Signed-off-by: Matthew Hall <mhall at mhcomputing.net> --- docs/source/usage_pktgen.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/source/usage_pktgen.rst b/docs/source/usage_pktgen.rst index efe8aa4..223d033 100644 --- a/docs/source/usage_pktgen.rst +++ b/docs/source/usage_pktgen.rst @@ -157,4 +157,19 @@ The -m option then assigns lcores to the ports. The information from above is taken from two new files pktgen-master.sh and pktgen-slave.sh, have a look at them and adjust as you need. +The following DPDK / EAL options must be configured correctly as well: + +* ``-l lcore_id_list``: non-conflicting list of lcores for each app + +* ``--master-lcore lcore_id``: non-conflicting master lcore for each app + +* ``-m hugepage_mb / --socket-mem hugepage_mb_list``: non-conflicting amount +of hugepage memory for each app, or for each app on each CPU socket + +* ``--no-shconf``: prevents DPDK from claiming a lockfile that breaks +concurrent use of multiple apps + +* ``--file-prefix``: assigns a unique name to the hugepage mmap() files for +each app + Pktgen can also be configured using the :ref:`commands`. -- 2.5.0
