[dpdk-users] Packet Generator

[Wiles, Keith]

> On Dec 15, 2016, at 7:21 AM, Kumaraparameshwaran Rathnavel <krath at cloudsimple.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Can you help me in finding how the packet in generated in l2 forwarding functions. I am not able to frame the packet. In L2 packet is Ethernet Header alone  sufficient for communication?

The l2fwd example does not generate packets they are received using the rte_eth_rx_burst() routine and then forwarded to the output port. Just having L2 packet header in a frame should be enough for the l2fwd example.

> 
> Thanking You,
> Param

Regards,
Keith