Imported Upstream version 17.05

Change-Id: Id1e419c5a214e4a18739663b91f0f9a549f1fdc6
Signed-off-by: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>

1 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 fffc4c01..9faa0e6e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ The following is the list of options that can be given to the EAL:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    ./rte-app -c COREMASK [-n NUM] [-b <domain:bus:devid.func>] \
+    ./rte-app -l CORELIST [-n NUM] [-b <domain:bus:devid.func>] \
               [-r NUM] [-v] [--proc-type <primary|secondary|auto>]
 
 .. note::
@@ -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::