[dpdk-dev] L3fwd mode in testpmd
Thomas Monjalon
thomas at monjalon.net
Wed Apr 28 13:17:43 CEST 2021
28/04/2021 12:48, Bruce Richardson:
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 11:17:24PM +0000, Honnappa Nagarahalli wrote:
> <snip>
> > Yes, this is what we have done. It is a new forwarding mode.
> > We could remove some forwarding modes from testpmd. For ex: macfwd, macswap seem very similar to iofwd mode.
>
> I'd suggest removing one of those two, but not both. Sometimes one is
> testing with a system behind a switch where correct mac addresses need to
> be used to ensure proper packet return.
For info, there is also 5tswap since 20.08.
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