Hi Keith, Thanks for your response. I did try giving the pcap file in the -s option but I was not able to see any pcap files getting generated by the pktgen. I also tried giving in the -f option but it also doesnt seem to recognize. Please let me know how to resolve this.
Regards Shankari.V On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 8:19 PM, Wiles, Keith <keith.wiles at intel.com> wrote: > > > From: Shankari Vaidyalingam <shankari.v2k6 at gmail.com> > Date: Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 2:53 AM > To: "dev at dpdk.org" <dev at dpdk.org> > Cc: Keith Wiles <keith.wiles at intel.com> > Subject: Queries on Pktgen > > Hi, > > For testing an application that I'd developed, I'd like to send LLDP > frames from pktgen to the NIC port and then use DPDK to receive packets > from the port and process the packets. > > I have a PCAP file which contains LLDP frames in it. > I heard that pktgen has the ability to generate the packets specified in > input pcap file. > I checked the options available with pktgen and can see only -s and -f > options to be relevant. > But -s option seems to indicate the output pcap file, and -f option is for > specifying the Lua script or command list to execute. > > KW: The -s P:PCAP_file is used to define the port and file for sending > via Pktgen, so the ?s option is the correct one to use. > > Hence please let me know which option I need to use for specifying the > input pcap file from which the pktgen should generate the packets from, > Also would like to know how I can specify the transmit and receive ports > separately in the pktgen commandline > > > Regards > Shankari.V >
