From: Mark Kavanagh Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 16:15:52 +0000 (+0100) Subject: doc: clarify usage of testpmd MAC forward mode X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a67857e97ba8b8fc4636e2a336e929450a1614e2;p=dpdk.git doc: clarify usage of testpmd MAC forward mode Explain default testpmd behavior in mac fwd mode to remove amiguity/confusion regarding user's ability to specify Ethernet addresses. Signed-off-by: Mark Kavanagh Acked-by: John McNamara --- diff --git a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst index 6ea285aa51..5e4763393c 100644 --- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst +++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst @@ -270,6 +270,9 @@ The available information categories are: This is the default mode. * ``mac``: Changes the source and the destination Ethernet addresses of packets before forwarding them. + Default application behaviour is to set source Ethernet address to that of the transmitting interface, and destination + address to a dummy value (set during init). The user may specify a target destination Ethernet address via the 'eth-peer' or + 'eth-peer-configfile' command-line options. It is not currently possible to specify a specific source Ethernet address. * ``macswap``: MAC swap forwarding mode. Swaps the source and the destination Ethernet addresses of packets before forwarding them.