app/testpmd: add meter profile packet mode option

[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 95348ef..ec1dc7d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ They must be separated from the EAL options, shown in the previous section, with
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    sudo ./testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 -- -i --portmask=0x1 --nb-cores=2
+    sudo ./dpdk-testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 -- -i --portmask=0x1 --nb-cores=2
 
 The command line options are:
 
@@ -59,19 +59,19 @@ The command line options are:
 *   ``--nb-cores=N``
 
     Set the number of forwarding cores,
-    where 1 <= N <= "number of cores" or ``CONFIG_RTE_MAX_LCORE`` from the configuration file.
+    where 1 <= N <= "number of cores" or ``RTE_MAX_LCORE`` from the configuration file.
     The default value is 1.
 
 *   ``--nb-ports=N``
 
     Set the number of forwarding ports,
-    where 1 <= N <= "number of ports" on the board or ``CONFIG_RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS`` from the configuration file.
+    where 1 <= N <= "number of ports" on the board or ``RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS`` from the configuration file.
     The default value is the number of ports on the board.
 
 *   ``--coremask=0xXX``
 
     Set the hexadecimal bitmask of the cores running the packet forwarding test.
-    The master lcore is reserved for command line parsing only and cannot be masked on for packet forwarding.
+    The main lcore is reserved for command line parsing only and cannot be masked on for packet forwarding.
 
 *   ``--portmask=0xXX``
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ The command line options are:
 *   ``--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.
+    where 0 <= N < ``RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS``.
 
 *   ``--tx-ip=SRC,DST``
 
@@ -299,6 +299,13 @@ The command line options are:
     If set to 0, driver default is used if defined. Else, if driver
     default is not defined, default of 32 is used.
 
+*   ``--flowgen-clones=N``
+
+    Set the number of each packet clones to be sent in `flowgen` mode.
+    Sending clones reduces host CPU load on creating packets and may help
+    in testing extreme speeds or maxing out Tx packet performance.
+    N should be not zero, but less than 'burst' parameter.
+
 *   ``--mbcache=N``
 
     Set the cache of mbuf memory pools to N, where 0 <= N <= 512.
@@ -385,6 +392,21 @@ The command line options are:
 
     Generate multiple flows in txonly mode.
 
+*   ``--eth-link-speed``
+
+    Set a forced link speed to the ethernet port::
+
+       10 - 10Mbps (not supported)
+       100 - 100Mbps (not supported)
+       1000 - 1Gbps
+       10000 - 10Gbps
+       25000 - 25Gbps
+       40000 - 40Gbps
+       50000 - 50Gbps
+       100000 - 100Gbps
+       200000 - 200Gbps
+       ...
+
 *   ``--disable-link-check``
 
     Disable check on link status when starting/stopping ports.