======================================================================== README for Intel(R) pf_init Package

February 2018

Contents

Contains C source code module for Intel X710 NIC initialization/configuration daemon.

Overview

This application configure the NIC and all VF's on NIC. VF's configured in this application will used in VNF-D and VNF-C like NIC. This need for circumvent kernel network stack and improve speed packet transmitted

How to build

For build your must define environment variable RTE_SDK - path to your DPDK run make

How to run

./build/pf_init -l 2 -w phy1 --socket-mem 256,256 -- -p 0x1 -m 00:00:00:00:00:05

before options '--' standart dpdk options (see dpdk.org documentation for details). after -p enable port mask. Mask of phy to configure -m mac address of first device/VF

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