[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] app/testpmd: add support for forced ethernet speed

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 3/5/2021 7:42 PM, Ajit Khaparde wrote:
> Add support for forced ethernet speed setting.
> Currently testpmd tries to configure the Ethernet port in autoneg mode.
> It is not possible to set the Ethernet port to a specific speed while
> starting testpmd. In some cases capability to configure a forced speed
> for the Ethernet port during initialization may be necessary. This patch
> tries to add this support.
> 
> The patch assumes full duplex setting and does not attempt to change that.
> So speeds like 10M, 100M are not configurable using this method.
> 
> The command line to configure a forced speed of 10G:
> dpdk-testpmd -c 0xff  -- -i  --eth-link-speed  10000
> 
> The command line to configure a forced speed of 50G:
> dpdk-testpmd -c 0xff  -- -i  --eth-link-speed  50000
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com>

Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/main, thanks.