[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] examples/l2fwd: add promiscuous mode selection through command line option

[Thomas Monjalon]

13/10/2021 10:28, Bruce Richardson:
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 12:23:03PM +0500, Sarosh Arif wrote:
> > The default behaviour of l2fwd is to exit if we are unable to turn
> > promiscuous mode on. On some aws instances turning promiscuous mode
> > on is not permitted. In such cases there should be a way to run the
> > application without promiscuous mode. 
> > 
> > This patch allows user to turn promiscuous mode on via command line
> > parameter. l3fwd has a similar option available.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sarosh Arif <sarosh.arif at emumba.com>
> > ---
> 
> This is a behaviour change, but since this is sample application, I think
> it's acceptable, and agree that the change is needed.
> 
> Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>

Applied (with small reformat of the doc), thanks.