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2021-02-12docs: fixing VPP tutorialArthur de Kerhor3-6/+6
Updating ARP table command. Type: fix Signed-off-by: Arthur de Kerhor <arthurdekerhor@gmail.com> Change-Id: I02d6ac86aed4c83430f9d07bdeaa3e0f5c3ae73f
2021-01-28build: do not _FORTIFY_SOURCE in debug modeMohammed Hawari1-3/+3
When compiling in -O0, the glibc feature.h ignores _FORTIFY_SOURCE and, in some distributions, throws a #warning, which fails the build. This patch removes -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE in all debug configurations. Change-Id: Ic30229c038353e49ff9419779e082a7083c1ea5f Type: fix Signed-off-by: Mohammed Hawari <mohammed@hawari.fr>
2021-01-27Change unformat_init_string API in doc to match codehemant_mnkcg1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: hemant_mnkcg <hemant@mnkcg.com> Change-Id: I4ec487054f928d52fe06d530df095b30edf66ae5
2021-01-20build: add the missing leading underscore to FORTIFY_SOURCENeale Ranns1-8/+8
Type: fix Signed-off-by: Neale Ranns <neale@graphiant.com> Change-Id: I36f2d08681f90a3f8ea7598952d1e14c53f0187b
2021-01-14docs: Update FIB documentationNeale Ranns20-181/+1390
Type: docs Signed-off-by: Neale Ranns <nranns@cisco.com> Change-Id: I3dfde4520a48c945ca9707accabbe1735c1a8799
2020-12-21docs: update list of pluginsPaul Vinciguerra1-13/+1
The list of plugins is outdated. This change introduces a dynamically generated list of the plugins along with their descriptions, extracted directly from the sources. Type: docs Change-Id: Icb7b65e6b45289e257d71a1c18d10f62ced59cbe Signed-off-by: Paul Vinciguerra <pvinci@vinciconsulting.com>
2020-12-18docs: fix missing quotes in ubuntu install instructionsPaul Vinciguerra1-5/+5
type: docs Change-Id: Ifa09b63924f4b7bf2719bba6ada0e1122407641c Signed-off-by: Paul Vinciguerra <pvinci@vinciconsulting.com>
2020-11-26docs: fix bihash doc bugsDave Barach1-19/+19
Change hash -> hash_table in the pro forma main_t structure. Remove trailing whitespace. Type: docs Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net> Change-Id: I10c310dded14d52ad09df7ca3a76e60f15266b6b
2020-11-24buffers: add page-size configNathan Skrzypczak1-0/+14
Type: feature Add a `buffers {page-size}` parameter to specify page size for buffers. This also fixes an issue with the parsing in unformat_log2_page_size. Change-Id: I7d7b1fa0bb7febaa7509cf2c625882f07eeafaad Signed-off-by: Nathan Skrzypczak <nathan.skrzypczak@gmail.com>
2020-10-16misc: deprecate VOMDamjan Marion1-1/+1
Type: make Change-Id: Ifb3e52af93d24fcc2f2e6a0c408e16902a2fe553 Signed-off-by: Damjan Marion <damarion@cisco.com>
2020-09-25docs: fix typo in bihash clib_bihash_search() documentationJon Loeliger1-2/+2
Type: docs Change-Id: Ic8c628141f8a24b857a654e2ea9129f5f97807b6 Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger <jdl@netgate.com>
2020-09-21build: remove opensuse build infraDave Wallace3-69/+3
- VPP on opensuse has not been supported for several releases. Type: fix Signed-off-by: Dave Wallace <dwallacelf@gmail.com> Change-Id: I2b5316ad5c20a843b8936f4ceb473f932a5338d9
2020-09-16docs: improve plugin developer's guideDave Barach1-5/+55
Topics added: disabling lightly-used, experimental, or test plugins by default. Discourage folks from creating bihash tables, processes etc. from VLIB_INIT_FUNCTIONs. Type: docs Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net> Change-Id: I1235d64971e9ed50f992b75f96b77c934168276a
2020-09-09docs: Improve new plugin doc & add govpp API docNathan Skrzypczak4-28/+142
Type: docs Change-Id: I5f20ac0232c5cdc3cf64015185b0d0fc5c4a3100 Signed-off-by: Nathan Skrzypczak <nathan.skrzypczak@gmail.com>
2020-09-09docs: Update and improve indent installNathan Skrzypczak1-13/+28
Type: docs Change-Id: I1a37450261e0bcedf90685243b14027f3cf23704 Signed-off-by: Nathan Skrzypczak <nathan.skrzypczak@gmail.com>
2020-09-05docs: Improve & link cnat docNathan Skrzypczak2-0/+2
Type: docs Change-Id: Ib985ed6a644ae3f4c330bf6a27dc69c49a489a2f Signed-off-by: Nathan Skrzypczak <nathan.skrzypczak@gmail.com>
2020-08-13docs: correct fib tunnel diagram referenceChristian Hopps1-1/+1
The included image was pulling in figure 2, change to the correct figure 11. Type: docs Signed-off-by: Christian Hopps <chopps@labn.net> Change-Id: I3679916364753fc682d1d1713fce952de398e626
2020-07-28docs: Update the VPP tutorialJohn DeNisco1-10/+19
Update the documents for the VPP tutorial. Type: fix Signed-off-by: John DeNisco <jdenisco@cisco.com> Change-Id: I62d0641ff0af7b07a26b4379f19cbdaf285537d7
2020-07-06docs: Reflect the fact that the DPDK is now a pluginJohn DeNisco1-1/+16
Type: Improvement Signed-off-by: John DeNisco <jdenisco@cisco.com> Change-Id: Ic1253f601ee515392902a21b92e1dfd3962cc0a4
2020-06-23vlib: debug CLI macro expander, part deuxDave Barach1-0/+48
Deal with circular macro definitions instead of crashing due to stack overflow. Separate macro tables, per CLI session Add documentation to the Sphinx docs Type: improvement Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net> Change-Id: I55fc9152bd37ad0c15fa3959f38b07b63100e634
2020-06-03docs: improve handoff queue writeupDave Barach1-0/+196
Type: docs Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net> Change-Id: I4d63a0fbbdb3cc00eac9116f122e5b831d059e33
2020-05-07misc: deprecate elftoolDamjan Marion1-1/+1
Type: make Change-Id: I34fec1c40ef660177c266517eaf41d60827609f4 Signed-off-by: Damjan Marion <damarion@cisco.com>
2020-05-06vppinfra: add timer wheel section to Sphinx docsDave Barach1-0/+117
Type: docs Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net> Change-Id: Id0576d98b8e78cf4cd00161968d3eb6dbd58055a
2020-05-02vlib: add nosyslog unix optionRuslan Babayev1-0/+12
The "nosyslog" option disables syslog just like the "interactive" mode but can be used together with "nodaemon". This is useful for when VPP is running under a process supervisor like runit or daemontools that pipe the stdout/stderr to a dedicated logger service. Type: feature Change-Id: Ic4287338d6836fea9f3eabdcf960dc1f51875dd1 Signed-off-by: Ruslan Babayev <ruslan@babayev.com>
2020-04-02docs: add a timebase precision sectionDave Barach1-0/+20
Type: docs Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net> Change-Id: I47434cb305f291a6221780ff4ee9a2c1bb041286
2020-03-27docs ethernet: add docs for ethernet SectionPaul Vinciguerra1-0/+14
Type: docs Change-Id: I6ad92b35df3e0fecb1334511625eacf3e3d8925f Signed-off-by: Paul Vinciguerra <pvinci@vinciconsulting.com>
2020-03-27docs: minor typos in configuring/startup.rstPaul Vinciguerra1-2/+2
Change-Id: I8a6596d7cfa84cb2c5ee2d847395e9cea69c5349 Type: docs Signed-off-by: Paul Vinciguerra <pvinci@vinciconsulting.com>
2020-03-11docs: describe clib_time monotonic timebase supportDave Barach1-1/+69
Type: docs Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net> Change-Id: I5b27d8b945472388498a4afc4be8dd868bb45ac3
2020-03-09docs: Add list of nodes for 'trace add'Paul Vinciguerra1-0/+22
(provided by Andrew/Damjan: git grep -h -B20 VLIB_NODE_FLAG_TRACE_SUPPORTED | grep VLIB_REGISTER_NODE | awk -F [\(\),] '{print $2 }' | sed 's/_/-/g' | sort |sed 's/-node//' ) Type: docs Change-Id: I4a58fe5ed6bb3598551482ea1c5f16e502cbd6a7 Signed-off-by: Paul Vinciguerra <pvinci@vinciconsulting.com>
2020-03-06docs: document the unformat '%_' optionPaul Vinciguerra1-0/+14
Type: docs Change-Id: Id864fcff768a78aa313b193f2eaabe545d95bec4 Signed-off-by: Paul Vinciguerra <pvinci@vinciconsulting.com>
2020-02-23vppinfra: deprecate CLIB_VEC64Dave Barach1-3/+1
Type: refactor Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net> Change-Id: Id1e7c0926036db4601c91438397ceed22381fc07
2020-01-31vppinfra: write up clib_time_tDave Barach1-0/+57
Describe the clock rate adjustment algorithm in detail Type: docs Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net> Change-Id: I5bcab18efafe05cd1db9a4b01ce6a6ba66e383fa
2019-12-18docs: add physmem section in configuration parametersJieqiang Wang1-4/+30
physmem section is listed in 'Advanced Parameters', which has two parameters, base-addr and max-size, for pmalloc module in VPP. Type:feature Change-Id: I7beef40603b864e4c8f3cf0fa716de74036cfdcc Signed-off-by: Jieqiang Wang <jieqiang.wang@arm.com>
2019-12-11docs: Rework the startup configuration sectionJohn DeNisco11-1973/+1374
Type: docs Signed-off-by: John DeNisco <jdenisco@cisco.com> Change-Id: Ic60aac96a4aeb5532f98dfb85c776bf549c0d660 Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net>
2019-12-05classify: vpp packet tracer supportDave Barach1-3/+10
Configure n-tuple classifier filters which apply to the vpp packet tracer. Update the documentation to reflect the new feature. Add a test vector. Type: feature Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net> Change-Id: Iefa911716c670fc12e4825b937b62044433fec36
2019-11-20classify: per-interface rx/tx pcap capture filtersDave Barach1-5/+13
Finish the feature, and fix a couple of doc bugs Type: feature Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net> Change-Id: I2c62745fda137776204c8fc4fca0e7e288051573
2019-11-12docs: update logging configuration section.Paul Vinciguerra1-10/+10
Type: docs Change-Id: I6359623b2eadb404fc391e4c4608fff86020f53f Signed-off-by: Paul Vinciguerra <pvinci@vinciconsulting.com>
2019-11-06docs: add spellcheck to 'make docs' sphinx docsPaul Vinciguerra4-6/+6
The CI gate will fail if there are typos in the docs. writing output... [ 21%] events/Summits/OpensourceSummit... writing output... [ 22%] events/Summits/UKNO/2017_04_30_... featuresbyrelease/vpp16.06.rst:34:Rasberry:vpp16.06 writing output... [100%] usecases/vppinazure Spelling checker messages written to /vpp/docs/_build/html/output.txt Warning, treated as error: Found 1 misspelled words Makefile:31: recipe for target 'html' failed make[1]: *** [html] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/vpp/docs' If you introduce a term that is not recognized, please add it to custom dictionary at docs/spelling_wordlist.txt. Type: feature Change-Id: Id49be4fbee617f544f1ab8e78e7de8a4df36448b Signed-off-by: Paul Vinciguerra <pvinci@vinciconsulting.com>
2019-10-28docs: cleanup typos on readthroughPaul Vinciguerra25-56/+56
Type: style Change-Id: I3b15035ea6c13cd1ca3cdc9dfa9b10a6e1be9880 Signed-off-by: Paul Vinciguerra <pvinci@vinciconsulting.com>
2019-10-09docs: Add macos build documentationNathan Skrzypczak2-0/+58
Type: docs Change-Id: Iee03aacab2cfcb4e87190302dc641e8273b7f096 Signed-off-by: Nathan Skrzypczak <nathan.skrzypczak@gmail.com>
2019-10-04docs: add packet-generator writeupDave Barach1-0/+183
Type: docs Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net> Change-Id: I4abb5c17e6fdfeaed5bbadb2ce83098dde6d05b1
2019-09-26misc: add vnet classify filter set supportDave Barach1-7/+20
Type: feature Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net> Change-Id: I79b216d2499df143f53977e5b70382f6f887e0bc
2019-09-23misc: unify pcap rx / tx / drop traceDave Barach1-8/+16
Use a single vnet_pcap_t in vlib_global_main, specifically to support unified tracing Update sphinx docs, doxygen tags Type: refactor Ticket: VPP-1776 Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net> Change-Id: Id15d41a596712968c0714cef1bd2cd5bc9cbdd55
2019-09-20misc: classifier-based packet trace filterDave Barach1-0/+108
See .../src/vnet/classify/trace_classify.h for the business end of the scheme. It would be best to hash pkts, prefetch buckets, and do the primary table lookups two at a time. The inline as given works, but perf tuning will be required. "At least it works..." Add "classify filter" debug cli, for example: classify filter mask l3 ip4 src dst \ match l3 ip4 dst 192.168.2.10 src 192.168.1.10 Add "pcap rx | tx trace ... filter" to use the current classify filter chain Patch includes sphinx documentation and doxygen tags. Next step: device-driver integration Type: feature Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net> Change-Id: I05b1358a769f61e6d32470e0c87058f640486b26
2019-09-09docs: improve unformat documentationDave Barach1-8/+120
Specifically: document the unformat specifiers "%=", "%|", and correct usage of unformat_line_input. Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net> Change-Id: I254f9c4a61c5c8d3edbf76f521e5f38fb89150f1
2019-08-08api: api socket respect unix runtime directoryOle Troan1-2/+2
socksvr {} should respect the unix runtime directory. Default is now /run/vpp/api.sock The 'default' keyword is deprecated. The user is responsible for creating directories outside of the unix runtime directory. Not yet done: Exit VPP when socket cannot be opened. (currently only process exits). Type: fix Signed-off-by: Ole Troan <ot@cisco.com> Change-Id: I6dd66ed58a3d7e02674dfa16d72c1d7bba07b79e
2019-08-05docs: Add more quic plugin documentationNathan Skrzypczak2-0/+2
Type: docs Change-Id: I0209769f73a46ddad7c2625ad0f774ee2eef43dd Signed-off-by: Nathan Skrzypczak <nathan.skrzypczak@gmail.com>
2019-08-01docs: Small fixes and orderingNathan Skrzypczak2-0/+2
* deactivtates the TODOs on doxygen (were empty) * This move punt.md to readthedocs (should be the new place for dev doc ?) * Makes Handoff queue demo plugin a child of dev doc in doxygen Type: fix Change-Id: I1f0476a911b35208212af8dd608bc76160efd22a Signed-off-by: Nathan Skrzypczak <nathan.skrzypczak@gmail.com>
2019-07-26docs: add binary api trace replay detailsDave Barach1-7/+81
Folks need to know that they MUST carefully control the set of plugins to avoid feeding messages to the wrong binary API message handlers. Change-Id: Iefeeda6670aae4627446caee21717b847305c9b5 Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net>
2019-05-30FIB: correctly report IPv6 FIB Unicast and Multicast memory usage (VPP-1578)"Neale Ranns2-0/+284
and document scaling Change-Id: I65d8999e65616d77e525963c770d91e9b0d5e593 Signed-off-by: Neale Ranns <nranns@cisco.com>