DPDK and pcap tx

set dpdk interface descriptors

set dpdk interface descriptors <interface> [rx <nn>] [tx <nn>]

This command sets the number of DPDK rx and tx descriptors for the given physical interface. Use the command show hardware-interface to display the current descriptor allocation.

Example of how to set the DPDK interface descriptors:

set dpdk interface descriptors GigabitEthernet0/8/0 rx 512 tx 512

Declaration: cmd_set_dpdk_if_desc src/plugins/dpdk/device/cli.c line 340

Implementation: set_dpdk_if_desc

show dpdk buffer

show dpdk buffer

This command displays statistics of each DPDK mempool.

Example of how to display DPDK buffer data:

show dpdk buffer

name="mbuf_pool_socket0"  available =   15104 allocated =    1280 total =   16384

Declaration: cmd_show_dpdk_buffer src/plugins/dpdk/device/cli.c line 81

Implementation: show_dpdk_buffer

show dpdk physmem

show dpdk physmem

This command displays DPDK physmem layout

Example of how to display DPDK physmem layout:

show dpdk physmem

Declaration: cmd_show_dpdk_physmem src/plugins/dpdk/device/cli.c line 166

Implementation: show_dpdk_physmem

show dpdk version

show dpdk version

This command is used to display the current DPDK version and the list of arguments passed to DPDK when started.

Example of how to display how many DPDK buffer test command has allocated:

show dpdk version

DPDK Version:        DPDK 16.11.0
DPDK EAL init args:  --in-memory --no-telemetry --file-prefix vpp

-w 0000:00:08.0 -w 0000:00:09.0

Declaration: show_vpe_version_command src/plugins/dpdk/device/cli.c line 372

Implementation: show_dpdk_version_command_fn

test dpdk buffer

test dpdk buffer [allocate <nn>] [free <nn>]

This command tests the allocation and freeing of DPDK buffers. If both allocate and free are entered on the same command, the free is executed first. If no parameters are provided, this command display how many DPDK buffers the test command has allocated.

Example of how to display how many DPDK buffer test command has allocated:

test dpdk buffer

Currently 0 buffers allocated

Example of how to allocate DPDK buffers using the test command:

test dpdk buffer allocate 10

Currently 10 buffers allocated

Example of how to free DPDK buffers allocated by the test command:

test dpdk buffer free 10

Currently 0 buffers allocated

Declaration: cmd_test_dpdk_buffer src/plugins/dpdk/device/cli.c line 254

Implementation: test_dpdk_buffer