EAL Command-line Options
------------------------
-Please refer to :doc:`../linux_gsg/linux_eal_parameters` or
-:doc:`../freebsd_gsg/freebsd_eal_parameters` for a list of available EAL
-command-line options.
+Please refer to :doc:`EAL parameters (Linux) <../linux_gsg/linux_eal_parameters>`
+or :doc:`EAL parameters (FreeBSD) <../freebsd_gsg/freebsd_eal_parameters>` for
+a list of available EAL command-line options.
Testpmd Command-line Options
Set the hexadecimal bitmask of the ports used by the packet forwarding test.
+* ``--portlist=X``
+
+ Set the forwarding ports based on the user input used by the packet forwarding test.
+ '-' denotes a range of ports to set including the two specified port IDs
+ ',' separates multiple port values.
+ Possible examples like --portlist=0,1 or --portlist=0-2 or --portlist=0,1-2 etc
+
* ``--numa``
Enable NUMA-aware allocation of RX/TX rings and of RX memory buffers
Set the maximum packet size to N bytes, where N >= 64. The default value is 1518.
+* ``--max-lro-pkt-size=N``
+
+ Set the maximum LRO aggregated packet size to N bytes, where N >= 64.
+
* ``--eth-peers-configfile=name``
Use a configuration file containing the Ethernet addresses of the peer ports.
* ``--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).
+ The defaults address values are source 198.18.0.1 and
+ destination 198.18.0.2. These are special purpose addresses
+ reserved for benchmarking (RFC 5735).
* ``--tx-udp=SRC[,DST]``
Enable hardware VLAN extend.
+* ``--enable-hw-qinq-strip``
+
+ Enable hardware QINQ strip.
+
* ``--enable-drop-en``
Enable per-queue packet drop for packets with no descriptors.
Set the number of descriptors in the TX rings to N, where N > 0.
The default value is 512.
+* ``--hairpinq=N``
+
+ Set the number of hairpin queues per port to N, where 1 <= N <= 65535.
+ The default value is 0. The number of hairpin queues are added to the
+ number of TX queues and to the number of RX queues. then the first
+ RX hairpin is binded to the first TX hairpin, the second RX hairpin is
+ binded to the second TX hairpin and so on. The index of the first
+ RX hairpin queue is the number of RX queues as configured using --rxq.
+ The index of the first TX hairpin queue is the number of TX queues
+ as configured using --txq.
+
* ``--burst=N``
Set the number of packets per burst to N, where 1 <= N <= 512.
Disable check on link status when starting/stopping ports.
+* ``--disable-device-start``
+
+ Do not automatically start all ports. This allows testing
+ configuration of rx and tx queues before device is started
+ for the first time.
+
* ``--no-lsc-interrupt``
Disable LSC interrupts for all ports, even those supporting it.
Set the hexadecimal bitmask of TX queue offloads.
The default value is 0.
+* ``--rx-offloads=0xXXXXXXXX``
+
+ Set the hexadecimal bitmask of RX queue offloads.
+ The default value is 0.
+
* ``--hot-plug``
Enable device event monitor mechanism for hotplug.