[PATCH 2/2] app/testpmd: support selective Rx data

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 18:09:03 +0200
Gregory Etelson <getelson at nvidia.com> wrote:

> diff --git a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
> index 97d6c75716..638c0b0eb3 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
> @@ -364,6 +364,11 @@ The command line options are:
>      feature is engaged. Affects only the queues configured
>      with split offloads (currently BUFFER_SPLIT is supported only).
>  
> +    When used with ``--rxpkts`` on PMDs supporting selective Rx data,
> +    enables receiving only specific packet segments and discarding the rest.
> +    Gaps between configured segments and any trailing data up to MTU are
> +    a

I don't see driver support for this. Seems like you are putting out
something that is not testable yet.