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> On Dec 15, 2016, at 7:21 AM, Kumaraparameshwaran Rathnavel <krath@cloudsi=
mple.com> wrote:
>=20
> Hi All,
>=20
> Can you help me in finding how the packet in generated in l2 forwarding f=
unctions. I am not able to frame the packet. In L2 packet is Ethernet Heade=
r alone  sufficient for communication?

The l2fwd example does not generate packets they are received using the rte=
_eth_rx_burst() routine and then forwarded to the output port. Just having =
L2 packet header in a frame should be enough for the l2fwd example.

>=20
> Thanking You,
> Param

Regards,
Keith