[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/11] doc/freebsd: use corelist instead of coremask

[Keith Wiles <keith.wiles@intel.com>]

Signed-off-by: Keith Wiles <keith.wiles@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst  | 9 +++++----
 doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst
index fffc4c0..3c1b672 100644
--- a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst
@@ -130,9 +130,10 @@ The following is the list of options that can be given to the EAL:
 
 The EAL options for FreeBSD are as follows:
 
-*   ``-c COREMASK``:
+*   ``-c COREMASK`` or ``-l CORELIST``:
     A hexadecimal bit mask of the cores to run on.  Note that core numbering
-    can change between platforms and should be determined beforehand.
+    can change between platforms and should be determined beforehand. The corelist
+    is a list of cores to use instead of a core mask.
 
 *   ``-n NUM``:
     Number of memory channels per processor socket.
@@ -169,13 +170,13 @@ Other options, specific to Linux and are not supported under FreeBSD are as foll
     Memory to allocate from hugepages, regardless of processor socket.
     It is recommended that ``--socket-mem`` be used instead of this option.
 
-The ``-c`` option is mandatory; the others are optional.
+The ``-c`` or ``-l`` option is mandatory; the others are optional.
 
 Copy the DPDK application binary to your target, then run the application
 as follows (assuming the platform has four memory channels, and that cores 0-3
 are present and are to be used for running the application)::
 
-    ./helloworld -c f -n 4
+    ./helloworld -l 0-3 -n 4
 
 .. note::
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst
index 8177029..67e63d2 100644
--- a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ compiled and run as below:
       INSTALL-APP helloworld
       INSTALL-MAP helloworld.map
 
-    sudo ./build/helloworld -c F -n 2
+    sudo ./build/helloworld -l 0-3 -n 2
 
     EAL: Contigmem driver has 2 buffers, each of size 1GB
     EAL: Sysctl reports 8 cpus
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