From 9cdef506692c433dae4cc3bc332436554851c752 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Binbin Xu Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 03:55:57 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] configuration.rst: Update the example of DPDK port's configuration After the hotplug of DPDK ports, a valid dpdk-devargs must be specified. Otherwise, the DPDK device can't be available. Signed-off-by: Binbin Xu Signed-off-by: Daniele Di Proietto --- Documentation/faq/configuration.rst | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/faq/configuration.rst b/Documentation/faq/configuration.rst index c03d069c5e4..8bd0e1104d5 100644 --- a/Documentation/faq/configuration.rst +++ b/Documentation/faq/configuration.rst @@ -107,12 +107,11 @@ Q: How do I configure a DPDK port as an access port? startup when other_config:dpdk-init is set to 'true'. Secondly, when adding a DPDK port, unlike a system port, the type for the - interface must be specified. For example:: + interface and valid dpdk-devargs must be specified. For example:: $ ovs-vsctl add-br br0 - $ ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdk0 -- set Interface dpdk0 type=dpdk - - Finally, it is required that DPDK port names begin with ``dpdk``. + $ ovs-vsctl add-port br0 myportname -- set Interface myportname \ + type=dpdk options:dpdk-devargs=0000:06:00.0 Refer to :doc:`/intro/install/dpdk` for more information on enabling and using DPDK with Open vSwitch.