Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/flow-perf: add destination ports parameter

[Wisam Monther <wisamm@nvidia.com>]

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Zhang (Networking SW) <xiazhang@nvidia.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 6:43 AM
> To: NBU-Contact-Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; Wisam
> Monther <wisamm@nvidia.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@nvidia.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] app/flow-perf: add destination ports parameter
> 
> Add destination ports(dst-ports) parameter for port-id action, the parameter
> is only valid for port-id action. The parameter is not Must, and the value is 1
> by default as before if not provided.
> 
> For example:
> 
> $ dpdk-test-flow-perf -w 08:00.0,representor=[0,1] -- --transfer \
> > --ingress --transfer --ether --portmask=0x2 --vxlan-encap \ --port-id
> > --dst-ports=0
> 
> This command means the rule created on representor 0 with port 0 as
> destination, since the portmask is 0x2 and dst-ports is 0:
> 
> $ dpdk-test-flow-perf -w 08:00.0,representor=[0,1] \
> > -w 08:00.1,representor=[0,1]-- --transfer --ingress --transfer \
> > --ether --portmask=0x12 --vxlan-encap --port-id --dst-ports=0,3
> 
> This command means the rules created on both representor 0 of PF 0 and PF
> 1, the destination port for the first represontor is PF 0, and the destination
> port for the other one it PF 1.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Zhang <xiazhang@nvidia.com>

Do you think it's applicable to use the same option?
I mean, usage:
--port-id: means default.
--port-id=N,M: use the parsing ports?

BRs,
Wisam Jaddo