[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/3] app/testpmd: enable configuring GENEVE port

Ophir Munk ophirmu at nvidia.com
Tue Sep 15 14:59:14 CEST 2020


Hi Ferruh,
I added to documentation the new parameter "--geneve-port=N" (second patch in the series).
I also rebased the series and sent v3.

Regards,
Ophir

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> > I don't think that having the flexibility to specify the Geneve protocol in the
> command line will have an added value.
> > The reason is that any Geneve setup has a fixed protocol number for the
> duration of the test lifetime (fixed and synched by all the peers in the lab).
> The protocol number is not dynamic.
> > So even if we could specify the protocol in the command line - it would be
> a onetime setting after testpmd startup. Therefore, it is simpler to have it as
> parameter only.
> >
> 
> Overall, not specific to this patch, it bothers me not having any guideline
> what to add as a parameter, and not able to say what is implemented as
> parameter without searching for it ...
> 
> > Regards,
> > Ophir
> >



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