app/testpmd: add multiple pools per core creation

[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 9ab4d70..7994ddd 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ The command line options are:
 
     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
@@ -100,9 +107,12 @@ The command line options are:
     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 splittling features.
 
 *   ``--total-num-mbufs=N``
 
@@ -241,6 +251,7 @@ The command line options are:
        ieee1588
        tm
        noisy
+       5tswap
 
 *   ``--rss-ip``
 
@@ -381,12 +392,12 @@ The command line options are:
 
     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.
@@ -418,6 +429,12 @@ The command line options are:
     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.
@@ -474,3 +491,26 @@ The command line options are:
 
     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.