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@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ support in VSPERF includes:
Traffic generator modules.
- Moongen software traffic generator. Requires a separate machine running
moongen to execute packet generation.
+- T-Rex software traffic generator. Requires a separate machine running T-Rex
+ Server to execute packet generation.
If you want to use another traffic generator, please select the :ref:`trafficgen-dummy`
generator.
@@ -475,7 +477,7 @@ For example:
* vSwitch tests with DPDK or without DPDK support to verify impact
of VF usage on vSwitch performance
-* tests without vSwitch, where traffic is forwared directly
+* tests without vSwitch, where traffic is forwarded directly
between VF interfaces by packet forwarder (e.g. testpmd application)
* tests without vSwitch, where VM accesses VF interfaces directly
by PCI-passthrough_ to measure raw VM throughput performance.
@@ -486,11 +488,11 @@ Using QEMU with PCI passthrough support
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Raw virtual machine throughput performance can be measured by execution of PVP
-test with direct access to NICs by PCI passthrough. To execute VM with direct
+test with direct access to NICs by PCI pass-through. To execute VM with direct
access to PCI devices, enable vfio-pci_. In order to use virtual functions,
SRIOV-support_ must be enabled.
-Execution of test with PCI passthrough with vswitch disabled:
+Execution of test with PCI pass-through with vswitch disabled:
.. code-block:: console
@@ -498,9 +500,9 @@ Execution of test with PCI passthrough with vswitch disabled:
--vswitch none --vnf QemuPciPassthrough pvp_tput
Any of supported guest-loopback-application_ can be used inside VM with
-PCI passthrough support.
+PCI pass-through support.
-Note: Qemu with PCI passthrough support can be used only with PVP test
+Note: Qemu with PCI pass-through support can be used only with PVP test
deployment.
.. _guest-loopback-application: