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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] app/testpmd: support creation of no IOVA
 contig mempools
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On 01-Apr-19 11:34 AM, Shahaf Shuler wrote:
> providing a command line parameter to set the mempool flags accordingly.
> This mode is relevant only when creating an empty mempool and then
> populating with memory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
> ---
>   app/test-pmd/parameters.c             | 5 +++++
>   app/test-pmd/testpmd.c                | 3 ++-
>   app/test-pmd/testpmd.h                | 2 ++
>   doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst | 5 +++++
>   4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/app/test-pmd/parameters.c b/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
> index 7b6b60905d..ce0056b0bd 100644
> --- a/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
> +++ b/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
> @@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ usage(char* progname)
>   	printf("  --noisy-lkup-num-writes=N: do N random writes per packet\n");
>   	printf("  --noisy-lkup-num-reads=N: do N random reads per packet\n");
>   	printf("  --noisy-lkup-num-writes=N: do N random reads and writes per packet\n");
> +	printf("  --no-iova-contig: mempool memory can be IOVA non contiguous. "
> +	       "valid only with --mp-alloc=anon\n");

Maybe rather than spelling this out in the help message, it would be 
better to enforce it at option parse time, and document it in the user 
guide?

-- 
Thanks,
Anatoly