From f023e531fe8e02cfb2bcc76dd6226746b183e4b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2017 15:11:15 -0400 Subject: driverctl: Add driverctl binding tool Adds driverctl as a binding tool option for dpdk devices. JIRA ticket contains test results to verify it works when using dpdk-devbind or driverctl. JIRA: VSPERF-525 Change-Id: Ia7a6e43a4b6fb3ba21f5d87d601f4ea4b95b7dab Signed-off-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com> --- docs/testing/user/configguide/installation.rst | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/testing') diff --git a/docs/testing/user/configguide/installation.rst b/docs/testing/user/configguide/installation.rst index f5b0b7a4..207e50a4 100644 --- a/docs/testing/user/configguide/installation.rst +++ b/docs/testing/user/configguide/installation.rst @@ -256,6 +256,19 @@ running any of the above. For example: .. _vloop-vnf-ubuntu-14.04_20160303: http://artifacts.opnfv.org/vswitchperf/vnf/vloop-vnf-ubuntu-14.04_20160303.qcow2 .. _vloop-vnf-ubuntu-14.04_20151216: http://artifacts.opnfv.org/vswitchperf/vnf/vloop-vnf-ubuntu-14.04_20151216.qcow2 +Bind Tools DPDK +=============== + +VSPerf supports the default DPDK bind tool, but also supports driverctl. The +driverctl tool is a new tool being used that allows driver binding to be +persistent across reboots. The driverctl tool is not provided by VSPerf, but can +be downloaded from upstream sources. Once installed set the bind tool to +driverctl to allow VSPERF to correctly bind cards for DPDK tests. + +.. code:: python + + PATHS['dpdk']['src']['bind-tool'] = 'driverctl' + Hugepage Configuration ---------------------- -- cgit