.. code-block:: console
- ./build/ioatfwd [EAL options] -- [-p MASK] [-q NQ] [-s RS] [-c <sw|hw>]
+ ./<build_dir>/examples/dpdk-ioat [EAL options] -- [-p MASK] [-q NQ] [-s RS] [-c <sw|hw>]
[--[no-]mac-updating]
where,
incoming traffic and makes a copy of each packet. The second lcore then
updates MAC address and sends the copy. If one lcore per port is used,
both operations are done sequentially. For each configuration an additional
-lcore is needed since the master lcore does not handle traffic but is
+lcore is needed since the main lcore does not handle traffic but is
responsible for configuration, statistics printing and safe shutdown of
all ports and devices.
The application can use a maximum of 8 ports.
-To run the application in a Linux environment with 3 lcores (the master lcore,
+To run the application in a Linux environment with 3 lcores (the main lcore,
plus two forwarding cores), a single port (port 0), software copying and MAC
updating issue the command:
.. code-block:: console
- $ ./build/ioatfwd -l 0-2 -n 2 -- -p 0x1 --mac-updating -c sw
+ $ ./<build_dir>/examples/dpdk-ioat -l 0-2 -n 2 -- -p 0x1 --mac-updating -c sw
-To run the application in a Linux environment with 2 lcores (the master lcore,
+To run the application in a Linux environment with 2 lcores (the main lcore,
plus one forwarding core), 2 ports (ports 0 and 1), hardware copying and no MAC
updating issue the command:
.. code-block:: console
- $ ./build/ioatfwd -l 0-1 -n 1 -- -p 0x3 --no-mac-updating -c hw
+ $ ./<build_dir>/examples/dpdk-ioat -l 0-1 -n 1 -- -p 0x3 --no-mac-updating -c hw
Refer to the *DPDK Getting Started Guide* for general information on
running applications and the Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL) options.
cfg.nb_lcores = rte_lcore_count() - 1;
if (cfg.nb_lcores < 1)
rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
- "There should be at least one slave lcore.\n");
+ "There should be at least one worker lcore.\n");
ret = 0;
statistics is allocated.
Finally ``main()`` function starts all packet handling lcores and starts
-printing stats in a loop on the master lcore. The application can be
-interrupted and closed using ``Ctrl-C``. The master lcore waits for
-all slave processes to finish, deallocates resources and exits.
+printing stats in a loop on the main lcore. The application can be
+interrupted and closed using ``Ctrl-C``. The main lcore waits for
+all worker lcores to finish, deallocates resources and exits.
The processing lcores launching function are described below.