[dpdk-dev] [README]:Running DPDK in a LXC-based Container

[Alejandro Lucero]

Did you try with the --file-prefix testpmd option?

Just use different file-prefix for each DPDK app running.

On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 5:01 AM, Pushpasis Sarkar <pushpasis at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Krishna,
>
> Off-late I have been investigating DPDK on Linux containers.. I came across
> this thread and found it very helpful.. But I still find some issues when I
> try to run the same DPDK application simultaneously on more than one LXC
> containers..
>
> Even when following the example provided in this thread. I am unable to run
> the same application simultaneously in both host and more than one LXC
> containers..
> Is there any way to achieve the same..
>
> The basic issue I see in the DPDK design that kit assumes that it will use
> /mnt/huge/ file-path before using it.. making it unavailable to any other
> process.. Can this be changed to use the sub-directory /mnt/huge/$(uname
> -n)/<PID>. That way it cannot stop other process running on host/lxc from
> using the hugepages.. I have donot have much knowledge about how the
> hugepage filesystem works.. so pardon my ignorance... :)
>
> Looking forward to some help on this.
>
> Regards,
> -Pushpasis
>