This patchset introduce a mechanism for running dpdk application with
parameters provided by configuration file.
A new API for EAL takes a config file data type - either loaded from
file, or built up programmatically in the application - and extracts
DPDK parameters from it to be used when eal init is called.
This allows apps to have an alternative method to configure EAL,
other than via command-line parameters.
Reworked applications are used to demonstrate the new eal API.
If a --cfgfile-path <path> option is passed into command line non
EAL section, then the file is loaded and used by app. If a file
called config.ini is present in current working directory, and
no --cfgfile-path option is passed in, config.ini file will be
loaded and used by app.
Patch "app/testpmd: add parse options from JSON cfg file"
demonstrates the usage of JSON instead of INI file format.
JSON file can be called the same way as above,
through --cfgfile-path <path> argument.
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this patch depends on:
"Rework cfgfile API to enable apps config file support"
v5:
changed define "RTE_DEVTYPE_VIRTUAL" to "RTE_DEVTYPE_UNDEFINED"
due to compilation errors (changes on current master).
v4:
Code optimalisation in parse_vdev_devices() function.
Moved some functions from librte_eal/bsdapp and librte_eal/linuxapp
to the librte_eal/common.
Bug fixes.
v3:
split one patchset into two distinct patchsets:
1. cfgfile library and TEST app changes
2. EAL changes and examples (this patchset depends on cfgfile)
v2:
lib eal:
Rework of rte_eal_configure(struct rte_cfgfile *cfg, char *prgname).
Now this function load data from cfg structure and did initial
initialization of EAL arguments. Vdev argument are stored in different
subsections eg. DPDK.vdev0, DPDK.vdev1 etc. After execution of this
function it is necessary to call rte_eal_init to complete EAL
initialization. There is no more merging arguments from different
sources (cfg file and command line).
Added non_eal_configure to testpmd application.
Function maintain the same functionality as rte_eal_configure but
for non-eal arguments.
Added config JSON feature to testpmd last patch from patchset contain
example showing use of .json configuration files.
lib cfgfile:
Rework of add_section(), add_entry() new implementation
New members allocated_entries/sections, free_entries/sections
in rte_cfgfile structure, change in array of pointers
**sections, **entries instead of *sections[], *entries[]
Add set_entry() to update/overwrite already existing entry in cfgfile
struct
Add save() function to save on disc cfgfile structure in INI format
Rework of existing load() function simplifying the code
Add unit test realloc_sections() in TEST app for testing realloc/malloc
of new API functions, add test for save() function
Kuba Kozak (3):
eal: add functions parsing EAL arguments
app/testpmd: add parse options from cfg file
app/testpmd: add parse options from JSON cfg file
app/test-pmd/Makefile | 6 +
app/test-pmd/config.ini | 24 +
app/test-pmd/config.json | 33 +
app/test-pmd/parameters.c | 1181 +++++++++++++----------
app/test-pmd/testpmd.c | 159 ++-
app/test-pmd/testpmd.h | 3 +-
config/common_base | 5 +
lib/Makefile | 3 +
lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile | 4 +
lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c | 165 +++-
lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map | 1 +
lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_lcore.c | 7 +
lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c | 106 ++
lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h | 3 +
lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h | 20 +
lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile | 3 +
lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c | 265 +++--
lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map | 1 +
mk/rte.app.mk | 2 +-
19 files changed, 1349 insertions(+), 642 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 app/test-pmd/config.ini
create mode 100644 app/test-pmd/config.json
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