[ovs-dev] [PATCH] INSTALL.DPDK: Update documentation for DPDK 16.07 support

[Daniele Di Proietto]

Applied to master, thanks

2016-08-08 0:55 GMT-07:00 Loftus, Ciara <ciara.loftus at intel.com>:

> >
> > Replace 'dpdk_nic_bind.py' references with 'dpdk-devbind.py'. The script
> > name is changed in DPDK 16.07 as the script can be used also on crypto
> > devices along with NICs.
> >
> > Update the command for setting packet forwarding mode in 'testpmd' app
> > from 'set fwd mac_retry' to 'set fwd mac retry'.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Bhanuprakash Bodireddy
> > <bhanuprakash.bodireddy at intel.com>
> > ---
> >  INSTALL.DPDK.md | 16 ++++++++--------
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/INSTALL.DPDK.md b/INSTALL.DPDK.md
> > index 253d022..c0686ce 100644
> > --- a/INSTALL.DPDK.md
> > +++ b/INSTALL.DPDK.md
> > @@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ advanced install guide [INSTALL.DPDK-
> > ADVANCED.md]
> >      modprobe vfio-pci
> >      sudo /usr/bin/chmod a+x /dev/vfio
> >      sudo /usr/bin/chmod 0666 /dev/vfio/*
> > -    $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py --bind=vfio-pci eth1
> > -    $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py --status
> > +    $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk-devbind.py --bind=vfio-pci eth1
> > +    $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk-devbind.py --status
> >      ```
> >
> >    Note: If running kernels < 3.6 UIO drivers to be used,
> > @@ -398,8 +398,8 @@ can be found in [Vhost Walkthrough].
> >    mount -t hugetlbfs hugetlbfs /dev/hugepages (only if not already
> > mounted)
> >    modprobe uio
> >    insmod $DPDK_BUILD/kmod/igb_uio.ko
> > -  $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py --status
> > -  $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py -b igb_uio 00:03.0 00:04.0
> > +  $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk-devbind.py --status
> > +  $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk-devbind.py -b igb_uio 00:03.0 00:04.0
> >    ```
> >
> >    vhost ports pci ids can be retrieved using `lspci | grep Ethernet`
> cmd.
> > @@ -570,18 +570,18 @@ can be found in [Vhost Walkthrough].
> >         ```
> >         cd $DPDK_DIR/app/test-pmd;
> >         ./testpmd -c 0x3 -n 4 --socket-mem 1024 -- --burst=64 -i
> --txqflags=0xf00
> > --disable-hw-vlan
> > -       set fwd mac_retry
> > +       set fwd mac retry
> >         start
> >         ```
> >
> >         * Bind vNIC back to kernel once the test is completed.
> >
> >         ```
> > -       $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py --bind=virtio-pci 0000:00:03.0
> > -       $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py --bind=virtio-pci 0000:00:04.0
> > +       $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk-devbind.py --bind=virtio-pci 0000:00:03.0
> > +       $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk-devbind.py --bind=virtio-pci 0000:00:04.0
> >         ```
> >         Note: Appropriate PCI IDs to be passed in above example. The PCI
> IDs
> > can be
> > -       retrieved using '$DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py --status' cmd.
> > +       retrieved using '$DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk-devbind.py --status' cmd.
> >
> >  ### 5.3 PHY-VM-PHY [IVSHMEM]
> >
> > --
> > 2.4.11
>
> Acked-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus at intel.com>
>
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