Re: [dpdk-dev] flow_director_filter error!!

["De Lara Guarch, Pablo" <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>]

Hi Navneet,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Navneet Rao
> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 9:27 PM
> To: Wu, Jingjing; Mcnamara, John; dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] flow_director_filter error!!
> 
> Hi Jingjing:
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> I did have the ethertype_filter ignore the mac_addr, and look at only
> ethertype filtyer and it still  got a "bad arguments" message :-(
> 
> testpmd>  ethertype_filter 0 add mac_ignr ethertype 0x0806 fwd queue 1
> Bad arguments

Yes, apparently the example is wrong. It misses the MAC address, after mac_ignr.
So it should be:

ethertype_filter 0 add mac_ignr 00:11:22:33:44:55 ethertype 0x0806 fwd queue 1

Regards,
Pablo

> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wu, Jingjing [mailto:jingjing.wu@intel.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 6:55 AM
> To: Navneet Rao; Mcnamara, John; dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] flow_director_filter error!!
> 
> Hi, Navneet
> 
> I'm sorry for I have no idea about the NIC i540. Are you talking about X540?
> If X540, I guess you can't classify on the MAC-ADDRESS to different queue by
> ethertype filter. Because in the X540 datasheet the ethertype filter is
> described as below:
> " 7.1.2.3 L2 Ethertype Filters
> These filters identify packets by their L2 Ethertype, 802.1Q user priority and
> optionally assign them to a receive queue."
> 
> So the mac_address is not the filter's input.
> 
> Thanks
> Jingjing
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Navneet Rao
> > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 2:57 AM
> > To: Mcnamara, John; dev@dpdk.org
> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] flow_director_filter error!!
> >
> > Thanks John.
> >
> > I am trying to setup/use the flow-director-filter on the i540.
> >
> > -- When I try to setup the flow-director-filter as per the example, I
> > am getting "bad arguments"!!!
> >      So decided to see if the flush command would work.
> >
> >
> > In the interim --- I am using ethertype filter to accomplish the following.
> > What I am trying to do is this --
> > Use 2 different i540 cards
> > Use the igb_uio driver.
> > Use the testpmd app.
> > Setup 5 different MAC-ADDRESSes on each port. (using the set mac_addr
> > command) Setup 5 different RxQs and TxQs on each port.
> > And then use the testpmd app to generate traffic..
> >
> > I am assuming that the testpmd app will now send and receive traffic
> > using the 5 different MAC_ADDRESSes..
> > On each port's receive I will now want to classify on the MAC-ADDRESS
> > and steer the traffic to different queues.
> >
> > Is there an example/reference on how to achieve this?
> >
> > Next, I would want to do "classify" on "flexbytes" and send/steer the
> > traffic to different queues using flow-director-filter.
> >
> > Thanks
> > -Navneet
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mcnamara, John [mailto:john.mcnamara@intel.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 3:39 PM
> > To: Navneet Rao; dev@dpdk.org
> > Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] flow_director_filter error!!
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Navneet Rao
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 4:01 PM
> > > To:  HYPERLINK "mailto:dev@dpdk.org" dev@dpdk.org
> > > Subject: [dpdk-dev] flow_director_filter error!!
> > >
> > > After I start the testpmd app, I am flusing the flow_director_filter
> > > settings and get the following error -
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > testpmd> flush_flow_director 0
> > >
> > > PMD: ixgbe_fdir_flush(): Failed to re-initialize FD table.
> > >
> > > flow director table flushing error: (Too many open files in system)
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Are you setting a flow director filter before flushing? If so, could you give
> an example.
> >
> > John.
> > --
> >