Link bonding devices can be created at application startup time using the
``--vdev`` EAL command line option. The device name must start with the
-net_bond prefix followed by numbers or letters. The name must be unique for
+net_bonding prefix followed by numbers or letters. The name must be unique for
each device. Each device can have multiple options arranged in a comma
separated list. Multiple devices definitions can be arranged by calling the
``--vdev`` option multiple times.
.. code-block:: console
- $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 --vdev 'net_bond0,bond_opt0=..,bond opt1=..'--vdev 'net_bond1,bond _opt0=..,bond_opt1=..'
+ $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 --vdev 'net_bonding0,bond_opt0=..,bond opt1=..'--vdev 'net_bonding1,bond _opt0=..,bond_opt1=..'
Link Bonding EAL Options
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
There are multiple ways of definitions that can be assessed and combined as
long as the following two rules are respected:
-* A unique device name, in the format of net_bondX is provided,
+* A unique device name, in the format of net_bondingX is provided,
where X can be any combination of numbers and/or letters,
and the name is no greater than 32 characters long.
.. code-block:: console
- $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 --vdev 'net_bond0,mode=0, slave=0000:00a:00.01,slave=0000:004:00.00' -- --port-topology=chained
+ $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 --vdev 'net_bonding0,mode=0, slave=0000:00a:00.01,slave=0000:004:00.00' -- --port-topology=chained
Create a bonded device in round robin mode with two slaves specified by their PCI address and an overriding MAC address:
.. code-block:: console
- $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 --vdev 'net_bond0,mode=0, slave=0000:00a:00.01,slave=0000:004:00.00,mac=00:1e:67:1d:fd:1d' -- --port-topology=chained
+ $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 --vdev 'net_bonding0,mode=0, slave=0000:00a:00.01,slave=0000:004:00.00,mac=00:1e:67:1d:fd:1d' -- --port-topology=chained
Create a bonded device in active backup mode with two slaves specified, and a primary slave specified by their PCI addresses:
.. code-block:: console
- $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 --vdev 'net_bond0,mode=1, slave=0000:00a:00.01,slave=0000:004:00.00,primary=0000:00a:00.01' -- --port-topology=chained
+ $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 --vdev 'net_bonding0,mode=1, slave=0000:00a:00.01,slave=0000:004:00.00,primary=0000:00a:00.01' -- --port-topology=chained
Create a bonded device in balance mode with two slaves specified by their PCI addresses, and a transmission policy of layer 3 + 4 forwarding:
.. code-block:: console
- $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 --vdev 'net_bond0,mode=2, slave=0000:00a:00.01,slave=0000:004:00.00,xmit_policy=l34' -- --port-topology=chained
+ $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 --vdev 'net_bonding0,mode=2, slave=0000:00a:00.01,slave=0000:004:00.00,xmit_policy=l34' -- --port-topology=chained