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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. + +Running the Application +======================= + +EAL Command-line Options +------------------------ + +The following are the EAL command-line options that can be used in conjunction with the testpmd, +or any other DPDK application. +See the DPDK Getting Started Guides for more information on these options. + +* ``-c COREMASK`` + + Set the hexadecimal bitmask of the cores to run on. + +* ``-l CORELIST`` + + List of cores to run on + + The argument format is ``<c1>[-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]>[<,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`` + + Blacklist a PCI devise to prevent EAL from using it. Multiple -b options are allowed. + +* ``-d LIB.so`` + + Load an external driver. Multiple -d options are allowed. + +* ``-w, --pci-whitelist domain:bus:devid:func`` + + Add a PCI device in white list. + +* ``-m MB`` + + Memory to allocate. See also ``--socket-mem``. + +* ``-r NUM`` + + Set the number of memory ranks (auto-detected by default). + +* ``-v`` + + Display the version information on startup. + +* ``--xen-dom0`` + + Support application running on Xen Domain0 without hugetlbfs. + +* ``--syslog`` + + Set the syslog facility. + +* ``--socket-mem`` + + Set the memory to allocate on specific sockets (use comma separated values). + +* ``--huge-dir`` + + Specify the directory where the hugetlbfs is mounted. + +* ``--proc-type`` + + Set the type of the current process. + +* ``--file-prefix`` + + Prefix for hugepage filenames. + +* ``-vmware-tsc-map`` + + Use VMware TSC map instead of native RDTSC. + +* ``--vdev`` + + Add a virtual device using the format:: + + <driver><id>[,key=val, ...] + + For example:: + + --vdev 'eth_pcap0,rx_pcap=input.pcap,tx_pcap=output.pcap' + +* ``--base-virtaddr`` + + Specify base virtual address. + +* ``--create-uio-dev`` + + Create ``/dev/uioX`` (usually done by hotplug). + +* ``--no-shconf`` + + No shared config (mmap-ed files). + +* ``--no-pci`` + + Disable pci. + +* ``--no-hpet`` + + Disable hpet. + +* ``--no-huge`` + + Use malloc instead of hugetlbfs. + + +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: + +.. code-block:: console + + sudo ./testpmd -c 0xF -n 4 -- -i --portmask=0x1 --nb-cores=2 + +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 :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`` + + Display a help message and quit. + +* ``-a, --auto-start`` + + Start forwarding on initialization. + +* ``--nb-cores=N`` + + Set the number of forwarding cores, + where 1 <= N <= "number of cores" or ``CONFIG_RTE_MAX_LCORE`` from the configuration file. + The default value is 1. + +* ``--nb-ports=N`` + + Set the number of forwarding ports, + 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`` + + 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`` + + Set the hexadecimal bitmask of the ports used by the packet forwarding test. + +* ``--numa`` + + Enable 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)]`` + + 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`` + + Set the socket from which all memory is allocated in NUMA mode, + where 0 <= N < number of sockets on the board. + +* ``--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`` + + Set the number of mbufs to be allocated in the mbuf pools, where N > 1024. + +* ``--max-pkt-len=N`` + + Set the maximum packet size to N bytes, where N >= 64. The default value is 1518. + +* ``--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 + XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:02 + ... + + +* ``--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 < ``CONFIG_RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS`` from the configuration file. + +* ``--pkt-filter-mode=mode`` + + 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`` + + Set Flow Director hash match reporting mode where mode is ``none``, ``match`` (the default) or ``always``. + +* ``--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`` + + 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`` + + 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`` + + Enable hardware CRC stripping. + +* ``--enable-rx-cksum`` + + Enable hardware RX checksum offload. + +* ``--disable-hw-vlan`` + + Disable hardware VLAN. + +* ``--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 (Receive Side Scaling). + +* ``--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). + + The ordering of the ports can be changed using the portlist testpmd runtime function. + +* ``--forward-mode=mode`` + + Set the forwarding mode where ``mode`` is one of the following:: + + io (the default) + mac + mac_retry + mac_swap + flowgen + rxonly + txonly + csum + icmpecho + ieee1588 + +* ``--rss-ip`` + + Set RSS functions for IPv4/IPv6 only. + +* ``--rss-udp`` + + Set RSS functions for IPv4/IPv6 and UDP. + +* ``--rxq=N`` + + Set the number of RX queues per port to N, where 1 <= N <= 65535. + The default value is 1. + +* ``--rxd=N`` + + Set the number of descriptors in the RX rings to N, where N > 0. + The default value is 128. + +* ``--txq=N`` + + Set the number of TX queues per port to N, where 1 <= N <= 65535. + The default value is 1. + +* ``--txd=N`` + + Set the number of descriptors in the TX rings to N, where N > 0. + The default value is 512. + +* ``--burst=N`` + + Set the number of packets per burst to N, where 1 <= N <= 512. + The default value is 16. + +* ``--mbcache=N`` + + Set the cache of mbuf memory pools to N, where 0 <= N <= 512. + The default value is 16. + +* ``--rxpt=N`` + + Set the prefetch threshold register of RX rings to N, where N >= 0. + The default value is 8. + +* ``--rxht=N`` + + Set the host threshold register of RX rings to N, where N >= 0. + The default value is 8. + +* ``--rxfreet=N`` + + Set the free threshold of RX descriptors to N, where 0 <= N < value of --rxd. + The default value is 0. + +* ``--rxwt=N`` + + Set the write-back threshold register of RX rings to N, where N >= 0. + The default value is 4. + +* ``--txpt=N`` + + Set the prefetch threshold register of TX rings to N, where N >= 0. + The default value is 36. + +* ``--txht=N`` + + Set the host threshold register of TX rings to N, where N >= 0. + The default value is 0. + +* ``--txwt=N`` + + Set the write-back threshold register of TX rings to N, where N >= 0. + The default value is 0. + +* ``--txfreet=N`` + + Set the transmit free threshold of TX rings to N, where 0 <= N <= value of ``--txd``. + The default value is 0. + +* ``--txrst=N`` + + Set the transmit RS bit threshold of TX rings to N, where 0 <= N <= value of ``--txd``. + The default value is 0. + +* ``--txqflags=0xXXXXXXXX`` + + Set the hexadecimal bitmask of TX queue flags, where 0 <= N <= 0x7FFFFFFF. + The default value is 0. + + .. 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)]`` + + Set the TX queues statistics counters mapping 0 <= mapping <= 15. + +* ``--no-flush-rx`` + + Don't flush the RX streams before starting forwarding. Used mainly with the PCAP PMD. + +* ``--txpkts=X[,Y]`` + + Set TX segment sizes. + +* ``--disable-link-check`` + + Disable check on link status when starting/stopping ports. |