examples/l2fwd: disable packet type parsing

Disable packet type parsing as l2fwd doesn't rely on packet types.

Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>

examples/l2fwd/Makefile

@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
 
 CFLAGS += -O3
 CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS)
+# Add flag to allow experimental API as l2fwd uses rte_ethdev_set_ptype API
+CFLAGS += -DALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
 
 include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.extapp.mk
 endif

examples/l2fwd/main.c

@@ -713,6 +713,11 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			"Cannot set error callback for tx buffer on port %u\n",
 				 portid);
 
+		ret = rte_eth_dev_set_ptypes(portid, RTE_PTYPE_UNKNOWN, NULL,
+					     0);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			printf("Port %u, Failed to disable Ptype parsing\n",
+					portid);
 		/* Start device */
 		ret = rte_eth_dev_start(portid);
 		if (ret < 0)

examples/l2fwd/meson.build

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 # To build this example as a standalone application with an already-installed
 # DPDK instance, use 'make'
 
+# Enable experimental API flag as l2fwd uses rte_ethdev_set_ptype API
+allow_experimental_apis = true
 sources = files(
 	'main.c'
 )