Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 05:37:48 +0200 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> To: hiren panchasara <hiren.panchasara@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: netmap: understanding pkg-gen.c Message-ID: <CA%2BhQ2%2BjYyoxpLEoz0kHm8Hikfgf8Fke-o_ctkO3fKBdGqEz7wQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CALCpEUHj_Mke_njM0NwzCUa1f_pXZdCy3_aaqJtKz5NUJUU8Mg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CALCpEUHj_Mke_njM0NwzCUa1f_pXZdCy3_aaqJtKz5NUJUU8Mg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 5:32 AM, hiren panchasara <hiren.panchasara@gmail.com> wrote: > I am new to netmap so thought of confirming my understanding. > ... > > On this box, I have 2 interfaces igb0 (10.73.149.28) and ix1 (10.73.149.17) > and this is how I am using this binary: > > -bash-4.2$ sudo ./pkt-gen -i ix1 -f tx -n 100000000 -c 8 -p 8 -d > 10.73.149.17 -s 10.73.149.28 ... > I can only specify -p (threads) upto 8 because it cannot be more than the > hw.ix.num_queues=8, is that correct? correct. it's either 1 or the total number of queues. And you can almost surely get line rate with a single thread. cheers luigi
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