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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: "De Lara Guarch, Pablo" <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, "Wu, Jingjing" <jingjing.wu@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] app/testpmd: add parameter to start forwarding TX first
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 23:12:53 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2741486.Oz5ccjHQup@xps> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E115CCD9D858EF4F90C690B0DCB4D8976CBC4E1C@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com>

15/06/2017 14:05, De Lara Guarch, Pablo:
> > Add parameter to start forwarding sending first
> > a burst of packets, which is useful when testing
> > a loopback connection.
> > 
> > This was already implemented as an internal command,
> > but adding it as a parameter is interesting, as it
> > allows the user to test a loopback connection without
> > entering in the internal command line.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>
> > ---
> > --- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
> > @@ -188,6 +188,14 @@ The commandline options are:
> > 
> >      Start forwarding on initialization.
> > 
> > +*   ``--tx-first``
> > +
> > +    Start forwarding, after sending a burst of packets first.
> > +
> > +.. Note::
> > +
> > +   This flag should be only used in non-interactive mode.

I don't really understand the benefit of this option.
Why is it better than
	echo start tx_first | testpmd -i
?

  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-06-19 21:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-05-28 21:36 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: add parameter to start forwarding sending Pablo de Lara
2017-06-07  9:17 ` Wu, Jingjing
2017-06-07 13:20   ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2017-06-07 13:23     ` Bruce Richardson
2017-06-09  2:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] " Pablo de Lara
2017-06-15  4:04   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] app/testpmd: add parameter to start forwarding TX first Pablo de Lara
2017-06-15 12:05     ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2017-06-19  1:05       ` Wu, Jingjing
2017-07-05 23:48         ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-06-19 21:12       ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2017-06-20  8:03         ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2017-06-20  9:22         ` Bruce Richardson
2017-06-20  9:58           ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-06-20 10:19             ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-06-20 10:27               ` Van Haaren, Harry
2017-06-20 11:20               ` Bruce Richardson
2017-06-20 12:30                 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-06-19  0:53   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] app/testpmd: add parameter to start forwarding sending Wu, Jingjing

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