X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Fsample_app_ug%2Fintro.rst;h=8ff223b16c4a4078677f122fd61464f2af1bb835;hb=b80c527a9ca4b8aa5ed1d8fba4e7882213883485;hp=6a3b6722e08e968609d4a9aa6453dc9c25b2e097;hpb=8301b0471ef45e5e74261df54a2327cfa461a0a4;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/intro.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/intro.rst index 6a3b6722e0..8ff223b16c 100644 --- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/intro.rst +++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/intro.rst @@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ Running Sample Applications Some sample applications may have their own command-line parameters described in their respective guides, however all of them also share the same EAL parameters. -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. The DPDK Sample Applications @@ -45,10 +45,19 @@ examples are highlighted below. forwarding, or ``l2fwd`` application does forwarding based on Ethernet MAC addresses like a simple switch. +* :doc:`Network Layer 2 forwarding`: The Network Layer 2 + forwarding, or ``l2fwd-event`` application does forwarding based on Ethernet MAC + addresses like a simple switch. It demonstrates usage of poll and event mode + IO mechanism under a single application. + * :doc:`Network Layer 3 forwarding`: The Network Layer3 forwarding, or ``l3fwd`` application does forwarding based on Internet Protocol, IPv4 or IPv6 like a simple router. +* :doc:`Network Layer 3 forwarding Graph`: The Network Layer3 + forwarding Graph, or ``l3fwd_graph`` application does forwarding based on IPv4 + like a simple router with DPDK Graph framework. + * :doc:`Hardware packet copying`: The Hardware packet copying, or ``ioatfwd`` application demonstrates how to use IOAT rawdev driver for copying packets between two threads.