[dpdk-users] [EXT] Re: How to identify a network port which is bound to DPDK

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Wed, 23 Aug 2017 19:35:22 +0000
Stuart Xu <Stuart_Xu at symantec.com> wrote:

> Stephen,  
> 
> Thanks for the response.  Could you point to me which example code I need to look?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> --Stuart
> 
> 
> 
> On 8/23/17, 10:53 AM, "Stephen Hemminger" <stephen at networkplumber.org> wrote:
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>     On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:25:35 +0000
>     Stuart Xu <Stuart_Xu at symantec.com> wrote:
>     
>     > Hi, I understand that the DPDK uses port_id to identify an Ethernet port.  Is there a shell command to show a port’s status, such as link status and port ID etc.  For non-DPDK bound port I can use tools like “ifconfig”.  Does DPDK provide an “ifconfig” equivalent tool to check a port status?
>     >   
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>     DPDK network interfaces are not visible or controlled by kernel.
>     There are some ways to expose them i.e through KNI and some other proposed code.
>     

Read about KNI. but if all you want is port status, then it would be overkill.