netmap/pkt-gen error

[Kurt Jaeger]

Hi!

> i am running FreeBSD 9.0R with netmap already in it.
> i compiled the pkt-gen.c with gcc in tools/tools/netmap.
> after i do ./pkt-gen -i eth0 -f tx -n 500111222 -l 60 -w 5
> 
> i get an error:
> -Unable to open /dev/netmap
> -Unable to register bge0 (renamed to eth0).
[...]
> any idea on the errors/ help.

man netmap (on 9.1-RC1 or 8.3) says:

SUPPORTED INTERFACES
     netmap supports the following interfaces: em(4), ixgbe(4), re(4),

so it seems the interface card bge is not supported by netmap and
you should probably try 9.1-RC1 instead of 9.0.

On 9.0 I did not find the netmap man page.

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