From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John McNamara Subject: [PATCH] doc: fixed verbatim sections in vmxnet3 docs Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 15:45:39 +0100 Message-ID: <1428677139-14607-1-git-send-email-john.mcnamara@intel.com> To: dev-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org Return-path: List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org Sender: "dev" Fixed two verbatim text sections in vmxnet3 docs. Signed-off-by: John McNamara --- doc/guides/nics/vmxnet3.rst | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/vmxnet3.rst b/doc/guides/nics/vmxnet3.rst index 3aa5b40..830530d 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/vmxnet3.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/vmxnet3.rst @@ -149,10 +149,15 @@ This section describes an example setup for Phy-vSwitch-VM-Phy communication. Other instructions on preparing to use DPDK such as, hugepage enabling, uio port binding are not listed here. Please refer to *DPDK Getting Started Guide and DPDK Sample Application's User Guide* for detailed instructions. -The packet reception and transmission flow path is: +The packet reception and transmission flow path is:: - Packet generator -> 82576 -> VMware ESXi vSwitch -> VMXNET3 device -> Guest VM VMXNET3 port 0 rx burst -> Guest - VM 82599 VF port 0 tx burst -> 82599 VF -> Packet generator + Packet generator -> 82576 + -> VMware ESXi vSwitch + -> VMXNET3 device + -> Guest VM VMXNET3 port 0 rx burst + -> Guest VM 82599 VF port 0 tx burst + -> 82599 VF + -> Packet generator VMXNET3 Chaining VMs Connected to a vSwitch ------------------------------------------- @@ -166,7 +171,15 @@ The following figure shows an example VM-to-VM communication over a Phy-VM-vSwit When using the L2 Forwarding or L3 Forwarding applications, a destination MAC address needs to be written in packets to hit the other VM's VMXNET3 interface. -In this example, the packet flow path is: - - Packet generator -> 82599 VF -> Guest VM 82599 port 0 rx burst -> Guest VM VMXNET3 port 1 tx burst -> VMXNET3 - device -> VMware ESXi vSwitch -> VMXNET3 device -> Guest VM VMXNET3 port 0 rx burst -> Guest VM 82599 VF port 1 tx burst -> 82599 VF -> Packet generator +In this example, the packet flow path is:: + + Packet generator -> 82599 VF + -> Guest VM 82599 port 0 rx burst + -> Guest VM VMXNET3 port 1 tx burst + -> VMXNET3 device + -> VMware ESXi vSwitch + -> VMXNET3 device + -> Guest VM VMXNET3 port 0 rx burst + -> Guest VM 82599 VF port 1 tx burst + -> 82599 VF + -> Packet generator -- 1.8.1.4