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diff --git a/src/vpp/conf/startup.conf b/src/vpp/conf/startup.conf
index 6ebe1efe9ee..c1ac1235861 100644
--- a/src/vpp/conf/startup.conf
+++ b/src/vpp/conf/startup.conf
@@ -1,20 +1,37 @@
 
 unix {
   nodaemon
-  log /tmp/vpp.log
+  log /var/log/vpp/vpp.log
   full-coredump
   cli-listen /run/vpp/cli.sock
   gid vpp
 }
 
 api-trace {
+## This stanza controls binary API tracing. Unless there is a very strong reason,
+## please leave this feature enabled.
   on
+## Additional parameters:
+##
+## To set the number of binary API trace records in the circular buffer, configure nitems
+##
+## nitems <nnn>
+##
+## To save the api message table decode tables, configure a filename. Results in /tmp/<filename>
+## Very handy for understanding api message changes between versions, identifying missing
+## plugins, and so forth.
+##
+## save-api-table <filename>
 }
 
 api-segment {
   gid vpp
 }
 
+socksvr {
+  default
+}
+
 cpu {
 	## In the VPP there is one main thread and optionally the user can create worker(s)
 	## The main thread and worker thread(s) can be pinned to CPU core(s) manually or automatically
@@ -83,8 +100,8 @@ cpu {
 	# }
 
 	## Specify bonded interface and its slaves via PCI addresses
-	## 
-        ## Bonded interface in XOR load balance mode (mode 2) with L3 and L4 headers 
+	##
+	## Bonded interface in XOR load balance mode (mode 2) with L3 and L4 headers
 	# vdev eth_bond0,mode=2,slave=0000:02:00.0,slave=0000:03:00.0,xmit_policy=l34
 	# vdev eth_bond1,mode=2,slave=0000:02:00.1,slave=0000:03:00.1,xmit_policy=l34
 	##
@@ -92,8 +109,8 @@ cpu {
 	# vdev eth_bond0,mode=1,slave=0000:02:00.0,slave=0000:03:00.0
 	# vdev eth_bond1,mode=1,slave=0000:02:00.1,slave=0000:03:00.1
 
-	## Change UIO driver used by VPP, Options are: igb_uio, vfio-pci
-	## and uio_pci_generic (default)
+	## Change UIO driver used by VPP, Options are: igb_uio, vfio-pci,
+	## uio_pci_generic or auto (default)
 	# uio-driver vfio-pci
 
 	## Disable mutli-segment buffers, improves performance but
@@ -108,13 +125,26 @@ cpu {
 	## Change hugepages allocation per-socket, needed only if there is need for
 	## larger number of mbufs. Default is 256M on each detected CPU socket
 	# socket-mem 2048,2048
+
+	## Disables UDP / TCP TX checksum offload. Typically needed for use
+	## faster vector PMDs (together with no-multi-seg)
+	# no-tx-checksum-offload
 # }
 
-# Adjusting the plugin path depending on where the VPP plugins are:
-#plugins
-#{
-#	path /home/bms/vpp/build-root/install-vpp-native/vpp/lib64/vpp_plugins
-#}
 
-# Alternate syntax to choose plugin path
-#plugin_path /home/bms/vpp/build-root/install-vpp-native/vpp/lib64/vpp_plugins
+# plugins {
+	## Adjusting the plugin path depending on where the VPP plugins are
+	#	path /home/bms/vpp/build-root/install-vpp-native/vpp/lib64/vpp_plugins
+
+	## Disable all plugins by default and then selectively enable specific plugins
+	# plugin default { disable }
+	# plugin dpdk_plugin.so { enable }
+	# plugin acl_plugin.so { enable }
+
+	## Enable all plugins by default and then selectively disable specific plugins
+	# plugin dpdk_plugin.so { disable }
+	# plugin acl_plugin.so { disable }
+# }
+
+	## Alternate syntax to choose plugin path
+	# plugin_path /home/bms/vpp/build-root/install-vpp-native/vpp/lib64/vpp_plugins