Update the "Virtio_user for Container Networking" doc, add the
"--file-prefix" option to testpmd in host and container to avoid
hugepage config file conflict.
Fixes: 50665deebda0 ("doc: add guide to use virtio-user for container
networking")
Signed-off-by: Yong Wang <wang.yon...@zte.com.cn>
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v3:
* Modify the commit message.
v2:
* Modify the fixline from two lines to one line.
* Remove the unnecessary "_" in "--file-prefix" option.
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnam...@intel.com>
Acked-by: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan....@linux.intel.com>
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doc/guides/howto/virtio_user_for_container_networking.rst | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/howto/virtio_user_for_container_networking.rst
b/doc/guides/howto/virtio_user_for_container_networking.rst
index dbb9319..f71d071 100644
--- a/doc/guides/howto/virtio_user_for_container_networking.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/howto/virtio_user_for_container_networking.rst
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ some minor changes.
.. code-block:: console
$(testpmd) -l 0-1 -n 4 --socket-mem 1024,1024 \
- --vdev 'eth_vhost0,iface=/tmp/sock0' --no-pci -- -i
+ --vdev 'eth_vhost0,iface=/tmp/sock0' \
+ --file-prefix=host --no-pci -- -i
#. Start a container instance with a virtio-user port.
@@ -121,7 +122,8 @@ some minor changes.
-v /dev/hugepages:/dev/hugepages \
dpdk-app-testpmd testpmd -l 6-7 -n 4 -m 1024 --no-pci \
--vdev=virtio_user0,path=/var/run/usvhost \
- -- -i --txqflags=0xf00 --disable-hw-vlan
+ --file-prefix=container \
+ -- -i --txqflags=0xf00 --disable-hw-vlan
Note: If we run all above setup on the host, it's a shm-based IPC.
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1.8.3.1
