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+
+.. BSD LICENSE
+ Copyright(c) 2015 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ All rights reserved.
+
+ Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ are met:
+
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+ distribution.
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+
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+ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+EthTool Sample Application
+==========================
+
+The Ethtool sample application shows an implementation of an
+EthTool-like API and provides a console environment that allows
+its use to query and change Ethernet card parameters. The sample
+is based upon a simple L2 frame reflector.
+
+Compiling the Application
+-------------------------
+
+To compile the application:
+
+#. Go to the sample application directory:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ export RTE_SDK=/path/to/rte_sdk cd ${RTE_SD}/examples/ethtool
+
+#. Set the target (a default target is used if not specified). For example:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ export RTE_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
+
+ See the *DPDK Getting Started Guide* for possible RTE_TARGET values.
+
+#. Build the application:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ make
+
+Running the Application
+-----------------------
+
+The application requires an available core for each port, plus one.
+The only available options are the standard ones for the EAL:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ ./ethtool-app/ethtool-app/${RTE_TARGET}/ethtool [EAL options]
+
+Refer to the *DPDK Getting Started Guide* for general information on
+running applications and the Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL)
+options.
+
+Using the application
+---------------------
+
+The application is console-driven using the cmdline DPDK interface:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ EthApp>
+
+From this interface the available commands and descriptions of what
+they do as as follows:
+
+drvinfo
+ Print driver info
+eeprom
+ Dump EEPROM to file
+link
+ Print port link states
+macaddr
+ Gets/sets MAC address
+mtu
+ Set NIC MTU
+open
+ Open port
+pause
+ Get/set port pause state
+portstats
+ Print port statistics
+regs
+ Dump port register(s) to file
+ringparam
+ Get/set ring parameters
+rxmode
+ Toggle port Rx mode
+stop
+ Stop port
+validate
+ Check that given MAC address is valid unicast address
+vlan
+ Add/remove VLAN id
+quit
+ Exit program
+
+Explaination
+------------
+
+The sample program has two parts: A background `packet reflector`_
+that runs on a slave core, and a foreground `EthTool Shell`_ that
+runs on the master core. These are described below.
+
+Packet Reflector
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The background packet reflector is intended to demonstrate basic
+packet processing on NIC ports controlled by the EthTool shim.
+Each incoming MAC frame is rewritten so that it is returned to
+the sender, using the port in question's own MAC address as the
+source address, and is then sent out on the same port.
+
+EthTool Shell
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The foreground part of the EthTool sample is a console-based
+interface that accepts commands as described in `using the
+application`_. Individual call-back functions handle the detail
+associated with each command, which make use of the functions
+defined in the `EthTool interface`_ to the DPDK functions.
+
+EthTool interface
+-----------------
+
+The EthTool interface is built as a separate library, and implements
+the following functions:
+
+- rte_ethtool_get_drvinfo
+- rte_ethtool_get_regs_len
+- rte_ethtool_get_regs
+- rte_ethtool_get_link
+- rte_ethtool_get_eeprom_len
+- rte_ethtool_get_eeprom
+- rte_ethtool_set_eeprom
+- rte_ethtool_get_pauseparam
+- rte_ethtool_set_pauseparam
+- rte_ethtool_net_open
+- rte_ethtool_net_stop
+- rte_ethtool_net_get_mac_addr
+- rte_ethtool_net_set_mac_addr
+- rte_ethtool_net_validate_addr
+- rte_ethtool_net_change_mtu
+- rte_ethtool_net_get_stats64
+- rte_ethtool_net_vlan_rx_add_vid
+- rte_ethtool_net_vlan_rx_kill_vid
+- rte_ethtool_net_set_rx_mode
+- rte_ethtool_get_ringparam
+- rte_ethtool_set_ringparam
diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst
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intro
cmd_line
+ ethtool
exception_path
hello_world
skeleton
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1.9.3
