+
+ Set the UDP port number that is used for parsing the GENEVE protocol to N.
+ HW may be configured with another tunnel Geneve port.
+ The default value is 6081.
+
* ``--mlockall``
Enable locking all memory.
Enable to create mempool which is not IOVA contiguous. Valid only with --mp-alloc=anon.
The default value is 0.
+
+* ``--rx-mq-mode``
+
+ Set the hexadecimal bitmask of RX multi queue mode which can be enabled.
+ The default value is 0x7::
+
+ ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG | ETH_MQ_RX_DCB_FLAG | ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_FLAG
+
+* ``--record-core-cycles``
+
+ Enable measurement of CPU cycles per packet.
+
+* ``--record-burst-stats``
+
+ Enable display of RX and TX burst stats.
+
+* ``--hairpin-mode=0xXX``
+
+ Set the hairpin port mode with bitmask, only valid when hairpin queues number is set::
+
+ bit 4 - explicit Tx flow rule
+ bit 1 - two hairpin ports paired
+ bit 0 - two hairpin ports loop
+
+ The default value is 0. Hairpin will use single port mode and implicit Tx flow mode.
+
+
+Testpmd Multi-Process Command-line Options
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following are the command-line options for testpmd multi-process support:
+
+* primary process:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ sudo ./dpdk-testpmd -a xxx --proc-type=auto -l 0-1 -- -i --rxq=4 --txq=4 \
+ --num-procs=2 --proc-id=0
+
+* secondary process:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ sudo ./dpdk-testpmd -a xxx --proc-type=auto -l 2-3 -- -i --rxq=4 --txq=4 \
+ --num-procs=2 --proc-id=1
+
+The command line options are:
+
+* ``--num-procs=N``
+
+ The number of processes which will be used.
+
+* ``--proc-id=ID``
+
+ The ID of the current process (ID < num-procs). ID should be different in
+ primary process and secondary process, which starts from '0'.
+
+Calculation rule for queue:
+All queues are allocated to different processes based on ``proc_num`` and
+``proc_id``.
+Calculation rule for the testpmd to allocate queues to each process:
+* start(queue start id) = proc_id * nb_q / num_procs;
+
+* end(queue end id) = start + nb_q / num_procs;
+
+For example, if testpmd is configured to have 4 Tx and Rx queues,
+queues 0 and 1 will be used by the primary process and
+queues 2 and 3 will be used by the secondary process.
+
+The number of queues should be a multiple of the number of processes. If not,
+redundant queues will exist after queues are allocated to processes. If RSS
+is enabled, packet loss occurs when traffic is sent to all processes at the same
+time. Some traffic goes to redundant queues and cannot be forwarded.
+
+All the dev ops is supported in primary process. While secondary process is
+not permitted to allocate or release shared memory, so some ops are not supported
+as follows:
+
+- ``dev_configure``
+- ``dev_start``
+- ``dev_stop``
+- ``rx_queue_setup``
+- ``tx_queue_setup``
+- ``rx_queue_release``
+- ``tx_queue_release``
+
+So, any command from testpmd which calls those APIs will not be supported in
+secondary process, like:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ port config all rxq|txq|rxd|txd <value>
+ port config <port_id> rx_offload xxx on/off
+ port config <port_id> tx_offload xxx on/off
+
+etc.
+
+When secondary is running, port in primary is not permitted to be stopped.
+Reconfigure operation is only valid in primary.
+
+Stats is supported, stats will not change when one quits and starts, as they
+share the same buffer to store the stats. Flow rules are maintained in process
+level: primary and secondary has its own flow list (but one flow list in HW).
+The two can see all the queues, so setting the flow rules for the other is OK.
+But in the testpmd primary process receiving or transmitting packets from the
+queue allocated for secondary process is not permitted, and same for secondary
+process.
+
+Flow API and RSS are supported.