X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Ftestpmd_app_ug%2Frun_app.rst;h=df5a0ee06a24d0f2204ad0b9806dfa8ce74164e7;hb=999b2ee0fe4511c44462b29566f264e8d9326e1b;hp=ac2d07e1ba1d3203ad0d8647bfb570a892305871;hpb=ac718398f477cea795e6e6f8695b3e110a158b92;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst old mode 100755 new mode 100644 index ac2d07e1ba..df5a0ee06a --- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst +++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst @@ -35,94 +35,124 @@ EAL Command-line Options ------------------------ The following are the EAL command-line options that can be used in conjunction with the testpmd, -or any other Intel® DPDK application. -See the Intel® DPDK Getting Started Guide for more information on these options. +or any other DPDK application. +See the DPDK Getting Started Guides for more information on these options. -* -c COREMASK +* ``-c COREMASK`` Set the hexadecimal bitmask of the cores to run on. -* -n NUM +* ``-l CORELIST`` + + List of cores to run on + + The argument format is ``[-c2][,c3[-c4],...]`` + where ``c1``, ``c2``, etc are core indexes between 0 and 128. + +* ``--lcores COREMAP`` + + Map lcore set to physical cpu set + + The argument format is:: + + [<,lcores[@cpus]>...] + + Lcore and CPU lists are grouped by ``(`` and ``)`` Within the group. + The ``-`` character is used as a range separator and ``,`` is used as a single number separator. + The grouping ``()`` can be omitted for single element group. + The ``@`` can be omitted if cpus and lcores have the same value. + +* ``--master-lcore ID`` + + Core ID that is used as master. + +* ``-n NUM`` Set the number of memory channels to use. -* -b, --pci-blacklist domain:bus:devid.func +* ``-b, --pci-blacklist domain:bus:devid.func`` - Blacklist a PCI devise to prevent EAL from using it. Multiple -b options are allowed. + Blacklist a PCI device to prevent EAL from using it. Multiple -b options are allowed. -* -d LIB.so +* ``-d LIB.so`` Load an external driver. Multiple -d options are allowed. -* -w, --pci-whitelist domain:bus:devid:func +* ``-w, --pci-whitelist domain:bus:devid:func`` Add a PCI device in white list. -* -m MB +* ``-m MB`` - Memory to allocate. See also --socket-mem. + Memory to allocate. See also ``--socket-mem``. -* -r NUM +* ``-r NUM`` Set the number of memory ranks (auto-detected by default). -* -v +* ``-v`` Display the version information on startup. -* --xen-dom0 +* ``--xen-dom0`` Support application running on Xen Domain0 without hugetlbfs. -* --syslog +* ``--syslog`` Set the syslog facility. -* --socket-mem +* ``--socket-mem`` Set the memory to allocate on specific sockets (use comma separated values). -* --huge-dir +* ``--huge-dir`` Specify the directory where the hugetlbfs is mounted. -* --proc-type +* ``--proc-type`` Set the type of the current process. -* --file-prefix +* ``--file-prefix`` Prefix for hugepage filenames. -* -vmware-tsc-map +* ``-vmware-tsc-map`` Use VMware TSC map instead of native RDTSC. -* --vdev +* ``--vdev`` + + Add a virtual device using the format:: + + [,key=val, ...] + + For example:: - Add a virtual device, with format "[,key=val, ...]", e.g. --vdev=eth_pcap0,iface=eth2. + --vdev 'net_pcap0,rx_pcap=input.pcap,tx_pcap=output.pcap' -* --base-virtaddr +* ``--base-virtaddr`` Specify base virtual address. -* --create-uio-dev +* ``--create-uio-dev`` - Create /dev/uioX (usually done by hotplug). + Create ``/dev/uioX`` (usually done by hotplug). -* --no-shconf +* ``--no-shconf`` - No shared config (mmap'd files). + No shared config (mmap-ed files). -* --no-pci +* ``--no-pci`` Disable pci. -* --no-hpet +* ``--no-hpet`` Disable hpet. -* --no-huge +* ``--no-huge`` Use malloc instead of hugetlbfs. @@ -131,260 +161,307 @@ Testpmd Command-line Options ---------------------------- The following are the command-line options for the testpmd applications. -They must be separated from the EAL options, shown in the previous section, with a -- separator: +They must be separated from the EAL options, shown in the previous section, with a ``--`` separator: .. code-block:: console - sudo ./testpmd -c 0xF -n 4 -- -i --portmask=0x1 --nb-cores=2 + sudo ./testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 -- -i --portmask=0x1 --nb-cores=2 -* -i, --interactive +The commandline options are: + +* ``-i, --interactive`` Run testpmd in interactive mode. In this mode, the testpmd starts with a prompt that can be used to start and stop forwarding, configure the application and display stats on the current packet processing session. - See the Section 5.0, "Test Runtime Functions" section for more details. + See :ref:`testpmd_runtime` for more details. In non-interactive mode, the application starts with the configuration specified on the command-line and immediately enters forwarding mode. -* -h, --help +* ``-h, --help`` Display a help message and quit. -* -a, --auto-start +* ``-a, --auto-start`` - Start forwarding on init. + Start forwarding on initialization. -* --nb-cores=N +* ``--nb-cores=N`` Set the number of forwarding cores, - where 1 <= N <= number of cores or RTE_MAX_LCORE from the configuration file. + where 1 <= N <= "number of cores" or ``CONFIG_RTE_MAX_LCORE`` from the configuration file. The default value is 1. -* --nb-ports=N +* ``--nb-ports=N`` Set the number of forwarding ports, - where 1 <= N <= number of ports on the board or RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS from the configuration file. + where 1 <= N <= "number of ports" on the board or ``CONFIG_RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS`` from the configuration file. The default value is the number of ports on the board. -* --coremask=0xXX +* ``--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. -* --portmask=0xXX +* ``--portmask=0xXX`` Set the hexadecimal bitmask of the ports used by the packet forwarding test. -* --numa +* ``--numa`` + + Enable NUMA-aware allocation of RX/TX rings and of RX memory buffers + (mbufs). [Default setting] - Enable NUMA-aware allocation of RX/TX rings and of RX memory buffers (mbufs). +* ``--no-numa`` -* --port-numa-config=(port,socket)[,(port,socket)] + Disable NUMA-aware allocation of RX/TX rings and of RX memory buffers (mbufs). + +* ``--port-numa-config=(port,socket)[,(port,socket)]`` Specify the socket on which the memory pool to be used by the port will be allocated. -* --ring-numa-config=(port,flag,socket)[,(port,flag,socket)] +* ``--ring-numa-config=(port,flag,socket)[,(port,flag,socket)]`` Specify the socket on which the TX/RX rings for the port will be allocated. Where flag is 1 for RX, 2 for TX, and 3 for RX and TX. -* --socket-num=N +* ``--socket-num=N`` 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`` Set the data size of the mbufs used to N bytes, where N < 65536. The default value is 2048. -* --total-num-mbufs=N +* ``--total-num-mbufs=N`` Set the number of mbufs to be allocated in the mbuf pools, where N > 1024. -* --max-pkt-len=N +* ``--max-pkt-len=N`` Set the maximum packet size to N bytes, where N >= 64. The default value is 1518. -* --eth-peers-configfile=name +* ``--eth-peers-configfile=name`` Use a configuration file containing the Ethernet addresses of the peer ports. - The configuration file should contain the Ethernet addresses on separate lines: - - XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:01 + The configuration file should contain the Ethernet addresses on separate lines:: - XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:02 + XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:01 + XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:02 + ... - ... -* --eth-peer=N,XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX +* ``--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 < RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS from the configuration file. + 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. -* --pkt-filter-mode=mode +* ``--pkt-filter-mode=mode`` - Set Flow Director mode where mode is either none (the default), signature or perfect. - See the Section 5.6, "Flow Director Functions" for more detail. + Set Flow Director mode where mode is either ``none`` (the default), ``signature`` or ``perfect``. + See :ref:`testpmd_flow_director` for more details. -* --pkt-filter-report-hash=mode +* ``--pkt-filter-report-hash=mode`` - Set Flow Director hash match reporting mode where mode is none, match (the default) or always. + Set Flow Director hash match reporting mode where mode is ``none``, ``match`` (the default) or ``always``. -* --pkt-filter-size=N +* ``--pkt-filter-size=N`` Set Flow Director allocated memory size, where N is 64K, 128K or 256K. Sizes are in kilobytes. The default is 64. -* --pkt-filter-flexbytes-offset=N +* ``--pkt-filter-flexbytes-offset=N`` Set the flexbytes offset. The offset is defined in words (not bytes) counted from the first byte of the destination Ethernet MAC address, where N is 0 <= N <= 32. The default value is 0x6. -* --pkt-filter-drop-queue=N +* ``--pkt-filter-drop-queue=N`` Set the drop-queue. In perfect filter mode, when a rule is added with queue = -1, the packet will be enqueued into the RX drop-queue. If the drop-queue does not exist, the packet is dropped. The default value is N=127. -* --crc-strip +* ``--disable-crc-strip`` - Enable hardware CRC stripping. + Disable hardware CRC stripping. -* --enable-rx-cksum +* ``--enable-lro`` + + Enable large receive offload. + +* ``--enable-rx-cksum`` Enable hardware RX checksum offload. -* --disable-hw-vlan +* ``--enable-scatter`` + + Enable scatter (multi-segment) RX. + +* ``--disable-hw-vlan`` Disable hardware VLAN. -* --enable-drop-en +* ``--disable-hw-vlan-filter`` + + Disable hardware VLAN filter. + +* ``--disable-hw-vlan-strip`` + + Disable hardware VLAN strip. + +* ``--disable-hw-vlan-extend`` + + Disable hardware VLAN extend. + +* ``--enable-drop-en`` Enable per-queue packet drop for packets with no descriptors. -* --disable-rss +* ``--disable-rss`` Disable RSS (Receive Side Scaling). -* --port-topology=mode +* ``--port-topology=mode`` + + Set port topology, where mode is ``paired`` (the default) or ``chained``. + + In ``paired`` mode, the forwarding is between pairs of ports, for example: (0,1), (2,3), (4,5). + + In ``chained`` mode, the forwarding is to the next available port in the port mask, for example: (0,1), (1,2), (2,0). - Set port topology, where mode is paired(the default) or chained. - In paired mode, the forwarding is between pairs of ports, for example: (0,1), (2,3), (4,5). - In chained mode, the forwarding is to the next available port in the port mask, for example: (0,1), (1,2), (2,0). The ordering of the ports can be changed using the portlist testpmd runtime function. -* --forward-mode=N +* ``--forward-mode=mode`` - Set forwarding mode. (N: io|mac|mac_retry|mac_swap|flowgen|rxonly|txonly|csum|icmpecho) + Set the forwarding mode where ``mode`` is one of the following:: -* --rss-ip + io (the default) + mac + mac_swap + flowgen + rxonly + txonly + csum + icmpecho + ieee1588 + +* ``--rss-ip`` Set RSS functions for IPv4/IPv6 only. -* --rss-udp +* ``--rss-udp`` Set RSS functions for IPv4/IPv6 and UDP. -* --rxq=N +* ``--rxq=N`` Set the number of RX queues per port to N, where 1 <= N <= 65535. The default value is 1. -* --rxd=N +* ``--rxd=N`` Set the number of descriptors in the RX rings to N, where N > 0. The default value is 128. -* --txq=N +* ``--txq=N`` Set the number of TX queues per port to N, where 1 <= N <= 65535. The default value is 1. -* --txd=N +* ``--txd=N`` Set the number of descriptors in the TX rings to N, where N > 0. The default value is 512. -* --burst=N +* ``--burst=N`` Set the number of packets per burst to N, where 1 <= N <= 512. The default value is 16. -* --mbcache=N +* ``--mbcache=N`` Set the cache of mbuf memory pools to N, where 0 <= N <= 512. The default value is 16. -* --rxpt=N +* ``--rxpt=N`` Set the prefetch threshold register of RX rings to N, where N >= 0. The default value is 8. -* --rxht=N +* ``--rxht=N`` Set the host threshold register of RX rings to N, where N >= 0. The default value is 8. -* --rxfreet=N +* ``--rxfreet=N`` Set the free threshold of RX descriptors to N, where 0 <= N < value of --rxd. The default value is 0. -* --rxwt=N +* ``--rxwt=N`` Set the write-back threshold register of RX rings to N, where N >= 0. The default value is 4. -* --txpt=N +* ``--txpt=N`` Set the prefetch threshold register of TX rings to N, where N >= 0. The default value is 36. -* --txht=N +* ``--txht=N`` Set the host threshold register of TX rings to N, where N >= 0. The default value is 0. -* --txwt=N +* ``--txwt=N`` Set the write-back threshold register of TX rings to N, where N >= 0. The default value is 0. -* --txfreet=N +* ``--txfreet=N`` - Set the transmit free threshold of TX rings to N, where 0 <= N <= value of --txd. + Set the transmit free threshold of TX rings to N, where 0 <= N <= value of ``--txd``. The default value is 0. -* --txrst=N +* ``--txrst=N`` - Set the transmit RS bit threshold of TX rings to N, where 0 <= N <= value of --txd. + Set the transmit RS bit threshold of TX rings to N, where 0 <= N <= value of ``--txd``. The default value is 0. -* --txqflags=0xXXXXXXXX +* ``--txqflags=0xXXXXXXXX`` Set the hexadecimal bitmask of TX queue flags, where 0 <= N <= 0x7FFFFFFF. The default value is 0. -* --rx-queue-stats-mapping=(port,queue,mapping)[,(port,queue,mapping)] + .. note:: + + When using hardware offload functions such as vlan or checksum + add ``txqflags=0`` to force the full-featured TX code path. + In some PMDs this may already be the default. + + +* ``--rx-queue-stats-mapping=(port,queue,mapping)[,(port,queue,mapping)]`` Set the RX queues statistics counters mapping 0 <= mapping <= 15. -* --tx-queue-stats-mapping=(port,queue,mapping)[,(port,queue,mapping)] +* ``--tx-queue-stats-mapping=(port,queue,mapping)[,(port,queue,mapping)]`` Set the TX queues statistics counters mapping 0 <= mapping <= 15. -* --no-flush-rx +* ``--no-flush-rx`` - Don't flush the RX streams before starting forwarding. Used mainly with PCAP drivers. + Don't flush the RX streams before starting forwarding. Used mainly with the PCAP PMD. -* --txpkts=X[,Y] +* ``--txpkts=X[,Y]`` - Set TX segment sizes. + Set TX segment sizes or total packet length. Valid for ``tx-only`` + and ``flowgen`` forwarding modes. -* --disable-link-check +* ``--disable-link-check`` Disable check on link status when starting/stopping ports.