[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/3] app/testpmd: add Tx metadata debug commands

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Thu Oct 18 09:56:38 CEST 2018


On 10/17/2018 1:03 PM, Dekel Peled wrote:
> As described in [1],[2] this series adds option to set metadata value as
> match pattern when creating a new flow rule.
> 
> This patch introduces code for debug porpuse only.
> The new 'config' command takes a 32 bit value and stores it per port:
> 	port config <port_id> tx_metadata <value>
> 
> testpmd will add to any Tx packet sent from this port the metadata
> value, and set ol_flags accordingly.
> 
> A matching 'show' command is added to read the configured value:
> 	port config <port_id> tx_metadata <value>
> 
> [1] "ethdev: support metadata as flow rule criteria"
> [2] "app/testpmd: support metadata as flow rule criteria"
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dekel Peled <dekelp at mellanox.com>

<...>

> @@ -857,6 +857,13 @@ Disable hardware insertion of a VLAN header in packets sent on a port::
>  
>     testpmd> tx_vlan reset (port_id)
>  
> +tx_metadata set
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +Set metadata value to insert in packets sent to PMD::
> +
> +   testpmd> tx_metadata set (port_id) (value)
> +

Documentation is wrong, also show part is missing, can you please update it?


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