On Wed, 23 Aug 2017 19:35:22 +0000 Stuart Xu <[email protected]> wrote:
> Stephen, > > Thanks for the response. Could you point to me which example code I need to > look? > > Regards, > > --Stuart > > > > On 8/23/17, 10:53 AM, "Stephen Hemminger" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:25:35 +0000 > Stuart Xu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, I understand that the DPDK uses port_id to identify an Ethernet > port. Is there a shell command to show a port’s status, such as link status > and port ID etc. For non-DPDK bound port I can use tools like “ifconfig”. > Does DPDK provide an “ifconfig” equivalent tool to check a port status? > > > > DPDK network interfaces are not visible or controlled by kernel. > There are some ways to expose them i.e through KNI and some other > proposed code. > Read about KNI. but if all you want is port status, then it would be overkill.
