From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Zhihong Wang Subject: [PATCH 6/6] testpmd: update documentation Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 18:47:01 -0400 Message-ID: <1462488421-118990-7-git-send-email-zhihong.wang@intel.com> References: <1462488421-118990-1-git-send-email-zhihong.wang@intel.com> Cc: konstantin.ananyev@intel.com, bruce.richardson@intel.com, thomas.monjalon@6wind.com, Zhihong Wang To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mga04.intel.com (mga04.intel.com [192.55.52.120]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 199E95A51 for ; Fri, 6 May 2016 07:52:28 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <1462488421-118990-1-git-send-email-zhihong.wang@intel.com> List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" This patch updates documentation for testpmd. Signed-off-by: Zhihong Wang --- doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst | 1 + doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst | 10 +++++++--- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst index f605564..edd3e42 100644 --- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst +++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst @@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ The commandline options are: Set the forwarding mode where ``mode`` is one of the following:: io (the default) + io_retry mac mac_retry mac_swap diff --git a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst index aed5e47..7703c89 100644 --- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst +++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst @@ -98,9 +98,11 @@ Start packet forwarding with current configuration:: start tx_first ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Start packet forwarding with current configuration after sending one burst of packets:: +Start packet forwarding with current configuration after sending specified number of bursts of packets:: - testpmd> start tx_first + testpmd> start tx_first (""|burst_num) + +The default burst number is 1 when ``burst_num`` not presented. stop ~~~~ @@ -249,7 +251,7 @@ set fwd Set the packet forwarding mode:: - testpmd> set fwd (io|mac|mac_retry|macswap|flowgen| \ + testpmd> set fwd (io|io_retry|mac|mac_retry|macswap|flowgen| \ rxonly|txonly|csum|icmpecho) The available information categories are: @@ -258,6 +260,8 @@ The available information categories are: This is the fastest possible forwarding operation as it does not access packets data. This is the default mode. +* ``io_retry``: Forwards packets "as-is" in I/O retry mode. + * ``mac``: Changes the source and the destination Ethernet addresses of packets before forwarding them. * ``mac_retry``: Same as "mac" forwarding mode, but includes retries if the destination queue is full. -- 2.5.0