[PATCH] doc: fix dcf instructions

Qi Zhang qi.z.zhang at intel.com
Mon Mar 27 21:44:43 CEST 2023


Replace the deprecated VF action with the represented_port action.

Fixes: 776c119736e7 ("net/ice: remove deprecated VF flow action")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/ice.rst | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
index 70e19c3318..f3d3540992 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
@@ -343,18 +343,18 @@ Additional Options
 
       ip link set dev enp24s0f0 vf 0 trust on
 
-#. Bind the VF0,  and run testpmd with 'cap=dcf' devarg::
+#. Bind the VF0, and run testpmd with 'cap=dcf' with port representor for VF 1 and 2::
 
-      dpdk-testpmd -l 22-25 -n 4 -a 18:01.0,cap=dcf -- -i
+      dpdk-testpmd -l 22-25 -n 4 -a 18:01.0,cap=dcf,representor=vf[1-2] -- -i
 
 #. Monitor the VF2 interface network traffic::
 
       tcpdump -e -nn -i enp24s1f2
 
-#. Create one flow to redirect the traffic to VF2 by DCF::
+#. Create one flow to redirect the traffic to VF2 by DCF(assume the representor port id is 5)::
 
       flow create 0 priority 0 ingress pattern eth / ipv4 src is 192.168.0.2 \
-      dst is 192.168.0.3 / end actions vf id 2 / end
+      dst is 192.168.0.3 / end actions represented_port ethdev_port_id 5 / end
 
 #. Send the packet, and it should be displayed on tcpdump::
 
-- 
2.31.1



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