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Hi Hamid,

I do something similar and works fine. My compiler warning flags are =
more pedantic, so I have to ensure those strings are not const literals, =
but that doesn=92t matter.

I would appreciate an init that takes a struct with options too.

On 18 Feb, 2014, at 8:57 pm, Hamid Ramazani <mrramazani@gmail.com> =
wrote:

> actually I've used:
> char* argv[] =3D {"./build/l2fwd","-c","ff","-n","4", NULL};
>=20
> (NULL at the end of the list).
>=20
> Thanks.
>=20
> On 2/18/14, Hamid Ramazani <mrramazani@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I'm in need of running an open() function, that is part another =
program.
>> open() does many things, the very first of them is rte_eal_init(argv, =
argc)
>> I should not receive argc, and argv from main function of the =
program,
>> but rather I should produce it myself.
>>=20
>> What I've done inside open() function is:
>> int argc =3D 5;
>> char* argv[] =3D {"./build/l2fwd","-c","ff","-n","4"};
>> ret =3D rte_eal_init(argc,argv);
>>=20
>> But I receive: invalid EAL arguments.
>>=20
>> I'm thinking about writing another rte_eal_init function for myself.
>> What do you think?
>>=20
>> Thanks in advance.
>>=20