[dpdk-dev] Query: Netperf with DPDK

2015-05-12 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Hi I'm using netperf to check the performance and throughput of the DPDK application that I'd developed. For testing the above I need to run netperf on the DPDK bound interface. But I'm not able to find the correct option for running the netperf on the DPDK bound interface as the interface is no l

[dpdk-dev] Debug info

2015-04-20 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Hi, I have developed an application with DPDK. While executing the same I can see the application quitting half way (i.e producing only half of the expected output - terminating abruptly). I think that something is going wrong which is causing the program to crash. Would like to know if it is pos

[dpdk-dev] Inputs needed - testing l2fwd

2015-03-31 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Shankari Vaidyalingam < shankari.v2k6 at gmail.com> wrote: > > +dpdk-dev > >> Thanks for the response. >> >> I'm using Intel 82545 EM as the network adapter type and not using >> virtio-net >> I also checked whe

[dpdk-dev] promiscuous mode

2015-03-26 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Hi, Would like to know whether enabling of promiscouous mode in the command line is removed in the DPDK version 1.7.1. I tried enabling the option by giving -P but it was giving me "Invalid argument" error. Regards Shankari.V

[dpdk-dev] Interface name after bound to IGB

2015-03-26 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
at 8:50 PM, Olivier MATZ wrote: > Hi Shankari, > > On 03/25/2015 04:14 PM, Shankari Vaidyalingam wrote: > >> Hi Bruce, >> >> >> If I want to capture the packets received by the interface bound to IGB >> (DPDK interface) then I'd like to know what would be

[dpdk-dev] Interface name after bound to IGB

2015-03-25 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 08:00:02PM +0530, Shankari Vaidyalingam wrote: > > Hi > > > > By what name is the NIC port identified after it is bound to the igb_uio > > driver (i.e after it becomes a DPDK interface) > > I'm asking this question because the inte

[dpdk-dev] Interface name after bound to IGB

2015-03-25 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Hi By what name is the NIC port identified after it is bound to the igb_uio driver (i.e after it becomes a DPDK interface) I'm asking this question because the interface does not get displayed in the output of the "ifconfig" after it gets bound to igb_uio driver. Regards Shankari.V

[dpdk-dev] Inputs needed - testing l2fwd

2015-03-25 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
5, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Stephen Hemminger < > stephen at networkplumber.org> wrote: > >> On Wed, 25 Mar 2015 09:40:47 +0530 >> Shankari Vaidyalingam wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > Can anyone please help me whether I'm missing something in

[dpdk-dev] Inputs needed - testing l2fwd

2015-03-25 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Hi, Can anyone please help me whether I'm missing something in the below exercise Regards Shankari.V On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 12:25 AM, Shankari Vaidyalingam < shankari.v2k6 at gmail.com> wrote: > I'm trying to run sample DPDK applications by injecting packets from an

[dpdk-dev] Inputs needed - testing l2fwd

2015-03-25 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
I'm trying to run sample DPDK applications by injecting packets from an external traffic generator. I'm not able to get the frames to reach the RX queue of the corresponding port and make the PMD detect those packets and get the application process them. My configuration is: I'm using Oracle Vi

[dpdk-dev] Need some info on the impact of BIOS setting

2015-03-24 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Hi I'd like to know the impact of the virtualization setting (Intel VT set to enabled in BIOS) on the execution of the DPDK applications. Do I need to disable this setting while executing the DPDK applications in virtual machines in VirtualBox. Any help in this regard is appreciated. Regards Shan

[dpdk-dev] Need info on --vdev option

2015-03-23 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
t. By what name can we identify those interfaces after they get bound to igb driver and become dpdk interfaces? Regards Shankari.V On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 9:31 PM, Olivier MATZ wrote: > Hi Shankari, > > On 03/23/2015 04:54 PM, Shankari Vaidyalingam wrote: > > Hi > > > &

[dpdk-dev] Need info on --vdev option

2015-03-23 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Hi I'm trying to do a packet capture on the DPDK interface while running l2fwd sample application and injecting packets from a traffic generator. I'm getting the below error when I give this command: sudo ./build/l2fw-c 0x03 -n 2 -- -p 0x03 --vdev 'eth_pcap0,tx_pcap=/home/controller/pkt_capt/try.p

[dpdk-dev] Need some info on DPDK

2015-03-23 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Hi Need some info on: (1) How to capture packets received on the DPDK interface? (2) Determine the MAC address corresponding to the PCI interface Regards Shankari.V

[dpdk-dev] Queries on DPDK

2015-03-19 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Hi I'd like to know: (1) How to capture packets received on the DPDK interface? (2) Determine the MAC address corresponding to the PCI interface Regards Shankari.V

[dpdk-dev] Virtual NIC interface fails to receive packets

2015-03-18 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Hi, I'm trying to test the l2fwd sample application by passing packets from traffic generator. I'm doing this testing in a VM with a configuration hav?ing virtual NIC port. When I bind the virtual NIC port with the igb driver, the interface doesnt get listed in the "ifconfig" output. Also the virt

[dpdk-dev] Queries on Pktgen

2015-03-16 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 8:19 PM, Wiles, Keith wrote: > > > From: Shankari Vaidyalingam > Date: Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 2:53 AM > To: "dev at dpdk.org" > Cc: Keith Wiles > Subject: Queries on Pktgen > >Hi, > > For testing an application that I&#

[dpdk-dev] Lua documentation - Pktgen

2015-03-15 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Hi, Would like to know if there is some document available for understanding how to write Lua script to use with pktgen. Regards Shankari

[dpdk-dev] Queries on Pktgen

2015-03-15 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Hi, For testing an application that I'd developed, I'd like to send LLDP frames from pktgen to the NIC port and then use DPDK to receive packets from the port and process the packets. I have a PCAP file which contains LLDP frames in it. I heard that pktgen has the ability to generate the packets

[dpdk-dev] Memory issues seen while running pktgen with DPDK sample application

2015-03-08 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Hi, I'm trying to send packets from pktgen to exception path sample application. My configuration is like this: |--Terminal 1--- ---Terminal 2 | | | | | Pktgen |--> NIC port 0

[dpdk-dev] Error seen while compiling Pktgen-dpdk

2015-02-28 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Hi, I'm facing the below error while executing make on Pktgen-dpdk source. I'm using 2.8 version of pktgen downloaded I have built DPDK binaries and then tried building pktgen-dpdk. RTE_TARGET is set to x86_64-pktgen-linuxapp-gcc and RTE_SDK is set to the directory where dpdk source files are pres

[dpdk-dev] Query on portmask config

2015-02-15 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Hi, I'm new to DPDK. Would like to know how to determine the portmask for a given configuration. Does it depend on the number of cores configured Regards Shankari.V

[dpdk-dev] Need some info on pktgen-dpdk 2.8.0

2015-02-13 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Hi, I'm trying to install the pktgen-dpdk. I have downloaded the latest version tarball - 2.8.0 and following the instructions for compiling and installing pktgen+dpdk n as given in the Pktgen-dpdk page. But I'm not able to find the dpdk directory inside the pktgen-dpdk folder. Pls let me know

[dpdk-dev] Error while executing make - Pktgen-DPDK

2015-02-10 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Hi, I'm trying to compile the DPDK code coming along with the Pktgen-DPDK. I got the source code of Pktgen-DPDK by cloning the Git repository using - sudo git clone git://github.com/Pktgen/Pktgen-DPDK.git I'm getting the below error when I tried executing make: from /home/controller/software/Pkt

[dpdk-dev] Error seen while running testpmd sample application

2015-02-09 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Hi, I'm trying to execute the testpmd sample appplication. I'm getting the below error and not able to execute the sample application. controller at controller-VirtualBox:~/software/dpdk-1.7.1$ sudo ./build/app/testpmd -c7 -n3 -- -i --nb-cores=2 --nb-ports=2 ./build/app/testpmd: error while loadi

[dpdk-dev] Query on QEMU with DPDK

2015-01-01 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Hi I'd like to know whether QEMU comes as an integrated package along with DPDK 1.7.1 and 1..8.0 release. I was able see QEMU along with OVS-dpdk in the older versions of DPDK package but not in the later releases. Also please let me know where I can get stepwise instructions for installing QEMU

[dpdk-dev] Query on the modified rte_mbuf structure

2014-12-25 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Hi, I can see that in the recent releases of DPDK the rte_mbuf structure has undergone some changes. Would like to know which field in the rte_mbuf data structure holds the exact payload of the received packet in the modified structure. Regards Shankari

[dpdk-dev] Error while installing OVS with DPDK

2014-12-18 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Hi, I'm trying to install OVS with DPDK Followed the steps given in INSTALL.DPDK.md file given in the OVS page. I have downloaded latest tar ball of both OVS and DPDK. DPDK version - 1.7.1 OVS version - 2.3.1 Operating system - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (64 bit) When I tried running make I got the be

[dpdk-dev] Access to open flow table using DPDK libraries

2014-07-17 Thread Shankari Vaidyalingam
Hi, > > I would like to know is there a way for the application using DPDK > libraries to access the openflow table in the SDN controller . Also please > let me know is there an API available for this access. > > Regards > Shankari.V >