u16 nexts[VLIB_FRAME_SIZE], *next;
n_left_from = frame->n_vectors;
- from = vlib_frame_args (frame);
+ from = vlib_frame_vector_args (frame);
- /*
- * Convert up to VLIB_FRAME_SIZE indices in "from" to
+ /*
+ * Convert up to VLIB_FRAME_SIZE indices in "from" to
* buffer pointers in bufs[]
*/
vlib_get_buffers (vm, from, bufs, n_left_from);
b = bufs;
next = nexts;
- /*
- * While we have at least 4 vector elements (pkts) to process..
+ /*
+ * While we have at least 4 vector elements (pkts) to process..
*/
while (n_left_from >= 4)
{
vlib_prefetch_buffer_header (b[7], STORE);
}
- /*
+ /*
* $$$ Process 4x packets right here...
* set next[0..3] to send the packets where they need to go
*/
next += 4;
n_left_from -= 4;
}
- /*
+ /*
* Clean up 0...3 remaining packets at the end of the incoming frame
*/
while (n_left_from > 0)
{
- /*
+ /*
* $$$ Process one packet right here...
* set next[0..3] to send the packets where they need to go
*/
vlib_buffer_enqueue_to_next (vm, node, from, nexts, frame->n_vectors);
return frame->n_vectors;
- }
+ }
```
Given a packet processing task to implement, it pays to scout around
The following example shows the **main points**, but is not to be
blindly cut-'n-pasted.
-```c
+```c
u32 bi0;
vlib_buffer_t *b0;
ip4_header_t *ip;
udp_header_t *udp;
- vlib_buffer_free_list_t *fl;
/* Allocate a buffer */
if (vlib_buffer_alloc (vm, &bi0, 1) != 1)
b0 = vlib_get_buffer (vm, bi0);
/* Initialize the buffer */
- fl = vlib_buffer_get_free_list (vm, VLIB_BUFFER_DEFAULT_FREE_LIST_INDEX);
- vlib_buffer_init_for_free_list (b0, fl);
VLIB_BUFFER_TRACE_TRAJECTORY_INIT (b0);
/* At this point b0->current_data = 0, b0->current_length = 0 */
- /*
+ /*
* Copy data into the buffer. This example ASSUMES that data will fit
* in a single buffer, and is e.g. an ip4 packet.
*/
clib_memcpy (b0->data, data, vec_len (data));
b0->current_length = vec_len (data);
}
- else
+ else
{
/* OR, build a udp-ip packet (for example) */
ip = vlib_buffer_get_current (b0);
udp->checksum = ip4_tcp_udp_compute_checksum (vm, b0, ip);
if (udp->checksum == 0)
udp->checksum = 0xffff;
- }
+ }
b0->current_length = vec_len (sizeof (*ip) + sizeof (*udp) +
vec_len (udp_data));
/* Use the default FIB index for tx lookup. Set non-zero to use another fib */
vnet_buffer (b0)->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX] = 0;
-```
+```
If your use-case calls for large packet transmission, use
vlib_buffer_chain_append_data_with_alloc(...) to create the requisite
for (i = 0; i < vec_len (buffer_indices_to_send); i++)
to_next[i] = buffer_indices_to_send[i];
- vlib_put_frame_to_node (vm, ip4_lookup_node_index, f);
-```
+ vlib_put_frame_to_node (vm, ip4_lookup_node_index, f);
+```
It is inefficient to allocate and schedule single packet frames.
That's typical in case you need to send one packet per second, but
-------------
Vlib includes a frame element \[packet\] trace facility, with a simple
-vlib cli interface. The cli is straightforward: "trace add
-input-node-name count".
+debug CLI interface. The cli is straightforward: "trace add
+input-node-name count" to start capturing packet traces.
To trace 100 packets on a typical x86\_64 system running the dpdk
plugin: "trace add dpdk-input 100". When using the packet generator:
"trace add pg-input 100"
+To display the packet trace: "show trace"
+
Each graph node has the opportunity to capture its own trace data. It is
almost always a good idea to do so. The trace capture APIs are simple.
s = format (s, "My trace data was: %d", t-><whatever>);
return s;
- }
+ }
```
The trace framework hands the per-node format function the data it
captured as the packet whizzed by. The format function pretty-prints the
data as desired.
+
+Graph Dispatcher Pcap Tracing
+-----------------------------
+
+The vpp graph dispatcher knows how to capture vectors of packets in pcap
+format as they're dispatched. The pcap captures are as follows:
+
+```
+ VPP graph dispatch trace record description:
+
+ 0 1 2 3
+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | Major Version | Minor Version | NStrings | ProtoHint |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | Buffer index (big endian) |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ + VPP graph node name ... ... | NULL octet |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | Buffer Metadata ... ... | NULL octet |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | Buffer Opaque ... ... | NULL octet |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | Buffer Opaque 2 ... ... | NULL octet |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | VPP ASCII packet trace (if NStrings > 4) | NULL octet |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | Packet data (up to 16K) |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+```
+
+Graph dispatch records comprise a version stamp, an indication of how
+many NULL-terminated strings will follow the record header and preceed
+packet data, and a protocol hint.
+
+The buffer index is an opaque 32-bit cookie which allows consumers of
+these data to easily filter/track single packets as they traverse the
+forwarding graph.
+
+Multiple records per packet are normal, and to be expected. Packets
+will appear multiple times as they traverse the vpp forwarding
+graph. In this way, vpp graph dispatch traces are significantly
+different from regular network packet captures from an end-station.
+This property complicates stateful packet analysis.
+
+Restricting stateful analysis to records from a single vpp graph node
+such as "ethernet-input" seems likely to improve the situation.
+
+As of this writing: major version = 1, minor version = 0. Nstrings
+SHOULD be 4 or 5. Consumers SHOULD be wary values less than 4 or
+greater than 5. They MAY attempt to display the claimed number of
+strings, or they MAY treat the condition as an error.
+
+Here is the current set of protocol hints:
+
+```c
+ typedef enum
+ {
+ VLIB_NODE_PROTO_HINT_NONE = 0,
+ VLIB_NODE_PROTO_HINT_ETHERNET,
+ VLIB_NODE_PROTO_HINT_IP4,
+ VLIB_NODE_PROTO_HINT_IP6,
+ VLIB_NODE_PROTO_HINT_TCP,
+ VLIB_NODE_PROTO_HINT_UDP,
+ VLIB_NODE_N_PROTO_HINTS,
+ } vlib_node_proto_hint_t;
+```
+
+Example: VLIB_NODE_PROTO_HINT_IP6 means that the first octet of packet
+data SHOULD be 0x60, and should begin an ipv6 packet header.
+
+Downstream consumers of these data SHOULD pay attention to the
+protocol hint. They MUST tolerate inaccurate hints, which MAY occur
+from time to time.
+
+### Dispatch Pcap Trace Debug CLI
+
+To start a dispatch trace capture of up to 10,000 trace records:
+
+```
+ pcap dispatch trace on max 10000 file dispatch.pcap
+```
+
+To start a dispatch trace which will also include standard vpp packet
+tracing for packets which originate in dpdk-input:
+
+```
+ pcap dispatch trace on max 10000 file dispatch.pcap buffer-trace dpdk-input 1000
+```
+To save the pcap trace, e.g. in /tmp/dispatch.pcap:
+
+```
+ pcap dispatch trace off
+```
+
+### Wireshark dissection of dispatch pcap traces
+
+It almost goes without saying that we built a companion wireshark
+dissector to display these traces. As of this writing, we have
+upstreamed the wireshark dissector.
+
+Since it will be a while before wireshark/master/latest makes it into
+all of the popular Linux distros, please see the "How to build a vpp
+dispatch trace aware Wireshark" page for build info.
+
+Here is a sample packet dissection, with some fields omitted for
+clarity. The point is that the wireshark dissector accurately
+displays **all** of the vpp buffer metadata, and the name of the graph
+node in question.
+
+```
+ Frame 1: 2216 bytes on wire (17728 bits), 2216 bytes captured (17728 bits)
+ Encapsulation type: USER 13 (58)
+ [Protocols in frame: vpp:vpp-metadata:vpp-opaque:vpp-opaque2:eth:ethertype:ip:tcp:data]
+ VPP Dispatch Trace
+ BufferIndex: 0x00036663
+ NodeName: ethernet-input
+ VPP Buffer Metadata
+ Metadata: flags:
+ Metadata: current_data: 0, current_length: 102
+ Metadata: current_config_index: 0, flow_id: 0, next_buffer: 0
+ Metadata: error: 0, n_add_refs: 0, buffer_pool_index: 0
+ Metadata: trace_index: 0, recycle_count: 0, len_not_first_buf: 0
+ Metadata: free_list_index: 0
+ Metadata:
+ VPP Buffer Opaque
+ Opaque: raw: 00000007 ffffffff 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
+ Opaque: sw_if_index[VLIB_RX]: 7, sw_if_index[VLIB_TX]: -1
+ Opaque: L2 offset 0, L3 offset 0, L4 offset 0, feature arc index 0
+ Opaque: ip.adj_index[VLIB_RX]: 0, ip.adj_index[VLIB_TX]: 0
+ Opaque: ip.flow_hash: 0x0, ip.save_protocol: 0x0, ip.fib_index: 0
+ Opaque: ip.save_rewrite_length: 0, ip.rpf_id: 0
+ Opaque: ip.icmp.type: 0 ip.icmp.code: 0, ip.icmp.data: 0x0
+ Opaque: ip.reass.next_index: 0, ip.reass.estimated_mtu: 0
+ Opaque: ip.reass.fragment_first: 0 ip.reass.fragment_last: 0
+ Opaque: ip.reass.range_first: 0 ip.reass.range_last: 0
+ Opaque: ip.reass.next_range_bi: 0x0, ip.reass.ip6_frag_hdr_offset: 0
+ Opaque: mpls.ttl: 0, mpls.exp: 0, mpls.first: 0, mpls.save_rewrite_length: 0, mpls.bier.n_bytes: 0
+ Opaque: l2.feature_bitmap: 00000000, l2.bd_index: 0, l2.l2_len: 0, l2.shg: 0, l2.l2fib_sn: 0, l2.bd_age: 0
+ Opaque: l2.feature_bitmap_input: none configured, L2.feature_bitmap_output: none configured
+ Opaque: l2t.next_index: 0, l2t.session_index: 0
+ Opaque: l2_classify.table_index: 0, l2_classify.opaque_index: 0, l2_classify.hash: 0x0
+ Opaque: policer.index: 0
+ Opaque: ipsec.flags: 0x0, ipsec.sad_index: 0
+ Opaque: map.mtu: 0
+ Opaque: map_t.v6.saddr: 0x0, map_t.v6.daddr: 0x0, map_t.v6.frag_offset: 0, map_t.v6.l4_offset: 0
+ Opaque: map_t.v6.l4_protocol: 0, map_t.checksum_offset: 0, map_t.mtu: 0
+ Opaque: ip_frag.mtu: 0, ip_frag.next_index: 0, ip_frag.flags: 0x0
+ Opaque: cop.current_config_index: 0
+ Opaque: lisp.overlay_afi: 0
+ Opaque: tcp.connection_index: 0, tcp.seq_number: 0, tcp.seq_end: 0, tcp.ack_number: 0, tcp.hdr_offset: 0, tcp.data_offset: 0
+ Opaque: tcp.data_len: 0, tcp.flags: 0x0
+ Opaque: sctp.connection_index: 0, sctp.sid: 0, sctp.ssn: 0, sctp.tsn: 0, sctp.hdr_offset: 0
+ Opaque: sctp.data_offset: 0, sctp.data_len: 0, sctp.subconn_idx: 0, sctp.flags: 0x0
+ Opaque: snat.flags: 0x0
+ Opaque:
+ VPP Buffer Opaque2
+ Opaque2: raw: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
+ Opaque2: qos.bits: 0, qos.source: 0
+ Opaque2: loop_counter: 0
+ Opaque2: gbp.flags: 0, gbp.src_epg: 0
+ Opaque2: pg_replay_timestamp: 0
+ Opaque2:
+ Ethernet II, Src: 06:d6:01:41:3b:92 (06:d6:01:41:3b:92), Dst: IntelCor_3d:f6 Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: 22432, Dst Port: 54084, Seq: 1, Ack: 1, Len: 36
+ Source Port: 22432
+ Destination Port: 54084
+ TCP payload (36 bytes)
+ Data (36 bytes)
+
+ 0000 cf aa 8b f5 53 14 d4 c7 29 75 3e 56 63 93 9d 11 ....S...)u>Vc...
+ 0010 e5 f2 92 27 86 56 4c 21 ce c5 23 46 d7 eb ec 0d ...'.VL!..#F....
+ 0020 a8 98 36 5a ..6Z
+ Data: cfaa8bf55314d4c729753e5663939d11e5f2922786564c21…
+ [Length: 36]
+```
+
+It's a matter of a couple of mouse-clicks in Wireshark to filter the
+trace to a specific buffer index. With that specific kind of filtration,
+one can watch a packet walk through the forwarding graph; noting any/all
+metadata changes, header checksum changes, and so forth.
+
+This should be of significant value when developing new vpp graph
+nodes. If new code mispositions b->current_data, it will be completely
+obvious from looking at the dispatch trace in wireshark.
+
+## pcap rx, tx, and drop tracing
+
+vpp also supports rx, tx, and drop packet capture in pcap format,
+through the "pcap trace" debug CLI command.
+
+This command is used to start or stop a packet capture, or show the
+status of packet capture. Each of "pcap trace rx", "pcap trace tx",
+and "pcap trace drop" is implemented. Supply one or more of "rx",
+"tx", and "drop" to enable multiple simultaneous capture types.
+
+These commands have the following optional parameters:
+
+- <b>rx</b> - trace received packets.
+
+- <b>tx</b> - trace transmitted packets.
+
+- <b>drop</b> - trace dropped packets.
+
+- <b>max _nnnn_</b> - file size, number of packet captures. Once
+ <nnnn> packets have been received, the trace buffer buffer is flushed
+ to the indicated file. Defaults to 1000. Can only be updated if packet
+ capture is off.
+
+- <b>max-bytes-per-pkt _nnnn_</b> - maximum number of bytes to trace
+ on a per-packet basis. Must be >32 and less than 9000. Default value:
+ 512.
+
+- <b>filter</b> - Use the pcap rx / tx / drop trace filter, which must
+ be configured. Use <b>classify filter pcap...</b> to configure the
+ filter. The filter will only be executed if the per-interface or
+ any-interface tests fail.
+
+- <b>intfc _interface_ | _any_</b> - Used to specify a given interface,
+ or use '<em>any</em>' to run packet capture on all interfaces.
+ '<em>any</em>' is the default if not provided. Settings from a previous
+ packet capture are preserved, so '<em>any</em>' can be used to reset
+ the interface setting.
+
+- <b>file _filename_</b> - Used to specify the output filename. The
+ file will be placed in the '<em>/tmp</em>' directory. If _filename_
+ already exists, file will be overwritten. If no filename is
+ provided, '<em>/tmp/rx.pcap or tx.pcap</em>' will be used, depending
+ on capture direction. Can only be updated when pcap capture is off.
+
+- <b>status</b> - Displays the current status and configured
+ attributes associated with a packet capture. If packet capture is in
+ progress, '<em>status</em>' also will return the number of packets
+ currently in the buffer. Any additional attributes entered on
+ command line with a '<em>status</em>' request will be ignored.
+
+- <b>filter</b> - Capture packets which match the current packet
+ trace filter set. See next section. Configure the capture filter
+ first.
+
+## packet trace capture filtering
+
+The "classify filter pcap | <interface-name> " debug CLI command
+constructs an arbitrary set of packet classifier tables for use with
+"pcap rx | tx | drop trace," and with the vpp packet tracer on a
+per-interface basis.
+
+Packets which match a rule in the classifier table chain will be
+traced. The tables are automatically ordered so that matches in the
+most specific table are tried first.
+
+It's reasonably likely that folks will configure a single table with
+one or two matches. As a result, we configure 8 hash buckets and 128K
+of match rule space by default. One can override the defaults by
+specifying "buckets <nnn>" and "memory-size <xxx>" as desired.
+
+To build up complex filter chains, repeatedly issue the classify
+filter debug CLI command. Each command must specify the desired mask
+and match values. If a classifier table with a suitable mask already
+exists, the CLI command adds a match rule to the existing table. If
+not, the CLI command add a new table and the indicated mask rule
+
+### Configure a simple pcap classify filter
+
+```
+ classify filter pcap mask l3 ip4 src match l3 ip4 src 192.168.1.11
+ pcap trace rx max 100 filter
+```
+
+### Configure a simple per-interface capture filter
+
+```
+ classify filter GigabitEthernet3/0/0 mask l3 ip4 src match l3 ip4 src 192.168.1.11"
+ pcap trace rx max 100 intfc GigabitEthernet3/0/0
+```
+
+Note that per-interface capture filters are _always_ applied.
+
+### Clear per-interface capture filters
+
+```
+ classify filter GigabitEthernet3/0/0 del
+```
+
+### Configure another fairly simple pcap classify filter
+
+```
+ classify filter pcap mask l3 ip4 src dst match l3 ip4 src 192.168.1.10 dst 192.168.2.10
+ pcap trace tx max 100 filter
+```
+
+### Clear all current classifier filters
+
+```
+ classify filter del
+```
+
+### To inspect the classifier tables
+
+```
+ show classify table [verbose]
+```
+
+The verbose form displays all of the match rules, with hit-counters.
+
+### Terse description of the "mask <xxx>" syntax:
+
+```
+ l2 src dst proto tag1 tag2 ignore-tag1 ignore-tag2 cos1 cos2 dot1q dot1ad
+ l3 ip4 <ip4-mask> ip6 <ip6-mask>
+ <ip4-mask> version hdr_length src[/width] dst[/width]
+ tos length fragment_id ttl protocol checksum
+ <ip6-mask> version traffic-class flow-label src dst proto
+ payload_length hop_limit protocol
+ l4 tcp <tcp-mask> udp <udp_mask> src_port dst_port
+ <tcp-mask> src dst # ports
+ <udp-mask> src_port dst_port
+```
+
+To construct **matches**, add the values to match after the indicated
+keywords in the mask syntax. For example: "... mask l3 ip4 src" ->
+"... match l3 ip4 src 192.168.1.11"
+
+## VPP Packet Generator
+
+We use the VPP packet generator to inject packets into the forwarding
+graph. The packet generator can replay pcap traces, and generate packets
+out of whole cloth at respectably high performance.
+
+The VPP pg enables quite a variety of use-cases, ranging from functional
+testing of new data-plane nodes to regression testing to performance
+tuning.
+
+## PG setup scripts
+
+PG setup scripts describe traffic in detail, and leverage vpp debug
+CLI mechanisms. It's reasonably unusual to construct a pg setup script
+which doesn't include a certain amount of interface and FIB configuration.
+
+For example:
+
+```
+ loop create
+ set int ip address loop0 192.168.1.1/24
+ set int state loop0 up
+
+ packet-generator new {
+ name pg0
+ limit 100
+ rate 1e6
+ size 300-300
+ interface loop0
+ node ethernet-input
+ data { IP4: 1.2.3 -> 4.5.6
+ UDP: 192.168.1.10 - 192.168.1.254 -> 192.168.2.10
+ UDP: 1234 -> 2345
+ incrementing 286
+ }
+ }
+```
+
+A packet generator stream definition includes two major sections:
+- Stream Parameter Setup
+- Packet Data
+
+### Stream Parameter Setup
+
+Given the example above, let's look at how to set up stream
+parameters:
+
+- **name pg0** - Name of the stream, in this case "pg0"
+
+- **limit 1000** - Number of packets to send when the stream is
+enabled. "limit 0" means send packets continuously.
+
+- **maxframe \<nnn\>** - Maximum frame size. Handy for injecting
+multiple frames no larger than \<nnn\>. Useful for checking dual /
+quad loop codes
+
+- **rate 1e6** - Packet injection rate, in this case 1 MPPS. When not
+specified, the packet generator injects packets as fast as possible
+
+- **size 300-300** - Packet size range, in this case send 300-byte packets
+
+- **interface loop0** - Packets appear as if they were received on the
+specified interface. This datum is used in multiple ways: to select
+graph arc feature configuration, to select IP FIBs. Configure
+features e.g. on loop0 to exercise those features.
+
+- **tx-interface \<name\>** - Packets will be transmitted on the
+indicated interface. Typically required only when injecting packets
+into post-IP-rewrite graph nodes.
+
+- **pcap \<filename\>** - Replay packets from the indicated pcap
+capture file. "make test" makes extensive use of this feature:
+generate packets using scapy, save them in a .pcap file, then inject
+them into the vpp graph via a vpp pg "pcap \<filename\>" stream
+definition
+
+- **worker \<nn\>** - Generate packets for the stream using the
+indicated vpp worker thread. The vpp pg generates and injects O(10
+MPPS / core). Use multiple stream definitions and worker threads to
+generate and inject enough traffic to easily fill a 40 gbit pipe with
+small packets.
+
+### Data definition
+
+Packet generator data definitions make use of a layered implementation
+strategy. Networking layers are specified in order, and the notation can
+seem a bit counter-intuitive. In the example above, the data
+definition stanza constructs a set of L2-L4 headers layers, and
+uses an incrementing fill pattern to round out the requested 300-byte
+packets.
+
+- **IP4: 1.2.3 -> 4.5.6** - Construct an L2 (MAC) header with the ip4
+ethertype (0x800), src MAC address of 00:01:00:02:00:03 and dst MAC
+address of 00:04:00:05:00:06. Mac addresses may be specified in either
+_xxxx.xxxx.xxxx_ format or _xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx_ format.
+
+- **UDP: 192.168.1.10 - 192.168.1.254 -> 192.168.2.10** - Construct an
+incrementing set of L3 (IPv4) headers for successive packets with
+source addresses ranging from .10 to .254. All packets in the stream
+have a constant dest address of 192.168.2.10. Set the protocol field
+to 17, UDP.
+
+- **UDP: 1234 -> 2345** - Set the UDP source and destination ports to
+1234 and 2345, respectively
+
+- **incrementing 256** - Insert up to 256 incrementing data bytes.
+
+Obvious variations involve "s/IP4/IP6/" in the above, along with
+changing from IPv4 to IPv6 address notation.
+
+The vpp pg can set any / all IPv4 header fields, including tos, packet
+length, mf / df / fragment id and offset, ttl, protocol, checksum, and
+src/dst addresses. Take a look at ../src/vnet/ip/ip[46]_pg.c for
+details.
+
+If all else fails, specify the entire packet data in hex:
+
+- **hex 0xabcd...** - copy hex data verbatim into the packet
+
+When replaying pcap files ("**pcap \<filename\>**"), do not specify a
+data stanza.
+
+### Diagnosing "packet-generator new" parse failures
+
+If you want to inject packets into a brand-new graph node, remember
+to tell the packet generator debug CLI how to parse the packet
+data stanza.
+
+If the node expects L2 Ethernet MAC headers, specify ".unformat_buffer
+= unformat_ethernet_header":
+
+```
+ /* *INDENT-OFF* */
+ VLIB_REGISTER_NODE (ethernet_input_node) =
+ {
+ <snip>
+ .unformat_buffer = unformat_ethernet_header,
+ <snip>
+ };
+```
+
+Beyond that, it may be necessary to set breakpoints in
+.../src/vnet/pg/cli.c. Debug image suggested.
+
+When debugging new nodes, it may be far simpler to directly inject
+ethernet frames - and add a corresponding vlib_buffer_advance in the
+new node - than to modify the packet generator.
+
+## Debug CLI
+
+The descriptions above describe the "packet-generator new" debug CLI in
+detail.
+
+Additional debug CLI commands include:
+
+```
+ vpp# packet-generator enable [<stream-name>]
+```
+
+which enables the named stream, or all streams.
+
+```
+ vpp# packet-generator disable [<stream-name>]
+```
+
+disables the named stream, or all streams.
+
+
+```
+ vpp# packet-generator delete <stream-name>
+```
+
+Deletes the named stream.
+
+```
+ vpp# packet-generator configure <stream-name> [limit <nnn>]
+ [rate <f64-pps>] [size <nn>-<nn>]
+```
+
+Changes stream parameters without having to recreate the entire stream
+definition. Note that re-issuing a "packet-generator new" command will
+correctly recreate the named stream.
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