[dpdk-users] Same port receive/transmit loopback

[Muhammad Zain-ul-Abideen]

Hey there, have you used packetgen to verify. Build pktgen app and loopback
your cable to recieve what you send on the port to verify please

On Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 3:34 AM Dominic Chen <d.c.ddcc at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've just started working with DPDK recently, and I'm a little confused
> by the intended behavior when transmitting and receiving on the same port.
>
> Currently, I haven't been able to receive the same packet that I
> transmitted, regardless of the source/destination MACs on the Ethernet
> packet (broadcast, self, etc), or whether the port is in promiscuous
> mode. I've verified from other hosts on the network that my packets are
> being sent, that I am able to receive packets (as long as I didn't send
> them), and that I get the same behavior when using vfio-pci with both
> e1000 and vmxnet3 (emulated in VMware).
>
> Is there some built-in source MAC filtering that I'm missing? Or do I
> have to enable loopback mode?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dominic
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