From: Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: john.mcnamara@intel.com, vipin.varghese@intel.com,
Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>
Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] doc: update dpdk proc info limitations
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 21:46:26 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180207214626.34029-1-marko.kovacevic@intel.com> (raw)
Updated the limitations for dpdk-procinfo
to inform user of the proper use. To avoid
failures and build issues
Signed-off-by: Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>
---
doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst b/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst
index b35b02f..d5b5ed6 100644
--- a/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst
@@ -10,17 +10,6 @@ statistics, resetting port statistics and printing DPDK memory information.
This application extends the original functionality that was supported by
dump_cfg.
-.. note::
-
- dpdk-procinfo should run alongside primary process with same DPDK version.
-
-.. note::
-
- When running `dpdk-procinfo`` with shared library mode, it is required to
- pass the same NIC PMD libraries as used for the primary application. Any
- mismatch in PMD library arguments can lead to undefined behaviour and results
- affecting primary application too.
-
Running the Application
-----------------------
The application has a number of command line options:
@@ -52,6 +41,17 @@ If no port mask is specified xstats are reset for all DPDK ports.
**-m**: Print DPDK memory information.
-.. note::
+Limitations
+-----------
+
+* dpdk-procinfo should run alongside primary process with same DPDK version.
+
+* When running ``dpdk-procinfo`` with shared library mode, it is required to
+ pass the same NIC PMD libraries as used for the primary application. Any
+ mismatch in PMD library arguments can lead to undefined behaviour and results
+ affecting primary application too.
+
+* Stats retrieval using ``dpdk-procinfo`` is not supported for virtual devices like PCAP and TAP.
- Stats retrieval using ``dpdk-procinfo`` is not supported for virtual devices like PCAP and TAP.
+* Since default DPDK EAL arguments for ``dpdk-procinfo`` are ``-c1, -n4 & --proc-type=secondary``,
+ It is not expected that the user passes any EAL arguments.
--
2.9.5
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2018-02-07 21:46 Marko Kovacevic [this message]
2018-02-08 18:08 ` Mcnamara, John
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