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+
+Flow Bifurcation How-to Guide
+=============================
+
+Flow Bifurcation is a mechanism which uses hardware capable Ethernet devices
+to split traffic between Linux user space and kernel space. Since it is a
+hardware assisted feature this approach can provide line rate processing
+capability. Other than :ref:`KNI <kni>`, the software is just required to
+enable device configuration, there is no need to take care of the packet
+movement during the traffic split. This can yield better performance with
+less CPU overhead.
+
+The Flow Bifurcation splits the incoming data traffic to user space
+applications (such as DPDK applications) and/or kernel space programs (such as
+the Linux kernel stack). It can direct some traffic, for example data plane
+traffic, to DPDK, while directing some other traffic, for example control
+plane traffic, to the traditional Linux networking stack.
+
+There are a number of technical options to achieve this. A typical example is
+to combine the technology of SR-IOV and packet classification filtering.
+
+SR-IOV is a PCI standard that allows the same physical adapter to be split as
+multiple virtual functions. Each virtual function (VF) has separated queues
+with physical functions (PF). The network adapter will direct traffic to a
+virtual function with a matching destination MAC address. In a sense, SR-IOV
+has the capability for queue division.
+
+Packet classification filtering is a hardware capability available on most
+network adapters. Filters can be configured to direct specific flows to a
+given receive queue by hardware. Different NICs may have different filter
+types to direct flows to a Virtual Function or a queue that belong to it.
+
+In this way the Linux networking stack can receive specific traffic through
+the kernel driver while a DPDK application can receive specific traffic
+bypassing the Linux kernel by using drivers like VFIO or the DPDK ``igb_uio``
+module.
+
+.. _figure_flow_bifurcation_overview:
+
+.. figure:: img/flow_bifurcation_overview.*
+
+ Flow Bifurcation Overview
+
+
+Using Flow Bifurcation on IXGBE in Linux
+----------------------------------------
+
+On Intel 82599 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller series NICs Flow Bifurcation can
+be achieved by SR-IOV and Intel Flow Director technologies. Traffic can be
+directed to queues by the Flow Director capability, typically by matching
+5-tuple of UDP/TCP packets.
+
+The typical procedure to achieve this is as follows:
+
+#. Boot the system without iommu, or with ``iommu=pt``.
+
+#. Create Virtual Functions:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ echo 2 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/sriov_numvfs
+
+#. Enable and set flow filters:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ ethtool -K eth1 ntuple on
+ ethtool -N eth1 flow-type udp4 src-ip 192.0.2.2 dst-ip 198.51.100.2 \
+ action $queue_index_in_VF0
+ ethtool -N eth1 flow-type udp4 src-ip 198.51.100.2 dst-ip 192.0.2.2 \
+ action $queue_index_in_VF1
+
+ Where:
+
+ * ``$queue_index_in_VFn``: Bits 39:32 of the variable defines VF id + 1; the lower 32 bits indicates the queue index of the VF. Thus:
+
+ * ``$queue_index_in_VF0`` = ``(0x1 & 0xFF) << 32 + [queue index]``.
+
+ * ``$queue_index_in_VF1`` = ``(0x2 & 0xFF) << 32 + [queue index]``.
+
+ .. _figure_ixgbe_bifu_queue_idx:
+
+ .. figure:: img/ixgbe_bifu_queue_idx.*
+
+#. Compile the DPDK application and insert ``igb_uio`` or probe the ``vfio-pci`` kernel modules as normal.
+
+#. Bind the virtual functions:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ modprobe vfio-pci
+ dpdk_nic_bind.py -b vfio-pci 01:10.0
+ dpdk_nic_bind.py -b vfio-pci 01:10.1
+
+#. Run a DPDK application on the VFs:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ testpmd -c 0xff -n 4 -- -i -w 01:10.0 -w 01:10.1 --forward-mode=mac
+
+In this example, traffic matching the rules will go through the VF by matching
+the filter rule. All other traffic, not matching the rules, will go through
+the default queue or scaling on queues in the PF. That is to say UDP packets
+with the specified IP source and destination addresses will go through the
+DPDK application. All other traffic, with different hosts or different
+protocols, will go through the Linux networking stack.
+
+.. note::
+
+ * The above steps work on the Linux kernel v4.2.
+
+ * The Flow Bifurcation is implemented in Linux kernel and ixgbe kernel driver using the following patches:
+
+ * `ethtool: Add helper routines to pass vf to rx_flow_spec <https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/476511/>`_
+
+ * `ixgbe: Allow flow director to use entire queue space <https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/476516/>`_
+
+ * The Ethtool version used in this example is 3.18.
+
+
+Using Flow Bifurcation on I40E in Linux
+---------------------------------------
+
+On Intel X710/XL710 series Ethernet Controllers Flow Bifurcation can be
+achieved by SR-IOV, Cloud Filter and L3 VEB switch. The traffic can be
+directed to queues by the Cloud Filter and L3 VEB switch's matching rule.
+
+* L3 VEB filters work for non-tunneled packets. It can direct a packet just by
+ the Destination IP address to a queue in a VF.
+
+* Cloud filters work for the following types of tunneled packets.
+
+ * Inner mac.
+
+ * Inner mac + VNI.
+
+ * Outer mac + Inner mac + VNI.
+
+ * Inner mac + Inner vlan + VNI.
+
+ * Inner mac + Inner vlan.
+
+The typical procedure to achieve this is as follows:
+
+#. Boot the system without iommu, or with ``iommu=pt``.
+
+#. Build and insert the ``i40e.ko`` module.
+
+#. Create Virtual Functions:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ echo 2 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/sriov_numvfs
+
+#. Add udp port offload to the NIC if using cloud filter:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ ip li add vxlan0 type vxlan id 42 group 239.1.1.1 local 10.16.43.214 dev <name>
+ ifconfig vxlan0 up
+ ip -d li show vxlan0
+
+ .. note::
+
+ Output such as ``add vxlan port 8472, index 0 success`` should be
+ found in the system log.
+
+#. Examples of enabling and setting flow filters:
+
+ * L3 VEB filter, for a route whose destination IP is 192.168.50.108 to VF
+ 0's queue 2.
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ ethtool -N <dev_name> flow-type ip4 dst-ip 192.168.50.108 \
+ user-def 0xffffffff00000000 action 2 loc 8
+
+ * Inner mac, for a route whose inner destination mac is 0:0:0:0:9:0 to
+ PF's queue 6.
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ ethtool -N <dev_name> flow-type ether dst 00:00:00:00:00:00 \
+ m ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff src 00:00:00:00:09:00 m 00:00:00:00:00:00 \
+ user-def 0xffffffff00000003 action 6 loc 1
+
+ * Inner mac + VNI, for a route whose inner destination mac is 0:0:0:0:9:0
+ and VNI is 8 to PF's queue 4.
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ ethtool -N <dev_name> flow-type ether dst 00:00:00:00:00:00 \
+ m ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff src 00:00:00:00:09:00 m 00:00:00:00:00:00 \
+ user-def 0x800000003 action 4 loc 4
+
+ * Outer mac + Inner mac + VNI, for a route whose outer mac is
+ 68:05:ca:24:03:8b, inner destination mac is c2:1a:e1:53:bc:57, and VNI
+ is 8 to PF's queue 2.
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ ethtool -N <dev_name> flow-type ether dst 68:05:ca:24:03:8b \
+ m 00:00:00:00:00:00 src c2:1a:e1:53:bc:57 m 00:00:00:00:00:00 \
+ user-def 0x800000003 action 2 loc 2
+
+ * Inner mac + Inner vlan + VNI, for a route whose inner destination mac is
+ 00:00:00:00:20:00, inner vlan is 10, and VNI is 8 to VF 0's queue 1.
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ ethtool -N <dev_name> flow-type ether dst 00:00:00:00:01:00 \
+ m ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff src 00:00:00:00:20:00 m 00:00:00:00:00:00 \
+ vlan 10 user-def 0x800000000 action 1 loc 5
+
+ * Inner mac + Inner vlan, for a route whose inner destination mac is
+ 00:00:00:00:20:00, and inner vlan is 10 to VF 0's queue 1.
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ ethtool -N <dev_name> flow-type ether dst 00:00:00:00:01:00 \
+ m ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff src 00:00:00:00:20:00 m 00:00:00:00:00:00 \
+ vlan 10 user-def 0xffffffff00000000 action 1 loc 5
+
+ .. note::
+
+ * If the upper 32 bits of 'user-def' are ``0xffffffff``, then the
+ filter can be used for programming an L3 VEB filter, otherwise the
+ upper 32 bits of 'user-def' can carry the tenant ID/VNI if
+ specified/required.
+
+ * Cloud filters can be defined with inner mac, outer mac, inner ip,
+ inner vlan and VNI as part of the cloud tuple. It is always the
+ destination (not source) mac/ip that these filters use. For all
+ these examples dst and src mac address fields are overloaded dst ==
+ outer, src == inner.
+
+ * The filter will direct a packet matching the rule to a vf id
+ specified in the lower 32 bit of user-def to the queue specified by
+ 'action'.
+
+ * If the vf id specified by the lower 32 bit of user-def is greater
+ than or equal to ``max_vfs``, then the filter is for the PF queues.
+
+#. Compile the DPDK application and insert ``igb_uio`` or probe the ``vfio-pci``
+ kernel modules as normal.
+
+#. Bind the virtual function:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ modprobe vfio-pci
+ dpdk_nic_bind.py -b vfio-pci 01:10.0
+ dpdk_nic_bind.py -b vfio-pci 01:10.1
+
+#. run DPDK application on VFs:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ testpmd -c 0xff -n 4 -- -i -w 01:10.0 -w 01:10.1 --forward-mode=mac
+
+.. note::
+
+ * The above steps work on the i40e Linux kernel driver v1.5.16.
+
+ * The Ethtool version used in this example is 3.18. The mask ``ff`` means
+ 'not involved', while ``00`` or no mask means 'involved'.
+
+ * For more details of the configuration, refer to the
+ `cloud filter test plan <http://dpdk.org/browse/tools/dts/tree/test_plans/cloud_filter_test_plan.rst>`_
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diff --git a/doc/guides/howto/index.rst b/doc/guides/howto/index.rst
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+.. BSD LICENSE
+ Copyright(c) 2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ All rights reserved.
+
+ Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ are met:
+
+ * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ distribution.
+ * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
+ contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+ from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+ THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+How To User Guides
+==================
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 2
+ :numbered:
+
+ lm_bond_virtio_sriov
+ lm_virtio_vhost_user
+ flow_bifurcation
diff --git a/doc/guides/howto/lm_bond_virtio_sriov.rst b/doc/guides/howto/lm_bond_virtio_sriov.rst
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+.. BSD LICENSE
+ Copyright(c) 2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ All rights reserved.
+
+ Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ are met:
+
+ * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ distribution.
+ * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
+ contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+ from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+ THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+Live Migration of VM with SR-IOV VF
+===================================
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+It is not possible to migrate a Virtual Machine which has an SR-IOV Virtual Function (VF).
+
+To get around this problem the bonding PMD is used.
+
+The following sections show an example of how to do this.
+
+Test Setup
+----------
+
+A bonded device is created in the VM.
+The virtio and VF PMD's are added as slaves to the bonded device.
+The VF is set as the primary slave of the bonded device.
+
+A bridge must be set up on the Host connecting the tap device, which is the
+backend of the Virtio device and the Physical Function (PF) device.
+
+To test the Live Migration two servers with identical operating systems installed are used.
+KVM and Qemu 2.3 is also required on the servers.
+
+In this example, the servers have Niantic and or Fortville NIC's installed.
+The NIC's on both servers are connected to a switch
+which is also connected to the traffic generator.
+
+The switch is configured to broadcast traffic on all the NIC ports.
+A :ref:`Sample switch configuration <lm_bond_virtio_sriov_switch_conf>`
+can be found in this section.
+
+The host is running the Kernel PF driver (ixgbe or i40e).
+
+The ip address of host_server_1 is 10.237.212.46
+
+The ip address of host_server_2 is 10.237.212.131
+
+.. _figure_lm_bond_virtio_sriov:
+
+.. figure:: img/lm_bond_virtio_sriov.*
+
+Live Migration steps
+--------------------
+
+The sample scripts mentioned in the steps below can be found in the
+:ref:`Sample host scripts <lm_bond_virtio_sriov_host_scripts>` and
+:ref:`Sample VM scripts <lm_bond_virtio_sriov_vm_scripts>` sections.
+
+On host_server_1: Terminal 1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ cd /root/dpdk/host_scripts
+ ./setup_vf_on_212_46.sh
+
+For Fortville NIC
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ ./vm_virtio_vf_i40e_212_46.sh
+
+For Niantic NIC
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ ./vm_virtio_vf_one_212_46.sh
+
+On host_server_1: Terminal 2
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ cd /root/dpdk/host_scripts
+ ./setup_bridge_on_212_46.sh
+ ./connect_to_qemu_mon_on_host.sh
+ (qemu)
+
+On host_server_1: Terminal 1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+**In VM on host_server_1:**
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ cd /root/dpdk/vm_scripts
+ ./setup_dpdk_in_vm.sh
+ ./run_testpmd_bonding_in_vm.sh
+
+ testpmd> show port info all
+
+The ``mac_addr`` command only works with kernel PF for Niantic
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ testpmd> mac_addr add port 1 vf 0 AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF
+
+The syntax of the ``testpmd`` command is:
+
+Create bonded device (mode) (socket).
+
+Mode 1 is active backup.
+
+Virtio is port 0 (P0).
+
+VF is port 1 (P1).
+
+Bonding is port 2 (P2).
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ testpmd> create bonded device 1 0
+ Created new bonded device eth_bond_testpmd_0 on (port 2).
+ testpmd> add bonding slave 0 2
+ testpmd> add bonding slave 1 2
+ testpmd> show bonding config 2
+
+The syntax of the ``testpmd`` command is:
+
+set bonding primary (slave id) (port id)
+
+Set primary to P1 before starting bonding port.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ testpmd> set bonding primary 1 2
+ testpmd> show bonding config 2
+ testpmd> port start 2
+ Port 2: 02:09:C0:68:99:A5
+ Checking link statuses...
+ Port 0 Link Up - speed 10000 Mbps - full-duplex
+ Port 1 Link Up - speed 10000 Mbps - full-duplex
+ Port 2 Link Up - speed 10000 Mbps - full-duplex
+
+ testpmd> show bonding config 2
+
+Primary is now P1. There are 2 active slaves.
+
+Use P2 only for forwarding.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ testpmd> set portlist 2
+ testpmd> show config fwd
+ testpmd> set fwd mac
+ testpmd> start
+ testpmd> show bonding config 2
+
+Primary is now P1. There are 2 active slaves.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ testpmd> show port stats all
+
+VF traffic is seen at P1 and P2.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ testpmd> clear port stats all
+ testpmd> set bonding primary 0 2
+ testpmd> remove bonding slave 1 2
+ testpmd> show bonding config 2
+
+Primary is now P0. There is 1 active slave.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ testpmd> clear port stats all
+ testpmd> show port stats all
+
+No VF traffic is seen at P0 and P2, VF MAC address still present.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ testpmd> port stop 1
+ testpmd> port close 1
+
+Port close should remove VF MAC address, it does not remove perm_addr.
+
+The ``mac_addr`` command only works with the kernel PF for Niantic.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ testpmd> mac_addr remove 1 AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF
+ testpmd> port detach 1
+ Port '0000:00:04.0' is detached. Now total ports is 2
+ testpmd> show port stats all
+
+No VF traffic is seen at P0 and P2.
+
+On host_server_1: Terminal 2
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ (qemu) device_del vf1
+
+
+On host_server_1: Terminal 1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+**In VM on host_server_1:**
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ testpmd> show bonding config 2
+
+Primary is now P0. There is 1 active slave.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ testpmd> show port info all
+ testpmd> show port stats all
+
+On host_server_2: Terminal 1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ cd /root/dpdk/host_scripts
+ ./setup_vf_on_212_131.sh
+ ./vm_virtio_one_migrate.sh
+
+On host_server_2: Terminal 2
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ ./setup_bridge_on_212_131.sh
+ ./connect_to_qemu_mon_on_host.sh
+ (qemu) info status
+ VM status: paused (inmigrate)
+ (qemu)
+
+On host_server_1: Terminal 2
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Check that the switch is up before migrating.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ (qemu) migrate tcp:10.237.212.131:5555
+ (qemu) info status
+ VM status: paused (postmigrate)
+
+For the Niantic NIC.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ (qemu) info migrate
+ capabilities: xbzrle: off rdma-pin-all: off auto-converge: off zero-blocks: off
+ Migration status: completed
+ total time: 11834 milliseconds
+ downtime: 18 milliseconds
+ setup: 3 milliseconds
+ transferred ram: 389137 kbytes
+ throughput: 269.49 mbps
+ remaining ram: 0 kbytes
+ total ram: 1590088 kbytes
+ duplicate: 301620 pages
+ skipped: 0 pages
+ normal: 96433 pages
+ normal bytes: 385732 kbytes
+ dirty sync count: 2
+ (qemu) quit
+
+For the Fortville NIC.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ (qemu) info migrate
+ capabilities: xbzrle: off rdma-pin-all: off auto-converge: off zero-blocks: off
+ Migration status: completed
+ total time: 11619 milliseconds
+ downtime: 5 milliseconds
+ setup: 7 milliseconds
+ transferred ram: 379699 kbytes
+ throughput: 267.82 mbps
+ remaining ram: 0 kbytes
+ total ram: 1590088 kbytes
+ duplicate: 303985 pages
+ skipped: 0 pages
+ normal: 94073 pages
+ normal bytes: 376292 kbytes
+ dirty sync count: 2
+ (qemu) quit
+
+On host_server_2: Terminal 1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+**In VM on host_server_2:**
+
+ Hit Enter key. This brings the user to the testpmd prompt.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ testpmd>
+
+On host_server_2: Terminal 2
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ (qemu) info status
+ VM status: running
+
+For the Niantic NIC.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ (qemu) device_add pci-assign,host=06:10.0,id=vf1
+
+For the Fortville NIC.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ (qemu) device_add pci-assign,host=03:02.0,id=vf1
+
+On host_server_2: Terminal 1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+**In VM on host_server_2:**
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ testomd> show port info all
+ testpmd> show port stats all
+ testpmd> show bonding config 2
+ testpmd> port attach 0000:00:04.0
+ Port 1 is attached.
+ Now total ports is 3
+ Done
+
+ testpmd> port start 1
+
+The ``mac_addr`` command only works with the Kernel PF for Niantic.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ testpmd> mac_addr add port 1 vf 0 AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF
+ testpmd> show port stats all.
+ testpmd> show config fwd
+ testpmd> show bonding config 2
+ testpmd> add bonding slave 1 2
+ testpmd> set bonding primary 1 2
+ testpmd> show bonding config 2
+ testpmd> show port stats all
+
+VF traffic is seen at P1 (VF) and P2 (Bonded device).
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ testpmd> remove bonding slave 0 2
+ testpmd> show bonding config 2
+ testpmd> port stop 0
+ testpmd> port close 0
+ testpmd> port detach 0
+ Port '0000:00:03.0' is detached. Now total ports is 2
+
+ testpmd> show port info all
+ testpmd> show config fwd
+ testpmd> show port stats all
+
+VF traffic is seen at P1 (VF) and P2 (Bonded device).
+
+.. _lm_bond_virtio_sriov_host_scripts:
+
+Sample host scripts
+-------------------
+
+setup_vf_on_212_46.sh
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Set up Virtual Functions on host_server_1
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ #!/bin/sh
+ # This script is run on the host 10.237.212.46 to setup the VF
+
+ # set up Niantic VF
+ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:09\:00.0/sriov_numvfs
+ echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:09\:00.0/sriov_numvfs
+ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:09\:00.0/sriov_numvfs
+ rmmod ixgbevf
+
+ # set up Fortville VF
+ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:02\:00.0/sriov_numvfs
+ echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:02\:00.0/sriov_numvfs
+ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:02\:00.0/sriov_numvfs
+ rmmod i40evf
+
+vm_virtio_vf_one_212_46.sh
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Setup Virtual Machine on host_server_1
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ #!/bin/sh
+
+ # Path to KVM tool
+ KVM_PATH="/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64"
+
+ # Guest Disk image
+ DISK_IMG="/home/username/disk_image/virt1_sml.disk"
+
+ # Number of guest cpus
+ VCPUS_NR="4"
+
+ # Memory
+ MEM=1536
+
+ taskset -c 1-5 $KVM_PATH \
+ -enable-kvm \
+ -m $MEM \
+ -smp $VCPUS_NR \
+ -cpu host \
+ -name VM1 \
+ -no-reboot \
+ -net none \
+ -vnc none -nographic \
+ -hda $DISK_IMG \
+ -netdev type=tap,id=net1,script=no,downscript=no,ifname=tap1 \
+ -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net1,mac=CC:BB:BB:BB:BB:BB \
+ -device pci-assign,host=09:10.0,id=vf1 \
+ -monitor telnet::3333,server,nowait
+
+setup_bridge_on_212_46.sh
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Setup bridge on host_server_1
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ #!/bin/sh
+ # This script is run on the host 10.237.212.46 to setup the bridge
+ # for the Tap device and the PF device.
+ # This enables traffic to go from the PF to the Tap to the Virtio PMD in the VM.
+
+ # ens3f0 is the Niantic NIC
+ # ens6f0 is the Fortville NIC
+
+ ifconfig ens3f0 down
+ ifconfig tap1 down
+ ifconfig ens6f0 down
+ ifconfig virbr0 down
+
+ brctl show virbr0
+ brctl addif virbr0 ens3f0
+ brctl addif virbr0 ens6f0
+ brctl addif virbr0 tap1
+ brctl show virbr0
+
+ ifconfig ens3f0 up
+ ifconfig tap1 up
+ ifconfig ens6f0 up
+ ifconfig virbr0 up
+
+connect_to_qemu_mon_on_host.sh
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ #!/bin/sh
+ # This script is run on both hosts when the VM is up,
+ # to connect to the Qemu Monitor.
+
+ telnet 0 3333
+
+setup_vf_on_212_131.sh
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Set up Virtual Functions on host_server_2
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ #!/bin/sh
+ # This script is run on the host 10.237.212.131 to setup the VF
+
+ # set up Niantic VF
+ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:06\:00.0/sriov_numvfs
+ echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:06\:00.0/sriov_numvfs
+ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:06\:00.0/sriov_numvfs
+ rmmod ixgbevf
+
+ # set up Fortville VF
+ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:03\:00.0/sriov_numvfs
+ echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:03\:00.0/sriov_numvfs
+ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:03\:00.0/sriov_numvfs
+ rmmod i40evf
+
+vm_virtio_one_migrate.sh
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Setup Virtual Machine on host_server_2
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ #!/bin/sh
+ # Start the VM on host_server_2 with the same parameters except without the VF
+ # parameters, as the VM on host_server_1, in migration-listen mode
+ # (-incoming tcp:0:5555)
+
+ # Path to KVM tool
+ KVM_PATH="/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64"
+
+ # Guest Disk image
+ DISK_IMG="/home/username/disk_image/virt1_sml.disk"
+
+ # Number of guest cpus
+ VCPUS_NR="4"
+
+ # Memory
+ MEM=1536
+
+ taskset -c 1-5 $KVM_PATH \
+ -enable-kvm \
+ -m $MEM \
+ -smp $VCPUS_NR \
+ -cpu host \
+ -name VM1 \
+ -no-reboot \
+ -net none \
+ -vnc none -nographic \
+ -hda $DISK_IMG \
+ -netdev type=tap,id=net1,script=no,downscript=no,ifname=tap1 \
+ -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net1,mac=CC:BB:BB:BB:BB:BB \
+ -incoming tcp:0:5555 \
+ -monitor telnet::3333,server,nowait
+
+setup_bridge_on_212_131.sh
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Setup bridge on host_server_2
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ #!/bin/sh
+ # This script is run on the host to setup the bridge
+ # for the Tap device and the PF device.
+ # This enables traffic to go from the PF to the Tap to the Virtio PMD in the VM.
+
+ # ens4f0 is the Niantic NIC
+ # ens5f0 is the Fortville NIC
+
+ ifconfig ens4f0 down
+ ifconfig tap1 down
+ ifconfig ens5f0 down
+ ifconfig virbr0 down
+
+ brctl show virbr0
+ brctl addif virbr0 ens4f0
+ brctl addif virbr0 ens5f0
+ brctl addif virbr0 tap1
+ brctl show virbr0
+
+ ifconfig ens4f0 up
+ ifconfig tap1 up
+ ifconfig ens5f0 up
+ ifconfig virbr0 up
+
+.. _lm_bond_virtio_sriov_vm_scripts:
+
+Sample VM scripts
+-----------------
+
+setup_dpdk_in_vm.sh
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Set up DPDK in the Virtual Machine
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ #!/bin/sh
+ # this script matches the vm_virtio_vf_one script
+ # virtio port is 03
+ # vf port is 04
+
+ cat /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages
+ echo 1024 > /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages
+ cat /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages
+
+ ifconfig -a
+ /root/dpdk/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py --status
+
+ rmmod virtio-pci ixgbevf
+
+ modprobe uio
+ insmod /root/dpdk/x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc/kmod/igb_uio.ko
+
+ /root/dpdk/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py -b igb_uio 0000:00:03.0
+ /root/dpdk/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py -b igb_uio 0000:00:04.0
+
+ /root/dpdk/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py --status
+
+run_testpmd_bonding_in_vm.sh
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Run testpmd in the Virtual Machine.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ #!/bin/sh
+ # Run testpmd in the VM
+
+ # The test system has 8 cpus (0-7), use cpus 2-7 for VM
+ # Use taskset -pc <core number> <thread_id>
+
+ # use for bonding of virtio and vf tests in VM
+
+ /root/dpdk/x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc/app/testpmd \
+ -c f -n 4 --socket-mem 350 -- --i --port-topology=chained
+
+.. _lm_bond_virtio_sriov_switch_conf:
+
+Sample switch configuration
+---------------------------
+
+The Intel switch is used to connect the traffic generator to the
+NIC's on host_server_1 and host_server_2.
+
+In order to run the switch configuration two console windows are required.
+
+Log in as root in both windows.
+
+TestPointShared, run_switch.sh and load /root/switch_config must be executed
+in the sequence below.
+
+On Switch: Terminal 1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+run TestPointShared
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ /usr/bin/TestPointShared
+
+On Switch: Terminal 2
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+execute run_switch.sh
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ /root/run_switch.sh
+
+On Switch: Terminal 1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+load switch configuration
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ load /root/switch_config
+
+Sample switch configuration script
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The ``/root/switch_config`` script:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ # TestPoint History
+ show port 1,5,9,13,17,21,25
+ set port 1,5,9,13,17,21,25 up
+ show port 1,5,9,13,17,21,25
+ del acl 1
+ create acl 1
+ create acl-port-set
+ create acl-port-set
+ add port port-set 1 0
+ add port port-set 5,9,13,17,21,25 1
+ create acl-rule 1 1
+ add acl-rule condition 1 1 port-set 1
+ add acl-rule action 1 1 redirect 1
+ apply acl
+ create vlan 1000
+ add vlan port 1000 1,5,9,13,17,21,25
+ set vlan tagging 1000 1,5,9,13,17,21,25 tag
+ set switch config flood_ucast fwd
+ show port stats all 1,5,9,13,17,21,25
diff --git a/doc/guides/howto/lm_virtio_vhost_user.rst b/doc/guides/howto/lm_virtio_vhost_user.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fad1f2a8
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+++ b/doc/guides/howto/lm_virtio_vhost_user.rst
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+.. BSD LICENSE
+ Copyright(c) 2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ All rights reserved.
+
+ Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ are met:
+
+ * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ distribution.
+ * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
+ contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+ from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+ THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+
+Live Migration of VM with Virtio on host running vhost_user
+===========================================================
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+Live Migration of a VM with DPDK Virtio PMD on a host which is
+running the Vhost sample application (vhost-switch) and using the DPDK PMD (ixgbe or i40e).
+
+The Vhost sample application uses VMDQ so SRIOV must be disabled on the NIC's.
+
+The following sections show an example of how to do this migration.
+
+Test Setup
+----------
+
+To test the Live Migration two servers with identical operating systems installed are used.
+KVM and QEMU is also required on the servers.
+
+QEMU 2.5 is required for Live Migration of a VM with vhost_user running on the hosts.
+
+In this example, the servers have Niantic and or Fortville NIC's installed.
+The NIC's on both servers are connected to a switch
+which is also connected to the traffic generator.
+
+The switch is configured to broadcast traffic on all the NIC ports.
+
+The ip address of host_server_1 is 10.237.212.46
+
+The ip address of host_server_2 is 10.237.212.131
+
+.. _figure_lm_vhost_user:
+
+.. figure:: img/lm_vhost_user.*
+
+Live Migration steps
+--------------------
+
+The sample scripts mentioned in the steps below can be found in the
+:ref:`Sample host scripts <lm_virtio_vhost_user_host_scripts>` and
+:ref:`Sample VM scripts <lm_virtio_vhost_user_vm_scripts>` sections.
+
+On host_server_1: Terminal 1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Setup DPDK on host_server_1
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ cd /root/dpdk/host_scripts
+ ./setup_dpdk_on_host.sh
+
+On host_server_1: Terminal 2
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Bind the Niantic or Fortville NIC to igb_uio on host_server_1.
+
+For Fortville NIC.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ cd /root/dpdk/tools
+ ./dpdk_nic_bind.py -b igb_uio 0000:02:00.0
+
+For Niantic NIC.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ cd /root/dpdk/tools
+ ./dpdk_nic_bind.py -b igb_uio 0000:09:00.0
+
+On host_server_1: Terminal 3
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+For Fortville and Niantic NIC's reset SRIOV and run the
+vhost_user sample application (vhost-switch) on host_server_1.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ cd /root/dpdk/host_scripts
+ ./reset_vf_on_212_46.sh
+ ./run_vhost_switch_on_host.sh
+
+On host_server_1: Terminal 1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Start the VM on host_server_1
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ ./vm_virtio_vhost_user.sh
+
+On host_server_1: Terminal 4
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Connect to the QEMU monitor on host_server_1.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ cd /root/dpdk/host_scripts
+ ./connect_to_qemu_mon_on_host.sh
+ (qemu)
+
+On host_server_1: Terminal 1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+**In VM on host_server_1:**
+
+Setup DPDK in the VM and run testpmd in the VM.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ cd /root/dpdk/vm_scripts
+ ./setup_dpdk_in_vm.sh
+ ./run_testpmd_in_vm.sh
+
+ testpmd> show port info all
+ testpmd> set fwd mac retry
+ testpmd> start tx_first
+ testpmd> show port stats all
+
+Virtio traffic is seen at P1 and P2.
+
+On host_server_2: Terminal 1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Set up DPDK on the host_server_2.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ cd /root/dpdk/host_scripts
+ ./setup_dpdk_on_host.sh
+
+On host_server_2: Terminal 2
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Bind the Niantic or Fortville NIC to igb_uio on host_server_2.
+
+For Fortville NIC.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ cd /root/dpdk/tools
+ ./dpdk_nic_bind.py -b igb_uio 0000:03:00.0
+
+For Niantic NIC.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ cd /root/dpdk/tools
+ ./dpdk_nic_bind.py -b igb_uio 0000:06:00.0
+
+On host_server_2: Terminal 3
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+For Fortville and Niantic NIC's reset SRIOV, and run
+the vhost_user sample application on host_server_2.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ cd /root/dpdk/host_scripts
+ ./reset_vf_on_212_131.sh
+ ./run_vhost_switch_on_host.sh
+
+On host_server_2: Terminal 1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Start the VM on host_server_2.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ ./vm_virtio_vhost_user_migrate.sh
+
+On host_server_2: Terminal 4
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Connect to the QEMU monitor on host_server_2.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ cd /root/dpdk/host_scripts
+ ./connect_to_qemu_mon_on_host.sh
+ (qemu) info status
+ VM status: paused (inmigrate)
+ (qemu)
+
+On host_server_1: Terminal 4
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Check that switch is up before migrating the VM.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ (qemu) migrate tcp:10.237.212.131:5555
+ (qemu) info status
+ VM status: paused (postmigrate)
+
+ (qemu) info migrate
+ capabilities: xbzrle: off rdma-pin-all: off auto-converge: off zero-blocks: off
+ Migration status: completed
+ total time: 11619 milliseconds
+ downtime: 5 milliseconds
+ setup: 7 milliseconds
+ transferred ram: 379699 kbytes
+ throughput: 267.82 mbps
+ remaining ram: 0 kbytes
+ total ram: 1590088 kbytes
+ duplicate: 303985 pages
+ skipped: 0 pages
+ normal: 94073 pages
+ normal bytes: 376292 kbytes
+ dirty sync count: 2
+ (qemu) quit
+
+On host_server_2: Terminal 1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+**In VM on host_server_2:**
+
+ Hit Enter key. This brings the user to the testpmd prompt.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ testpmd>
+
+On host_server_2: Terminal 4
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+**In QEMU monitor on host_server_2**
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ (qemu) info status
+ VM status: running
+
+On host_server_2: Terminal 1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+**In VM on host_server_2:**
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ testomd> show port info all
+ testpmd> show port stats all
+
+Virtio traffic is seen at P0 and P1.
+
+
+.. _lm_virtio_vhost_user_host_scripts:
+
+Sample host scripts
+-------------------
+
+reset_vf_on_212_46.sh
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ #!/bin/sh
+ # This script is run on the host 10.237.212.46 to reset SRIOV
+
+ # BDF for Fortville NIC is 0000:02:00.0
+ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:02\:00.0/max_vfs
+ echo 0 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:02\:00.0/max_vfs
+ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:02\:00.0/max_vfs
+
+ # BDF for Niantic NIC is 0000:09:00.0
+ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:09\:00.0/max_vfs
+ echo 0 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:09\:00.0/max_vfs
+ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:09\:00.0/max_vfs
+
+vm_virtio_vhost_user.sh
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ #/bin/sh
+ # Script for use with vhost_user sample application
+ # The host system has 8 cpu's (0-7)
+
+ # Path to KVM tool
+ KVM_PATH="/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64"
+
+ # Guest Disk image
+ DISK_IMG="/home/user/disk_image/virt1_sml.disk"
+
+ # Number of guest cpus
+ VCPUS_NR="6"
+
+ # Memory
+ MEM=1024
+
+ VIRTIO_OPTIONS="csum=off,gso=off,guest_tso4=off,guest_tso6=off,guest_ecn=off"
+
+ # Socket Path
+ SOCKET_PATH="/root/dpdk/host_scripts/usvhost"
+
+ taskset -c 2-7 $KVM_PATH \
+ -enable-kvm \
+ -m $MEM \
+ -smp $VCPUS_NR \
+ -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=1024M,mem-path=/mnt/huge,share=on \
+ -numa node,memdev=mem,nodeid=0 \
+ -cpu host \
+ -name VM1 \
+ -no-reboot \
+ -net none \
+ -vnc none \
+ -nographic \
+ -hda $DISK_IMG \
+ -chardev socket,id=chr0,path=$SOCKET_PATH \
+ -netdev type=vhost-user,id=net1,chardev=chr0,vhostforce \
+ -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net1,mac=CC:BB:BB:BB:BB:BB,$VIRTIO_OPTIONS \
+ -chardev socket,id=chr1,path=$SOCKET_PATH \
+ -netdev type=vhost-user,id=net2,chardev=chr1,vhostforce \
+ -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net2,mac=DD:BB:BB:BB:BB:BB,$VIRTIO_OPTIONS \
+ -monitor telnet::3333,server,nowait
+
+connect_to_qemu_mon_on_host.sh
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ #!/bin/sh
+ # This script is run on both hosts when the VM is up,
+ # to connect to the Qemu Monitor.
+
+ telnet 0 3333
+
+reset_vf_on_212_131.sh
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ #!/bin/sh
+ # This script is run on the host 10.237.212.131 to reset SRIOV
+
+ # BDF for Ninatic NIC is 0000:06:00.0
+ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:06\:00.0/max_vfs
+ echo 0 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:06\:00.0/max_vfs
+ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:06\:00.0/max_vfs
+
+ # BDF for Fortville NIC is 0000:03:00.0
+ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:03\:00.0/max_vfs
+ echo 0 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:03\:00.0/max_vfs
+ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:03\:00.0/max_vfs
+
+vm_virtio_vhost_user_migrate.sh
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ #/bin/sh
+ # Script for use with vhost user sample application
+ # The host system has 8 cpu's (0-7)
+
+ # Path to KVM tool
+ KVM_PATH="/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64"
+
+ # Guest Disk image
+ DISK_IMG="/home/user/disk_image/virt1_sml.disk"
+
+ # Number of guest cpus
+ VCPUS_NR="6"
+
+ # Memory
+ MEM=1024
+
+ VIRTIO_OPTIONS="csum=off,gso=off,guest_tso4=off,guest_tso6=off,guest_ecn=off"
+
+ # Socket Path
+ SOCKET_PATH="/root/dpdk/host_scripts/usvhost"
+
+ taskset -c 2-7 $KVM_PATH \
+ -enable-kvm \
+ -m $MEM \
+ -smp $VCPUS_NR \
+ -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=1024M,mem-path=/mnt/huge,share=on \
+ -numa node,memdev=mem,nodeid=0 \
+ -cpu host \
+ -name VM1 \
+ -no-reboot \
+ -net none \
+ -vnc none \
+ -nographic \
+ -hda $DISK_IMG \
+ -chardev socket,id=chr0,path=$SOCKET_PATH \
+ -netdev type=vhost-user,id=net1,chardev=chr0,vhostforce \
+ -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net1,mac=CC:BB:BB:BB:BB:BB,$VIRTIO_OPTIONS \
+ -chardev socket,id=chr1,path=$SOCKET_PATH \
+ -netdev type=vhost-user,id=net2,chardev=chr1,vhostforce \
+ -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net2,mac=DD:BB:BB:BB:BB:BB,$VIRTIO_OPTIONS \
+ -incoming tcp:0:5555 \
+ -monitor telnet::3333,server,nowait
+
+.. _lm_virtio_vhost_user_vm_scripts:
+
+Sample VM scripts
+-----------------
+
+setup_dpdk_virtio_in_vm.sh
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ #!/bin/sh
+ # this script matches the vm_virtio_vhost_user script
+ # virtio port is 03
+ # virtio port is 04
+
+ cat /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages
+ echo 1024 > /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages
+ cat /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages
+
+ ifconfig -a
+ /root/dpdk/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py --status
+
+ rmmod virtio-pci
+
+ modprobe uio
+ insmod /root/dpdk/x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc/kmod/igb_uio.ko
+
+ /root/dpdk/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py -b igb_uio 0000:00:03.0
+ /root/dpdk/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py -b igb_uio 0000:00:04.0
+
+ /root/dpdk/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py --status
+
+run_testpmd_in_vm.sh
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ #!/bin/sh
+ # Run testpmd for use with vhost_user sample app.
+ # test system has 8 cpus (0-7), use cpus 2-7 for VM
+
+ /root/dpdk/x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc/app/testpmd \
+ -c 3f -n 4 --socket-mem 350 -- --burst=64 --i --disable-hw-vlan-filter