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diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/pcap_ring.rst b/doc/guides/nics/pcap_ring.rst index 7fd063c9..879e5430 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/pcap_ring.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/pcap_ring.rst @@ -71,11 +71,19 @@ The different stream types are: tx_pcap=/path/to/file.pcap * rx_iface: Defines a reception stream based on a network interface name. - The driver reads packets coming from the given interface using the Linux kernel driver for that interface. + The driver reads packets from the given interface using the Linux kernel driver for that interface. + The driver captures both the incoming and outgoing packets on that interface. The value is an interface name. rx_iface=eth0 +* rx_iface_in: Defines a reception stream based on a network interface name. + The driver reads packets from the given interface using the Linux kernel driver for that interface. + The driver captures only the incoming packets on that interface. + The value is an interface name. + + rx_iface_in=eth0 + * tx_iface: Defines a transmission stream based on a network interface name. The driver sends packets to the given interface using the Linux kernel driver for that interface. The value is an interface name. @@ -122,6 +130,21 @@ Forward packets through two network interfaces: $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 \ --vdev 'net_pcap0,iface=eth0' --vdev='net_pcap1;iface=eth1' +Enable 2 tx queues on a network interface: + +.. code-block:: console + + $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 \ + --vdev 'net_pcap0,rx_iface=eth1,tx_iface=eth1,tx_iface=eth1' \ + -- --txq 2 + +Read only incoming packets from a network interface and write them back to the same network interface: + +.. code-block:: console + + $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 \ + --vdev 'net_pcap0,rx_iface_in=eth1,tx_iface=eth1' + Using libpcap-based PMD with the testpmd Application ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |