"""Utilities for DPDK."""
@staticmethod
- def dpdk_testpmd_start(node, **args):
- """Start DPDK testpmd app on VM node.
+ def get_eal_options(**args):
+ """Create EAL parameters string.
- :param node: VM Node to start testpmd on.
:param args: List of testpmd parameters.
- :type node: dict
- :type args: list
- :return: nothing
+ :type args: dict
+ :returns: EAL parameters string.
+ :rtype: str
"""
# Set the hexadecimal bitmask of the cores to run on.
eal_coremask = '-c {} '.format(args['eal_coremask'])\
if args.get('eal_socket_mem', '') else ''
# Load an external driver. Multiple -d options are allowed.
eal_driver = '-d /usr/lib/librte_pmd_virtio.so '
+ eal_options = '-v '\
+ + eal_coremask\
+ + eal_master_core\
+ + eal_mem_channels\
+ + eal_socket_mem\
+ + eal_driver
+ return eal_options
+
+ @staticmethod
+ def get_pmd_options(**args):
+ """Create PMD parameters string.
+
+ :param args: List of testpmd parameters.
+ :type args: dict
+ :returns: PMD parameters string.
+ :rtype: str
+ """
# Set the forwarding mode: io, mac, mac_retry, mac_swap, flowgen,
# rxonly, txonly, csum, icmpecho, ieee1588
pmd_fwd_mode = '--forward-mode={} '.format(args['pmd_fwd_mode'])\
# Set the number of packets per burst to N.
pmd_burst = '--burst=64 '
# Set the number of descriptors in the TX rings to N.
- pmd_txd = '--txd=256 '
+ pmd_txd = '--txd={} '.format(args.get('pmd_txd', '256')) \
+ if args.get('pmd_txd', '256') else ''
# Set the number of descriptors in the RX rings to N.
- pmd_rxd = '--rxd=256 '
+ pmd_rxd = '--rxd={} '.format(args.get('pmd_rxd', '256')) \
+ if args.get('pmd_rxd', '256') else ''
# Set the number of queues in the TX to N.
- pmd_txq = '--txq=1 '
+ pmd_txq = '--txq={} '.format(args.get('pmd_txq', '1')) \
+ if args.get('pmd_txq', '1') else ''
# Set the number of queues in the RX to N.
- pmd_rxq = '--rxq=1 '
+ pmd_rxq = '--rxq={} '.format(args.get('pmd_rxq', '1')) \
+ if args.get('pmd_rxq', '1') else ''
# Set the hexadecimal bitmask of TX queue flags.
pmd_txqflags = '--txqflags=0xf00 '
# Set the number of mbufs to be allocated in the mbuf pools.
pmd_nb_cores = '--nb-cores={} '.format(\
bin(int(args['eal_coremask'], 0)).count('1')-1)\
if args.get('eal_coremask', '') else ''
- eal_options = '-v '\
- + eal_coremask\
- + eal_master_core\
- + eal_mem_channels\
- + eal_socket_mem\
- + eal_driver
pmd_options = '-- '\
+ pmd_fwd_mode\
+ pmd_burst\
+ pmd_eth_peer_0\
+ pmd_eth_peer_1\
+ pmd_nb_cores
+ return pmd_options
+
+ @staticmethod
+ def dpdk_testpmd_start(node, **args):
+ """Start DPDK testpmd app on VM node.
+
+ :param node: VM Node to start testpmd on.
+ :param args: List of testpmd parameters.
+ :type node: dict
+ :type args: dict
+ :return: nothing
+ """
+ eal_options = DpdkUtil.get_eal_options(**args)
+ pmd_options = DpdkUtil.get_pmd_options(**args)
+
ssh = SSH()
ssh.connect(node)
cmd = "/start-testpmd.sh {0} {1}".format(eal_options, pmd_options)