[dpdk-users] mlx5: dual port capture

[PATRICK KEROULAS]

dpdk-pdump doc:

"Multiple instances of --pdump can be passed to capture packets
on different port and queue combinations."

On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 5:04 PM PATRICK KEROULAS
<patrick.keroulas at radio-canada.ca> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> We use 2 physical networks for redundancy. In order to validate that
> data on both network is similar, I need to capture traffic on the 2
> NIC ports simultaneously, no matter if the result is 2 pcap files.
> Since dpdk-pdump seems to work for one single port, I've tried to start
> 2 pdump processes simultaneously, which leads to a `Cannot reserve
> memory` msg for one of these.
>
> I'm not very familiar with how mem pools and queues work. But I feel
> like there is a clever way to handle that. Can someone give a hint?
>
> Best regards,
>
> PK