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unix {{
{unix}
  log /var/log/vpp/vpp.log
  full-coredump
  cli-listen /run/vpp/cli.sock
}}

api-trace {{
  on
}}

cpu {{
{cpu}
  # scheduler-policy fifo
  # scheduler-priority 50

        ## 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
	# main-core 1

	## Set logical CPU core(s) where worker threads are running
	# corelist-workers 2-3,18-19

	## Automatic pinning of thread(s) to CPU core(s)

	## Sets number of CPU core(s) to be skipped (1 ... N-1)
	## Skipped CPU core(s) are not used for pinning main thread and working thread(s).
	## The main thread is automatically pinned to the first available CPU core and worker(s)
	## are pinned to next free CPU core(s) after core assigned to main thread
	# skip-cores 4

	## Specify a number of workers to be created
	## Workers are pinned to N consecutive CPU cores while skipping "skip-cores" CPU core(s)
	## and main thread's CPU core
	# workers 2

	## Set scheduling policy and priority of main and worker threads

	## Scheduling policy options are: other (SCHED_OTHER), batch (SCHED_BATCH)
	## idle (SCHED_IDLE), fifo (SCHED_FIFO), rr (SCHED_RR)
	# scheduler-policy fifo

	## Scheduling priority is used only for "real-time policies (fifo and rr),
	## and has to be in the range of priorities supported for a particular policy
	# scheduler-priority 50
}}

dpdk {{
{devices}

        ## Change default settings for all intefaces
	# dev default {{
		## Number of receive queues, enables RSS
		## Default is 1
		# num-rx-queues 3

		## Number of transmit queues, Default is equal
		## to number of worker threads or 1 if no workers treads
		# num-tx-queues 3

		## Number of descriptors in transmit and receive rings
		## increasing or reducing number can impact performance
		## Default is 1024 for both rx and tx
		# num-rx-desc 512
		# num-tx-desc 512

		## VLAN strip offload mode for interface
		## Default is off
		# vlan-strip-offload on
	# }}

	## Whitelist specific interface by specifying PCI address
	# dev 0000:02:00.0

	## 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)
	# uio-driver vfio-pci

	## Disable mutli-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
}}

# Adjusting the plugin path depending on where the VPP plugins are:
#plugins
#{{
#	path /home/bms/vpp/build-root/install-vpp-native/vpp/lib64/vpp_plugins
#}}

# Alternate syntax to choose plugin path
#plugin_path /home/bms/vpp/build-root/install-vpp-native/vpp/lib64/vpp_plugins

{tcp}