From: Mark Kavanagh <mark.b.kavanagh@intel.com>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: Mark Kavanagh <mark.b.kavanagh@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] doc: clarify usage of testpmd mac fwd mode
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 17:15:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1473437752-63371-1-git-send-email-mark.b.kavanagh@intel.com> (raw)
Explain default testpmd behavior in mac fwd mode to remove
amiguity/confusion regarding user's ability to specify Ethernet
addresses.
Signed-off-by: Mark Kavanagh <mark.b.kavanagh@intel.com>
---
doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
index f87e0c2..6ab910e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ The available information categories are:
This is the default mode.
* ``mac``: Changes the source and the destination Ethernet addresses of packets before forwarding them.
+ Default application behaviour is to set source Ethernet address to that of the transmitting interface, and destination
+ address to a dummy value (set during init). The user may specify a target destination Ethernet address via the 'eth-peer' or
+ 'eth-peer-configfile' command-line options. It is not currently possible to specify a specific source Ethernet address.
* ``macswap``: MAC swap forwarding mode.
Swaps the source and the destination Ethernet addresses of packets before forwarding them.
--
1.9.3
next reply other threads:[~2016-09-09 16:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-09 16:15 Mark Kavanagh [this message]
2016-09-26 12:24 ` [PATCH 1/1] doc: clarify usage of testpmd mac fwd mode Mcnamara, John
2016-10-13 16:12 ` Thomas Monjalon
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