Hello Dawid, I am no expert but a single port should be able to take care of both TX and RX queues. For example, I am currently running two hosts with only one port each and they are able to both send and receive messages. Regards, Harold
2016-03-04 21:47 GMT+01:00 dawid_jurek <dawid_jurek at vp.pl>: > Hello, > I wonder what is the minimal configuration (in sense on number of NIC > ports) to run basic dpdk examples like > basicfwd, rxtx_callbacks or forwarding by testpmd for 2 hosts connected > directly by Ethernet. > Is it possible to perform one directional transmission for some kind of > sender-reciever scenario (2 hosts, every host with one port)? > It seems that for every kind of transmission between 2 machines I need at > least 4 ports > (because every port may take care of TX or RX but not both of them at the > same time). > Is it correct? > Regards, > Dawid >
