From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Kavanagh Subject: [PATCH 1/1] doc: clarify usage of testpmd mac fwd mode Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 17:15:52 +0100 Message-ID: <1473437752-63371-1-git-send-email-mark.b.kavanagh@intel.com> Cc: Mark Kavanagh To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mga03.intel.com (mga03.intel.com [134.134.136.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A3602BFF for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2016 18:15:55 +0200 (CEST) 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" 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 --- 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