Re: [PATCH 0/2] use core lists not masks in documentation

[David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM Bruce Richardson
<bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
>
> For real-world use with dozens if not hundreds of cores, use of core
> masks becomes unwieldy. Core lists are preferred so update the examples
> and DPDK docs to refer to core lists over core masks i.e.
>
> * use "-l" EAL option rather than "-c"
> * use "-S" service core list option rather than "-s"
>
> Bruce Richardson (2):
>   doc/eal: add doc entry for service core list flag
>   doc: use core lists rather than masks in guides
>
>  doc/guides/bbdevs/acc100.rst                  |  2 +-
>  doc/guides/bbdevs/fpga_5gnr_fec.rst           |  4 +-
>  doc/guides/bbdevs/fpga_lte_fec.rst            |  2 +-
>  doc/guides/bbdevs/vrb1.rst                    |  2 +-
>  doc/guides/bbdevs/vrb2.rst                    |  2 +-
>  doc/guides/cryptodevs/octeontx.rst            |  2 +-
>  doc/guides/eventdevs/dlb2.rst                 |  6 +--
>  doc/guides/faq/faq.rst                        |  8 ++--
>  doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst  |  8 ++--
>  doc/guides/howto/packet_capture_framework.rst |  2 +-
>  doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst    | 10 ++---
>  doc/guides/linux_gsg/eal_args.include.rst     |  5 +++
>  doc/guides/mempool/cnxk.rst                   |  2 +-
>  doc/guides/mempool/octeontx.rst               |  2 +-
>  doc/guides/nics/cnxk.rst                      |  2 +-
>  doc/guides/nics/cpfl.rst                      |  2 +-
>  doc/guides/nics/dpaa.rst                      |  2 +-
>  doc/guides/nics/dpaa2.rst                     |  4 +-
>  doc/guides/nics/fail_safe.rst                 |  8 ++--
>  doc/guides/nics/ice.rst                       |  4 +-
>  doc/guides/nics/softnic.rst                   |  4 +-
>  doc/guides/prog_guide/meson_ut.rst            |  2 +-
>  doc/guides/prog_guide/multi_proc_support.rst  |  2 +-
>  doc/guides/prog_guide/service_cores.rst       |  8 ++--
>  doc/guides/sample_app_ug/bbdev_app.rst        |  6 +--
>  doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ip_pipeline.rst      |  2 +-
>  doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ipsec_secgw.rst      |  4 +-
>  .../sample_app_ug/l2_forward_macsec.rst       |  4 +-
>  doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l3_forward.rst       |  2 +-
>  doc/guides/sample_app_ug/multi_process.rst    |  8 ++--
>  doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ntb.rst              |  2 +-
>  doc/guides/sample_app_ug/pipeline.rst         |  2 +-
>  doc/guides/sample_app_ug/qos_scheduler.rst    |  2 +-
>  doc/guides/sample_app_ug/test_pipeline.rst    |  2 +-
>  doc/guides/sample_app_ug/vdpa.rst             |  2 +-
>  doc/guides/tools/comp_perf.rst                |  5 +--
>  doc/guides/tools/cryptoperf.rst               |  5 +--
>  doc/guides/tools/graph.rst                    | 13 +++----
>  doc/guides/tools/testbbdev.rst                |  2 +-
>  doc/guides/tools/testeventdev.rst             | 39 +++++++++----------
>  doc/guides/tools/testmldev.rst                | 27 +++++++------
>  41 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 112 deletions(-)

Series applied, thanks Bruce.


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David Marchand