On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 10:38 AM Singh, Jasvinder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Phil Yang <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2020 8:38 AM > > To: Singh, Jasvinder <[email protected]>; [email protected] > > Cc: Dumitrescu, Cristian <[email protected]> > > Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: remove softnic forward mode > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: dev <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jasvinder Singh > > > Sent: Monday, June 22, 2020 11:51 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Cc: [email protected] > > > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: remove softnic forward mode > > > > > > Softnic can be used like other virtual devices without needing any > > > special mode. Therefore, softnic forward mode is removed from testpmd > > > app. Documentation is updated as well. > > > > > Hi Jasvinder, > > > > One quick question for this change. How can we test the softnic PMD > > without this mode? > > The softnic PMD guidance uses testpmd softnic mode in the PMD test > > section. > > However, when I switch the forward mode from softnic to IO mode, the > > testpmd cannot work as expected. > > > > I think you need to update the softnic PMD page as well. > > doc/guides/nics/softnic.rst > > > > Thanks, > > Phil > > > > Hi Phil, > > I have sent a separate patch on softnic PMD document update with the command > to run softnic with testpmd, https://patches.dpdk.org/patch/71984/
It should be a single patch. -- David Marchand
