05/04/2020 05:52, vattun...@marvell.com: > From: Vamsi Attunuru <vattun...@marvell.com> > > Current l2fwd application configures adjacent ports as destination > ports for forwarding the traffic which is a kind of static mapping > that can not be altered by the command line options. > > Patch adds a config option to pass the forwarding port pair mapping > as a command line parameter which allows the user to pass required > forwarding port mapping. > > If no config argument is specified, destination port map is not > changed and traffic gets forwarded with existing mapping. > > When port pair mapping is passed in config option, destination port map > is configured and traffic gets forwarded accordingly. > > Ex: ./l2fwd -c 0xff -- -p 0x3f --config="(0,3)(1,4)(2,5)"
The option name "--config" is vague. Could we call it "--portmap", or something similar?
