[dpdk-dev] Bifurcated driver in DPDK 2.0

2015-07-03 Thread Abhishek Verma
Hi, I have downloaded DPDK release 2.0 and was looking at how i can install bifurcated driver support. Can somebody point me towards it? I dont plan to use the KNI to push the slow path traffic through the kernel space networking stack as i end up paying some penalty. I intend to use the bifurcat

[dpdk-dev] Number of memory channels per processor socket?

2015-06-28 Thread Abhishek Verma
Hi, I am new to DPDK and i tried searching the archives in case this had been discussed but couldnt find any references and hence this email: What is the significance of " -n NUM: Number of memory channels per processor socket" which is passed as an EAL option? I have a virtual machine (VM) spawn

[dpdk-dev] Number of memory channels per processor socket?

2015-06-29 Thread Abhishek Verma
> tri-channel memory) > > I hope that this information is useful to you. > Keunhong. > > > > 2015-06-28 18:54 GMT+09:00 Abhishek Verma : > >> Hi, >> >> I am new to DPDK and i tried searching the archives in case this had been >> discussed but could

[dpdk-dev] Interface once added to DPDK goes missing from ifconfig

2015-06-29 Thread Abhishek Verma
Hi, I have three ethernet interfaces in my VirtualBox as shown below: root at VirtualBox:/home/akabra/dpdk/dpdk-2.0.0/tools# ifconfig eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:3f:34:56 inet addr:192.168.0.123 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe3

[dpdk-dev] Interface once added to DPDK goes missing from ifconfig

2015-06-29 Thread Abhishek Verma
x27; intefaces. > > Keunhong. > > > 2015-06-29 8:51 GMT+09:00 Abhishek Verma : > >> Hi, >> >> I have three ethernet interfaces in my VirtualBox as shown below: >> >> root at VirtualBox:/home/akabra/dpdk/dpdk-2.0.0/tools# ifconfig >> eth1

[dpdk-dev] SR-IOV and DPDK

2015-06-29 Thread Abhishek Verma
Hi, Does it make sense to test DPDK without the underlying hypervisor supporting SR-IOV? I am trying to understand DPDK by trying it out on a VM running on Virtual Box. My intent is to see packets arriving on my virtual eth ports directly into the user space, completely bypassing the guest kernel.

[dpdk-dev] Strange behavior with dpdk-2.0.0/examples/rxtx_callbacks

2015-06-30 Thread Abhishek Verma
Hi, I am trying to understand DPDK and i modified dpdk-2.0.0/examples/rxtx_callbacks so that i get a message whenever i RX and TX a frame. I added a printf in add_timestamps() and calc_latency() to know whenever i am able to RX and TX a packet along with the # of pkts that i get -- print nb_pkts.