Hi, I have a question regarding symmetric_mp and mp_server applications under examples/multi_process. In those apps, rte_eth_promiscuous_enable() is called before rte_eth_dev_start(). Is this the correct way to initialize the port/device? As per the description in http://dpdk.org/doc/api/rte__ethdev_8h.html:
"The functions exported by the application Ethernet API to setup a device designated by its port identifier must be invoked in the following order: * rte_eth_dev_configure() * rte_eth_tx_queue_setup() * rte_eth_rx_queue_setup() * rte_eth_dev_start() Then, the network application can invoke, in any order, the functions exported by the Ethernet API to get the MAC address of a given device, to get the speed and the status of a device physical link, to receive/transmit [burst of] packets, and so on.? So should I consider this as an application issue or whether the PMD is expected to handle it? If PMD is to handle it, then should the PMD be: 1) Rejecting the Promisc config? OR 2) Cache the config and apply when dev_start() is called at later point? Thanks, Harish
