[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/1] doc: correct Vhost Sample Application guide

Bernard Iremonger bernard.iremonger at intel.com
Wed Dec 9 13:35:41 CET 2015


correct sample console commands

Fixes: d0dff9ba445e ("doc: sample application user guide"
Fixes: 9bc23cb8209c ("doc: add vhost-user to sample guide")
Fixes: 43866bf71d58 ("doc: fix vhost sample parameter")
Signed-off-by: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremonger at intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/sample_app_ug/vhost.rst | 40 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/vhost.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/vhost.rst
index ceeaf52..70d31b6 100644
--- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/vhost.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/vhost.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 ..  BSD LICENSE
-    Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+    Copyright(c) 2010-2015 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
     All rights reserved.
 
     Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -386,13 +386,13 @@ Running the Sample Code
 
     .. code-block:: console
 
-        user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --huge-dir / mnt/huge -- -p 0x1 --dev-basename usvhost
+        user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --socket-mem 1024 --huge-dir /mnt/huge -- -p 0x1 --dev-basename usvhost
 
     vhost user: a socket file named usvhost will be created under current directory. Use its path as the socket path in guest's qemu commandline.
 
     .. code-block:: console
 
-        user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --huge-dir / mnt/huge -- -p 0x1 --dev-basename usvhost
+        user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --socket-mem 1024 --huge-dir /mnt/huge -- -p 0x1 --dev-basename usvhost
 
 .. note::
 
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ For compatibility with the QEMU wrapper script, a base name of "usvhost" should
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --huge-dir / mnt/huge -- -p 0x1 --dev-basename usvhost
+    user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --socket-mem 1024 --huge-dir /mnt/huge -- -p 0x1 --dev-basename usvhost
 
 **vm2vm.**
 The vm2vm parameter disable/set mode of packet switching between guests in the host.
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ which bases on the packet destination MAC address and VLAN tag.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --huge-dir /mnt/huge -- --vm2vm [0,1,2]
+    user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --socket-mem 1024 --huge-dir /mnt/huge -- --vm2vm [0,1,2]
 
 **Mergeable Buffers.**
 The mergeable buffers parameter controls how virtio-net descriptors are used for virtio-net headers.
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ The default value is 0 or disabled since recent kernels virtio-net drivers show
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --huge-dir / mnt/huge -- --mergeable [0,1]
+    user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --socket-mem 1024 --huge-dir /mnt/huge -- --mergeable [0,1]
 
 **Stats.**
 The stats parameter controls the printing of virtio-net device statistics.
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ The parameter specifies an interval second to print statistics, with an interval
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --huge-dir / mnt/huge -- --stats [0,n]
+    user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --socket-mem 1024 --huge-dir /mnt/huge -- --stats [0,n]
 
 **RX Retry.**
 The rx-retry option enables/disables enqueue retries when the guests RX queue is full.
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ This option is enabled by default.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --huge-dir / mnt/huge -- --rx-retry [0,1]
+    user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --socket-mem 1024 --huge-dir /mnt/huge -- --rx-retry [0,1]
 
 **RX Retry Number.**
 The rx-retry-num option specifies the number of retries on an RX burst,
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ The default value is 4.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --huge-dir / mnt/huge -- --rx-retry 1 --rx-retry-num 5
+    user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --socket-mem 1024 --huge-dir /mnt/huge -- --rx-retry 1 --rx-retry-num 5
 
 **RX Retry Delay Time.**
 The rx-retry-delay option specifies the timeout (in micro seconds) between retries on an RX burst,
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ The default value is 15.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --huge-dir / mnt/huge -- --rx-retry 1 --rx-retry-delay 20
+    user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --socket-mem 1024 --huge-dir /mnt/huge -- --rx-retry 1 --rx-retry-delay 20
 
 **Zero copy.**
 The zero copy option enables/disables the zero copy mode for RX/TX packet,
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ This option is disabled by default.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --huge-dir /mnt/huge -- --zero-copy [0,1]
+    user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --socket-mem 1024 --huge-dir /mnt/huge -- --zero-copy [0,1]
 
 **RX descriptor number.**
 The RX descriptor number option specify the Ethernet RX descriptor number,
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ So it is valid only in zero copy mode is enabled. The value is 32 by default.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --huge-dir /mnt/huge -- --zero-copy 1 --rx-desc-num [0, n]
+    user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --socket-mem 1024 --huge-dir /mnt/huge -- --zero-copy 1 --rx-desc-num [0, n]
 
 **TX descriptor number.**
 The TX descriptor number option specify the Ethernet TX descriptor number, it is valid only in zero copy mode is enabled.
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ The value is 64 by default.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --huge-dir /mnt/huge -- --zero-copy 1 --tx-desc-num [0, n]
+    user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --socket-mem 1024 --huge-dir /mnt/huge -- --zero-copy 1 --tx-desc-num [0, n]
 
 **VLAN strip.**
 The VLAN strip option enable/disable the VLAN strip on host, if disabled, the guest will receive the packets with VLAN tag.
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ It is enabled by default.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --huge-dir /mnt/huge -- --vlan-strip [0, 1]
+    user at target:~$ ./build/app/vhost-switch -c f -n 4 --socket-mem 1024 --huge-dir /mnt/huge -- --vlan-strip [0, 1]
 
 Running the Virtual Machine (QEMU)
 ----------------------------------
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ QEMU must be executed with specific parameters to:
 
     .. code-block:: console
 
-        user at target:~$ qemu-system-x86_64 ... -mem-prealloc -mem-path / dev/hugepages ...
+        user at target:~$ qemu-system-x86_64 ... -mem-prealloc -mem-path /dev/hugepages ...
 
 .. note::
 
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ In this case, the path passed to the guest should be that of the 1 GB page huget
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    user at target:~$ qemu-system-x86_64 ... -mem-prealloc -mem-path / dev/hugepages ...
+    user at target:~$ qemu-system-x86_64 ... -mem-prealloc -mem-path /dev/hugepages ...
 
 .. note::
 
@@ -771,21 +771,21 @@ Run the testpmd application as follows:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    user at target:~$ x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/app/testpmd -c 0x3 -- n 4 -socket-mem 128 -- --burst=64 -i
+    user at target:~$ x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/app/testpmd -c 0x3 -n 4 --socket-mem 512 -- --burst=64 --i --disable-hw-vlan-filter
 
 The destination MAC address for packets transmitted on each port can be set at the command line:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    user at target:~$ x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/app/testpmd -c 0x3 -- n 4 -socket-mem 128 -- --burst=64 -i --eth- peer=0,aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff --eth-peer=1,ff,ee,dd,cc,bb,aa
+    user at target:~$ x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/app/testpmd -c 0x3 -n 4 --socket-mem 512 -- --burst=64 --i --disable-hw-vlan-filter --eth-peer=0,aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff --eth-peer=1,ff:ee:dd:cc:bb:aa
 
 *   Packets received on port 1 will be forwarded on port 0 to MAC address
 
-    aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff.
+    aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff
 
 *   Packets received on port 0 will be forwarded on port 1 to MAC address
 
-    ff,ee,dd,cc,bb,aa.
+    ff:ee:dd:cc:bb:aa
 
 The testpmd application can then be configured to act as an L2 forwarding application:
 
-- 
2.6.3



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