[dpdk-dev] L3fwd mode in testpmd

[Thomas Monjalon]

28/04/2021 12:48, Bruce Richardson:
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 11:17:24PM +0000, Honnappa Nagarahalli wrote:
> <snip>
> > Yes, this is what we have done. It is a new forwarding mode.
> > We could remove some forwarding modes from testpmd. For ex: macfwd, macswap seem very similar to iofwd mode.
> 
> I'd suggest removing one of those two, but not both. Sometimes one is
> testing with a system behind a switch where correct mac addresses need to
> be used to ensure proper packet return.

For info, there is also 5tswap since 20.08.