From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from jaguar.aricent.com (jaguar.aricent.com [121.241.96.11]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9D0158DB for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2013 13:49:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from jaguar.aricent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by postfix.imss71 (Postfix) with ESMTP id C42C836B5B for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2013 18:20:09 +0530 (IST) Received: from GUREXHT02.ASIAN.AD.ARICENT.COM (gurexht02.asian.ad.aricent.com [10.203.171.138]) by jaguar.aricent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE4C536B2D for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2013 18:20:09 +0530 (IST) Received: from GUREXMB01.asian.ad.aricent.com ([10.203.171.134]) by GUREXHT02.ASIAN.AD.ARICENT.COM ([10.203.171.138]) with mapi; Fri, 22 Nov 2013 18:20:09 +0530 From: Prashant Upadhyaya To: "dev@dpdk.org" Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 18:20:07 +0530 Thread-Topic: Query regarding multiple processes in DPDK Thread-Index: Ac7nf/izY2xhv9ftQ/6e54GzBsCm/Q== Message-ID: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US MIME-Version: 1.0 X-TM-AS-MML: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.15 Subject: [dpdk-dev] Query regarding multiple processes in DPDK X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 12:49:30 -0000 Hi guys, The DPDP programmer's guide mentions - =3D=3D=3D The EAL also supports an auto-detection mode (set by EAL --proc-type=3Dauto= flag), whereby an Intel(r) DPDK process is started as a secondary instance if a pr= imary instance is already running. =3D=3D=3D So does this mean that if I have a DPDK exe foo.out, then when I run the fi= rst instance of foo.out with -proc-type =3D auto, then foo.out will run as = a primary process and when I spawn the second instance of foo.out (with fir= st already running) again with -proc-type=3Dauto, then this second instance= automatically becomes secondary ? Also is there any user code initialization change required or exactly the s= ame code will work for both the processes ? Regards -Prashant =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D Please refer to http://www.aricent.com/legal/email_disclaimer.html for important disclosures regarding this electronic communication. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D