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From: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>
To: "Mcnamara, John" <john.mcnamara@intel.com>,
	"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] Provide reasonable default to -n
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:36:36 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <561F9DD4.3070906@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B27915DBBA3421428155699D51E4CFE2023832B7@IRSMSX103.ger.corp.intel.com>

On 10/15/2015 03:10 PM, Mcnamara, John wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Panu Matilainen
>> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 12:49 PM
>> To: dev@dpdk.org
>> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] Provide reasonable default to -n
>>
>> The number of memory channels is a truly obscure thing as a mandatory
>> command line argument when its really just an optimization.
>> Provide a reasonable default in mempool as suggested by Bruce Richardson
>> and make the -n argument optional in EAL to make DPDK that little bit
>> easier to use for a first-timer.
>
> Hi,
>
> In the Linux and FreeBSD user guides there is the following statement that will
> need to change as well, either as part of this patchset, or separately:
>
>      "The -c and the -n options are mandatory; the others are optional."
>
> http://www.dpdk.org/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.html#running-a-sample-application
> http://www.dpdk.org/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_sample_apps.html#running-a-sample-application

Sure. I was planning on going through the docs and updating them 
(separately) if the change is otherwise accepted, I suspect there are 
more than those two places needing changes.

	- Panu -

  reply	other threads:[~2015-10-15 12:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-10-14 10:22 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: default to one memory channel if not specified Panu Matilainen
2015-10-14 11:45 ` David Marchand
2015-10-14 12:04   ` Panu Matilainen
2015-10-14 13:05     ` Bruce Richardson
2015-10-15 11:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] Provide reasonable default to -n Panu Matilainen
2015-10-15 11:49   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] mempool: use a better default for number of memory channels Panu Matilainen
2015-10-15 11:49   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] eal: make the -n argument optional Panu Matilainen
2015-10-15 12:03   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] Provide reasonable default to -n David Marchand
2015-10-26 16:51     ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-10-15 12:10   ` Mcnamara, John
2015-10-15 12:36     ` Panu Matilainen [this message]
2015-10-15 13:12       ` Mcnamara, John
2015-10-26 16:50         ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-10-26 16:56   ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-10-27  7:19     ` Panu Matilainen

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