Does it support specifying multiple NIC interfaces using command line option like "--vdev=eth_packet0,iface=..."? Say "iface=eth0,eth1,eth2...", tried but it doesn't work.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Zhou, Danny > Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 2:01 AM > To: 'John W. Linville' > Cc: dev at dpdk.org > Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] librte_pmd_packet: add PMD for > AF_PACKET-based virtual devices > > Tried on 3.12, both of them are undefined. Anyway, will comment them out and > see > what performance it could achieve. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John W. Linville [mailto:linville at tuxdriver.com] > > Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 1:41 AM > > To: Zhou, Danny > > Cc: dev at dpdk.org > > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] librte_pmd_packet: add PMD for > > AF_PACKET-based virtual devices > > > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 05:20:42PM +0000, Zhou, Danny wrote: > > > Looks like you used a pretty new kernel version with new socket > > > options that old > > kernel like my 3.12 does not support. When I tried this patch, it just > > cannot build, and compiler complains like below. Which Linux distribution > > does this > patch work for? > > How to ensure it works for old kernels? > > > > > > /home/danny/dpdk.org/dpdk/lib/librte_pmd_packet/rte_eth_packet.c: In > > > function > > rte_pmd_init_internals: > > > /home/danny/dpdk.org/dpdk/lib/librte_pmd_packet/rte_eth_packet.c:524 > > > :1 > > > 7: error: PACKET_FANOUT_FLAG_ROLLOVER undeclared (first use in this > > > function) > > > /home/danny/dpdk.org/dpdk/lib/librte_pmd_packet/rte_eth_packet.c:524 > > > :1 > > > 7: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each > > > function it appears in > > > /home/danny/dpdk.org/dpdk/lib/librte_pmd_packet/rte_eth_packet.c:557 > > > :3 > > > 3: error: PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS undeclared (first use in this > > > function) > > > > Both of them are isolated, so for playing with it you could just comment > > those out. > > It looks like PACKET_FANOUT_FLAG_ROLLOVER should have been in 3.10, > > while PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS didn't show-up until 3.14... > > > > /home/linville/git/linux > > [linville-x1.hq.tuxdriver.com]:> git annotate > > include/uapi/linux/if_packet.h | grep PACKET_FANOUT_FLAG_ROLLOVER > > 77f65ebdca506 (Willem de Bruijn 2013-03-19 10:18:11 +0000 > > 64)#define > > PACKET_FANOUT_FLAG_ROLLOVER 0x1000 > > > > /home/linville/git/linux > > [linville-x1.hq.tuxdriver.com]:> git show -s --format=short > > 77f65ebdca506 commit 77f65ebdca506870d99bfabe52bde222511022ec > > Author: Willem de Bruijn <willemb at google.com> > > > > packet: packet fanout rollover during socket overload > > > > /home/linville/git/linux > > [linville-x1.hq.tuxdriver.com]:> git describe --contains 77f65ebdca506 > > v3.10-rc1~66^2~423 > > > > /home/linville/git/linux > > [linville-x1.hq.tuxdriver.com]:> git annotate > > include/uapi/linux/if_packet.h | grep PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS > > d346a3fae3ff1 (Daniel Borkmann 2013-12-06 11:36:17 +0100 > > 56)#define > > PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS 20 > > > > /home/linville/git/linux > > [linville-x1.hq.tuxdriver.com]:> git show -s --format=short > > d346a3fae3ff1 commit > > d346a3fae3ff1d99f5d0c819bf86edf9094a26a1 > > Author: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman at redhat.com> > > > > packet: introduce PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS socket option > > > > /home/linville/git/linux > > [linville-x1.hq.tuxdriver.com]:> git describe --contains d346a3fae3ff1 > > v3.14-rc1~94^2~564 > > > > Is there an example of code in DPDK that requires specific kernel > > versions? What is the preferred method for coding such dependencies? > > > > John > > -- > > John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you > > linville at tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.
