A Discrete-Event Network Simulator
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dpdk-net-device-helper.cc
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21
23
24#include "ns3/dpdk-net-device.h"
25
26namespace ns3 {
27
28NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("DpdkNetDeviceHelper");
29
31 : m_lCoreList ("0,1"),
32 m_pmdLibrary ("librte_pmd_e1000.so"),
33 m_dpdkDriver ("uio_pci_generic")
34{
35 NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
36 SetTypeId ("ns3::DpdkNetDevice");
37}
38
39void
40DpdkNetDeviceHelper::SetLCoreList (std::string lCoreList)
41{
42 m_lCoreList = lCoreList;
43}
44
45void
46DpdkNetDeviceHelper::SetPmdLibrary (std::string pmdLibrary)
47{
48 m_pmdLibrary = pmdLibrary;
49}
50
51void
52DpdkNetDeviceHelper::SetDpdkDriver (std::string dpdkDriver)
53{
54 m_dpdkDriver = dpdkDriver;
55}
56
59{
60 NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
62 Ptr<DpdkNetDevice> dpdkDevice = DynamicCast<DpdkNetDevice> (device);
63 dpdkDevice->SetDeviceName (m_deviceName);
64
65 // Set EAL arguments
66 char **ealArgv = new char*[20];
67
68 // arg[0] is program name (optional)
69 ealArgv[0] = new char[20];
70 strcpy (ealArgv[0], "");
71
72 // Logical core usage
73 ealArgv[1] = new char[20];
74 strcpy (ealArgv[1], "-l");
75 ealArgv[2] = new char[20];
76 strcpy (ealArgv[2], m_lCoreList.c_str ());
77
78 // Load library
79 ealArgv[3] = new char[20];
80 strcpy (ealArgv[3], "-d");
81 ealArgv[4] = new char[50];
82 strcpy (ealArgv[4], m_pmdLibrary.c_str ());
83
84 // Use mempool ring library
85 ealArgv[5] = new char[20];
86 strcpy (ealArgv[5], "-d");
87 ealArgv[6] = new char[50];
88 strcpy (ealArgv[6], "librte_mempool_ring.so");
89
90 dpdkDevice->InitDpdk (7, ealArgv, m_dpdkDriver);
91 return dpdkDevice;
92}
93
94} // namespace ns3
void SetPmdLibrary(std::string pmdLibrary)
Sets PMD Library to be used for the NIC.
std::string m_lCoreList
Logical cores to use.
void SetDpdkDriver(std::string dpdkDriver)
Sets DPDK Driver to bind NIC to.
std::string m_dpdkDriver
DPDK Driver to bind NIC to.
std::string m_pmdLibrary
PMD Library to be used for NIC.
void SetLCoreList(std::string lCoreList)
Sets list of logical cores to use.
Ptr< NetDevice > InstallPriv(Ptr< Node > node) const
This method creates an ns3::FdNetDevice attached to a physical network interface.
DpdkNetDeviceHelper()
Construct a DpdkNetDeviceHelper and initialize DPDK EAL.
std::string m_deviceName
The Unix/Linux name of the underlying device (e.g., eth0)
virtual Ptr< NetDevice > InstallPriv(Ptr< Node > node) const
This method creates an ns3::FdNetDevice and associates it to a node.
void SetTypeId(std::string type)
Set the TypeId of the Objects to be created by this helper.
#define NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE(name)
Define a Log component with a specific name.
Definition: log.h:205
#define NS_LOG_FUNCTION(parameters)
If log level LOG_FUNCTION is enabled, this macro will output all input parameters separated by ",...
Every class exported by the ns3 library is enclosed in the ns3 namespace.