Thx a lot, for the answer,! Exactly what I'm looking for,~
On 31 March 2016 at 02:55, Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com> wrote: > On 3/30/2016 6:20 PM, ALeX Wang wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I want to use 'rte_kni_alloc()' to create a kernel iface and > > use it to test application rx. From the api and example in > > 'examples/kni/main.c', i saw the 'conf' argument is assigned > > with pci info of a dpdk port. > > > > Want to ask if this is compulsory... Must kni always be > > used together with a dpdk port? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Hi Alex, > > You don't have to associate kni with dpdk port. > > pci info is required for ethtool support, if you are only interested in > data transfer, you don't have to provide pci information. > > Regards, > ferruh > -- Alex Wang, Open vSwitch developer