X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Fsample_app_ug%2Fvhost.rst;h=df4d6f9a0be990044e4173cdea9844e228dc8009;hb=e00767ee04c179f452840a9801af466b10257194;hp=9112e789706c57591aabcac5e374ff052d1ce303;hpb=cde83b8bd726d3132404852ba4f6351f56fb9c76;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/vhost.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/vhost.rst index 9112e78970..df4d6f9a0b 100644 --- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/vhost.rst +++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/vhost.rst @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ could be done by: .. code-block:: console modprobe uio_pci_generic - $RTE_SDK/usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b=uio_pci_generic 0000:00:04.0 + $RTE_SDK/usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b uio_pci_generic 0000:00:04.0 Then start testpmd for packet forwarding testing. @@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ when disabling VLAN strip. Such feature, which heavily depends on hardware, should be removed from this example to reduce confusion. Now, VLAN strip is enabled and cannot be disabled. +**--builtin-net-driver** +A very simple vhost-user net driver which demonstrates how to use the generic +vhost APIs will be used when this option is given. It is disabled by default. + Common Issues ------------- @@ -192,3 +196,8 @@ Common Issues according to the NIC's property. :: make EXTRA_CFLAGS="-DMAX_QUEUES=320" + +* Option "builtin-net-driver" is incompatible with QEMU + + QEMU vhost net device start will fail if protocol feature is not negotiated. + DPDK virtio-user pmd can be the replacement of QEMU.