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[dpdk-dev,v7,4/4] testpmd_app_ug: add example of re-attaching bonded port

Message ID 1438012477-729-5-git-send-email-bernard.iremonger@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted, archived
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Iremonger, Bernard July 27, 2015, 3:54 p.m. UTC 
  Signed-off-by: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremonger@intel.com>
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 doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst | 13 +++++++++++++
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diff --git a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
index 4652962..5272bf4 100644
--- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
@@ -909,6 +909,19 @@  For example, to attach a port created by pcap PMD.
 In this case, identifier is "eth_pcap0,iface=eth0".
 This identifier format is the same as "--vdev" format of DPDK applications.
 
+For example, to re-attach a bonded port which has been previously detached,
+the mode and slave parameters must be given.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    testpmd> port attach eth_bond_testpmd_0,mode=0,slave=1
+    Attaching a new port...
+    EAL: Initializing pmd_bond for eth_bond_testpmd_0
+    EAL: Create bonded device eth_bond_testpmd_0 on port 0 in mode 0 on socket 0.
+    Port 0 is attached. Now total ports is 1
+    Done
+
+
 port detach
 ~~~~~~~~~~~