Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH] app/testpmd: tx pkt clones parameter in flowgen

2020-09-24 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:34:14 +0300 Igor Russkikh wrote: > When testing high performance numbers, it is often that CPU performance > limits the max values device can reach (both in pps and in gbps) > > Here instead of recreating each packet separately, we use clones counter > to resend the same m

[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH] app/testpmd: tx pkt clones parameter in flowgen

2020-09-24 Thread Igor Russkikh
When testing high performance numbers, it is often that CPU performance limits the max values device can reach (both in pps and in gbps) Here instead of recreating each packet separately, we use clones counter to resend the same mbuf to the line multiple times. PMDs handle that transparently due