Re: [dpdk-dev] l3fwd error, port 0 is not present on the board

[Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 10:02:25AM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2015-01-02 09:07, Lyn M:
> > In my original post, I thought my choice of hex portmask -p 0x3 was causing
> > this issue -- now I know that was not the case.  But, I am still curious
> > about how the hex portmask is determined.  Since I only have two ports
> > bound to igb_uio, my hex postmask will always be 0x3?  What if I choose to
> > bind other ports to igb_uio?  Is there a Linux command I can run to
> > determine what mask to use with the -p option?
> 
> That's something which could be done.
> Port numbering is defined by probing order. Does a tool showing the (dry-run)
> probed devices, their number and mask, would help you?
> By the way, you are welcome to try developing it.
> 
> -- 
> Thomas

The port numbering should generally be in the same order as the ports are listed
in dpdk_nic_bind script, so perhaps we could just add a documentation note to 
that effect.

/Bruce