1 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
2 Copyright(c) 2015 Intel Corporation.
4 Ethtool Sample Application
5 ==========================
7 The Ethtool sample application shows an implementation of an
8 ethtool-like API and provides a console environment that allows
9 its use to query and change Ethernet card parameters. The sample
10 is based upon a simple L2 frame reflector.
12 Compiling the Application
13 -------------------------
15 To compile the sample application see :doc:`compiling`.
17 The application is located in the ``ethtool`` sub-directory.
19 Running the Application
20 -----------------------
22 The application requires an available core for each port, plus one.
23 The only available options are the standard ones for the EAL:
25 .. code-block:: console
27 ./ethtool-app/ethtool-app/${RTE_TARGET}/ethtool [EAL options]
29 Refer to the *DPDK Getting Started Guide* for general information on
30 running applications and the Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL)
36 The application is console-driven using the cmdline DPDK interface:
38 .. code-block:: console
42 From this interface the available commands and descriptions of what
43 they do as as follows:
45 * ``drvinfo``: Print driver info
46 * ``eeprom``: Dump EEPROM to file
47 * ``module-eeprom``: Dump plugin module EEPROM to file
48 * ``link``: Print port link states
49 * ``macaddr``: Gets/sets MAC address
50 * ``mtu``: Set NIC MTU
52 * ``pause``: Get/set port pause state
53 * ``portstats``: Print port statistics
54 * ``regs``: Dump port register(s) to file
55 * ``ringparam``: Get/set ring parameters
56 * ``rxmode``: Toggle port Rx mode
58 * ``validate``: Check that given MAC address is valid unicast address
59 * ``vlan``: Add/remove VLAN id
60 * ``quit``: Exit program
66 The sample program has two parts: A background `packet reflector`_
67 that runs on a slave core, and a foreground `Ethtool Shell`_ that
68 runs on the master core. These are described below.
73 The background packet reflector is intended to demonstrate basic
74 packet processing on NIC ports controlled by the Ethtool shim.
75 Each incoming MAC frame is rewritten so that it is returned to
76 the sender, using the port in question's own MAC address as the
77 source address, and is then sent out on the same port.
82 The foreground part of the Ethtool sample is a console-based
83 interface that accepts commands as described in `using the
84 application`_. Individual call-back functions handle the detail
85 associated with each command, which make use of the functions
86 defined in the `Ethtool interface`_ to the DPDK functions.
91 The Ethtool interface is built as a separate library, and implements
92 the following functions:
94 - ``rte_ethtool_get_drvinfo()``
95 - ``rte_ethtool_get_regs_len()``
96 - ``rte_ethtool_get_regs()``
97 - ``rte_ethtool_get_link()``
98 - ``rte_ethtool_get_eeprom_len()``
99 - ``rte_ethtool_get_eeprom()``
100 - ``rte_ethtool_set_eeprom()``
101 - ``rte_ethtool_get_module_info()``
102 - ``rte_ethtool_get_module_eeprom()``
103 - ``rte_ethtool_get_pauseparam()``
104 - ``rte_ethtool_set_pauseparam()``
105 - ``rte_ethtool_net_open()``
106 - ``rte_ethtool_net_stop()``
107 - ``rte_ethtool_net_get_mac_addr()``
108 - ``rte_ethtool_net_set_mac_addr()``
109 - ``rte_ethtool_net_validate_addr()``
110 - ``rte_ethtool_net_change_mtu()``
111 - ``rte_ethtool_net_get_stats64()``
112 - ``rte_ethtool_net_vlan_rx_add_vid()``
113 - ``rte_ethtool_net_vlan_rx_kill_vid()``
114 - ``rte_ethtool_net_set_rx_mode()``
115 - ``rte_ethtool_get_ringparam()``
116 - ``rte_ethtool_set_ringparam()``