Hi Shankari, > -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Shankari > Vaidyalingam > Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 2:46 AM > To: dev at dpdk.org > Subject: [dpdk-dev] Query on portmask config > > Hi, > > I'm new to DPDK. > Would like to know how to determine the portmask for a given > configuration. > Does it depend on the number of cores configured
Usually portmask is parsed with the -p option (depends on the app), followed by an hexadecimal value. So, for instance, -p 0x5 will use ports 0 and 2 from the ports bound to one of the DPDK drivers. Regarding to your second question, number of ports are independent of number of cores. A single core can handle several ports, and even several cores can handle a single port (using different queues). Regards, Pablo > > Regards > Shankari.V
