Questions about TRex for Intel NIC Eth E810-XXVDA2

[Xun Wang]

Hi Team,

I am new to TRex. I am using Intel NIC Eth E810 to test TRex. There are some running logs that I don't understand. Could anyone explain it to me?

Here is the information about my network devices.

Network devices using DPDK-compatible driver

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0000:d8:00.0 'Ethernet Controller E810-XXV for SFP' drv=igb_uio unused=ice,vfio-pci,uio_pci_generic

0000:d8:00.1 'Ethernet Controller E810-XXV for SFP' drv=igb_uio unused=ice,vfio-pci,uio_pci_generic

From the information above, the driver is using igb_uio

Then I am trying to run this command below using stateful mode.

sudo ./t-rex-64 -f cap2/http_simple.yaml -c 1 -m 10 -d 1000

I am getting these logs.

The ports are bound/configured.

Starting  TRex v2.93 please wait  ... 

 set driver name net_ice 

 driver capability  : TCP_UDP_OFFLOAD  TSO 

 set dpdk queues mode to ONE_QUE 

 Number of ports found: 2

zmq publisher at: tcp://*:4500

What I don't understand this information. set driver name net_ice

I think the driver should be igb_uio, not net_ice.

For Intel NIC Eth E810, does it mean TRex is using driver net_ice to generate traffic?

Thanks,

Xun Wang