X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Fsample_app_ug%2Fl3_forward_virtual.rst;h=fa04722ea186d6138fdc7abbe7c4140255519d7d;hb=29e30cbcc18ccabd134ee27b25323b468206451e;hp=115af2cac2a0c45150dc7ce561f03a9144ab9104;hpb=d0dff9ba445e47199a420dd4b5451ec2860d3d3b;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l3_forward_virtual.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l3_forward_virtual.rst index 115af2cac2..fa04722ea1 100644 --- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l3_forward_virtual.rst +++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l3_forward_virtual.rst @@ -31,16 +31,15 @@ L3 Forwarding in a Virtualization Environment Sample Application ================================================================ -The L3 Forwarding in a Virtualization Environment sample application is a simple example of packet processing using the Intel® DPDK. +The L3 Forwarding in a Virtualization Environment sample application is a simple example of packet processing using the DPDK. The application performs L3 forwarding that takes advantage of Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) features in a virtualized environment. Overview -------- -The application demonstrates the use of the hash and LPM libraries in the Intel® DPDK to implement packet forwarding. -The initialization and run-time paths are very similar to those of the L3 forwarding application -(see Chapter 10 "L3 Forwarding Sample Application" for more information). +The application demonstrates the use of the hash and LPM libraries in the DPDK to implement packet forwarding. +The initialization and run-time paths are very similar to those of the :doc:`l3_forward`. The forwarding decision is taken based on information read from the input packet. The lookup method is either hash-based or LPM-based and is selected at compile time. @@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ The set of LPM rules used by the application is statically configured and loaded .. note:: - Please refer to Section 9.1.1 "Virtual Function Setup Instructions" for virtualized test case setup. + Please refer to :ref:`l2_fwd_vf_setup` for virtualized test case setup. Compiling the Application ------------------------- @@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ To compile the application: export RTE_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc - See the *Intel® DPDK Getting Started Guide* for possible RTE_TARGET values. + See the *DPDK Getting Started Guide* for possible RTE_TARGET values. #. Build the application: @@ -148,11 +147,11 @@ In this command: | | | | | +----------+-----------+-----------+------------------------------------+ -Refer to the *Intel® DPDK Getting Started Guide* for general information on running applications +Refer to the *DPDK Getting Started Guide* for general information on running applications and the Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL) options. Explanation ----------- The operation of this application is similar to that of the basic L3 Forwarding Sample Application. -See Section 10.4 "Explanation" for more information. +See :ref:`l3_fwd_explanation` for more information.