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diff --git a/extras/vpp_config/data/startup.conf.template b/extras/vpp_config/data/startup.conf.template
index 1945af51f49..9a537fd1367 100644
--- a/extras/vpp_config/data/startup.conf.template
+++ b/extras/vpp_config/data/startup.conf.template
@@ -1,26 +1,42 @@
unix {{
-{unix}
+ nodaemon
log /var/log/vpp/vpp.log
full-coredump
cli-listen /run/vpp/cli.sock
+ gid vpp
}}
api-trace {{
+## This stanza controls binary API tracing. Unless there is a very strong reason,
+## please leave this feature enabled.
on
+## Additional parameters:
+##
+## To set the number of binary API trace records in the circular buffer, configure nitems
+##
+## nitems <nnn>
+##
+## To save the api message table decode tables, configure a filename. Results in /tmp/<filename>
+## Very handy for understanding api message changes between versions, identifying missing
+## plugins, and so forth.
+##
+## save-api-table <filename>
+}}
+
+socksvr {{
+ default
}}
cpu {{
{cpu}
- # scheduler-policy fifo
- # scheduler-priority 50
-
- ## In the VPP there is one main thread and optionally the user can create worker(s)
+ ## In the VPP there is one main thread and optionally the user can create worker(s)
## The main thread and worker thread(s) can be pinned to CPU core(s) manually or automatically
## Manual pinning of thread(s) to CPU core(s)
- ## Set logical CPU core where main thread runs
+ ## Set logical CPU core where main thread runs, if main core is not set
+ ## VPP will use core 1 if available
# main-core 1
## Set logical CPU core(s) where worker threads are running
@@ -50,10 +66,23 @@ cpu {{
# scheduler-priority 50
}}
+buffers {{
+{buffers}
+
+ ## Increase number of buffers allocated, needed only in scenarios with
+ ## large number of interfaces and worker threads. Value is per numa node.
+ ## Default is 16384 (8192 if running unpriviledged)
+ # buffers-per-numa 128000
+
+ ## Size of buffer data area
+ ## Default is 2048
+ # default data-size 2048
+}}
+
dpdk {{
{devices}
- ## Change default settings for all interfaces
+ ## Change default settings for all interfaces
# dev default {{
## Number of receive queues, enables RSS
## Default is 1
@@ -72,62 +101,90 @@ dpdk {{
## VLAN strip offload mode for interface
## Default is off
# vlan-strip-offload on
+
+ ## TCP Segment Offload
+ ## Default is off
+ ## To enable TSO, 'enable-tcp-udp-checksum' must be set
+ # tso on
+
+ ## Devargs
+ ## device specific init args
+ ## Default is NULL
+ # devargs safe-mode-support=1,pipeline-mode-support=1
# }}
## Whitelist specific interface by specifying PCI address
# dev 0000:02:00.0
+ ## Blacklist specific device type by specifying PCI vendor:device
+ ## Whitelist entries take precedence
+ # blacklist 8086:10fb
+
+ ## Set interface name
+ # dev 0000:02:00.1 {{
+ # name eth0
+ # }}
+
## Whitelist specific interface by specifying PCI address and in
## addition specify custom parameters for this interface
# dev 0000:02:00.1 {{
# num-rx-queues 2
# }}
- ## Specify bonded interface and its slaves via PCI addresses
- ##
- ## Bonded interface in XOR load balance mode (mode 2) with L3 and L4 headers
- # vdev eth_bond0,mode=2,slave=0000:02:00.0,slave=0000:03:00.0,xmit_policy=l34
- # vdev eth_bond1,mode=2,slave=0000:02:00.1,slave=0000:03:00.1,xmit_policy=l34
- ##
- ## Bonded interface in Active-Back up mode (mode 1)
- # vdev eth_bond0,mode=1,slave=0000:02:00.0,slave=0000:03:00.0
- # vdev eth_bond1,mode=1,slave=0000:02:00.1,slave=0000:03:00.1
-
- ## Change UIO driver used by VPP, Options are: igb_uio, vfio-pci
- ## and uio_pci_generic (default)
+ ## Change UIO driver used by VPP, Options are: igb_uio, vfio-pci,
+ ## uio_pci_generic or auto (default)
# uio-driver vfio-pci
## Disable multi-segment buffers, improves performance but
## disables Jumbo MTU support
# no-multi-seg
- ## Increase number of buffers allocated, needed only in scenarios with
- ## large number of interfaces and worker threads. Value is per CPU socket.
- ## Default is 16384
- # num-mbufs 128000
-
## Change hugepages allocation per-socket, needed only if there is need for
## larger number of mbufs. Default is 256M on each detected CPU socket
# socket-mem 2048,2048
+
+ ## Disables UDP / TCP TX checksum offload. Typically needed for use
+ ## faster vector PMDs (together with no-multi-seg)
+ # no-tx-checksum-offload
+
+ ## Enable UDP / TCP TX checksum offload
+ ## This is the reversed option of 'no-tx-checksum-offload'
+ # enable-tcp-udp-checksum
}}
-# Adjusting the plugin path depending on where the VPP plugins are:
-#plugins
-#{{
-# path /home/bms/vpp/build-root/install-vpp-native/vpp/lib/vpp_plugins
-#}}
+## node variant defaults
+#node {{
+
+## specify the preferred default variant
+# default {{ variant avx512 }}
+
+## specify the preferred variant, for a given node
+# ip4-rewrite {{ variant avx2 }}
-# Alternate syntax to choose plugin path
-#plugin_path /home/bms/vpp/build-root/install-vpp-native/vpp/lib/vpp_plugins
-
-#node-variants {{
-# defaults {{
-# avx512 100
-# }}
-# ip4-inacl {{
-# avx2 100
-# avx512 50
-# }}
#}}
+
+# plugins {{
+ ## Adjusting the plugin path depending on where the VPP plugins are
+ # path /ws/vpp/build-root/install-vpp-native/vpp/lib/vpp_plugins
+
+ ## Disable all plugins by default and then selectively enable specific plugins
+ # plugin default {{ disable }}
+ # plugin dpdk_plugin.so {{ enable }}
+ # plugin acl_plugin.so {{ enable }}
+
+ ## Enable all plugins by default and then selectively disable specific plugins
+ # plugin dpdk_plugin.so {{ disable }}
+ # plugin acl_plugin.so {{ disable }}
+# }}
+
+## Statistics Segment
+# statseg {{
+ # socket-name <filename>, name of the stats segment socket
+ # defaults to /run/vpp/stats.sock
+ # size <nnn>[KMG], size of the stats segment, defaults to 32mb
+ # per-node-counters on | off, defaults to none
+ # update-interval <f64-seconds>, sets the segment scrape / update interval
+# }}
+
{tcp}