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@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ Examples:
pgset "dstmac 00:00:00:00:00:00" sets MAC destination address
pgset "srcmac 00:00:00:00:00:00" sets MAC source address
+ pgset "queue_map_min 0" Sets the min value of tx queue interval
+ pgset "queue_map_max 7" Sets the max value of tx queue interval, for multiqueue devices
+ To select queue 1 of a given device,
+ use queue_map_min=1 and queue_map_max=1
+
pgset "src_mac_count 1" Sets the number of MACs we'll range through.
The 'minimum' MAC is what you set with srcmac.
@@ -97,10 +102,20 @@ Examples:
The 'minimum' MAC is what you set with dstmac.
pgset "flag [name]" Set a flag to determine behaviour. Current flags
- are: IPSRC_RND #IP Source is random (between min/max),
- IPDST_RND, UDPSRC_RND,
- UDPDST_RND, MACSRC_RND, MACDST_RND
+ are: IPSRC_RND # IP source is random (between min/max)
+ IPDST_RND # IP destination is random
+ UDPSRC_RND, UDPDST_RND,
+ MACSRC_RND, MACDST_RND
+ TXSIZE_RND, IPV6,
MPLS_RND, VID_RND, SVID_RND
+ FLOW_SEQ,
+ QUEUE_MAP_RND # queue map random
+ QUEUE_MAP_CPU # queue map mirrors smp_processor_id()
+ UDPCSUM,
+ IPSEC # IPsec encapsulation (needs CONFIG_XFRM)
+ NODE_ALLOC # node specific memory allocation
+
+ pgset spi SPI_VALUE Set specific SA used to transform packet.
pgset "udp_src_min 9" set UDP source port min, If < udp_src_max, then
cycle through the port range.
@@ -143,6 +158,8 @@ Examples:
pgset stop aborts injection. Also, ^C aborts generator.
+ pgset "rate 300M" set rate to 300 Mb/s
+ pgset "ratep 1000000" set rate to 1Mpps
Example scripts
===============
@@ -167,6 +184,18 @@ Note when adding devices to a specific CPU there good idea to also assign
/proc/irq/XX/smp_affinity so the TX-interrupts gets bound to the same CPU.
as this reduces cache bouncing when freeing skb's.
+Enable IPsec
+============
+Default IPsec transformation with ESP encapsulation plus Transport mode
+could be enabled by simply setting:
+
+pgset "flag IPSEC"
+pgset "flows 1"
+
+To avoid breaking existing testbed scripts for using AH type and tunnel mode,
+user could use "pgset spi SPI_VALUE" to specify which formal of transformation
+to employ.
+
Current commands and configuration options
==========================================
@@ -209,12 +238,22 @@ udp_dst_max
flag
IPSRC_RND
- TXSIZE_RND
IPDST_RND
UDPSRC_RND
UDPDST_RND
MACSRC_RND
MACDST_RND
+ TXSIZE_RND
+ IPV6
+ MPLS_RND
+ VID_RND
+ SVID_RND
+ FLOW_SEQ
+ QUEUE_MAP_RND
+ QUEUE_MAP_CPU
+ UDPCSUM
+ IPSEC
+ NODE_ALLOC
dst_min
dst_max
@@ -233,6 +272,9 @@ src6
flows
flowlen
+rate
+ratep
+
References:
ftp://robur.slu.se/pub/Linux/net-development/pktgen-testing/
ftp://robur.slu.se/pub/Linux/net-development/pktgen-testing/examples/