app/testpmd: add ability to set Tx IP and UDP parameters

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / testpmd_app_ug / run_app.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
index 89a097d..fdf6ec7 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
@@ -121,12 +121,24 @@ The command line options are:
        XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:02
        ...
 
-
 *   ``--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.
 
+*   ``--tx-ip=SRC,DST``
+
+    Set the source and destination IP address used when doing transmit only test.
+    The defaults address values are source 192.18.0.1 and
+    destination 192.18.0.2. These are special purpose addresses
+    reserved for benchmarking (RFC 2544).
+
+*   ``--tx-udp=SRC[,DST]``
+
+    Set the source and destination UDP port number for transmit test only test.
+    The default port is the port 9 which is defined for the discard protocol
+    (RFC 863).
+
 *   ``--pkt-filter-mode=mode``
 
     Set Flow Director mode where mode is either ``none`` (the default), ``signature`` or ``perfect``.