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authorChristian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>2017-05-16 14:51:32 +0200
committerChristian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>2017-05-16 16:20:45 +0200
commit7595afa4d30097c1177b69257118d8ad89a539be (patch)
tree4bfeadc905c977e45e54a90c42330553b8942e4e /doc/guides/freebsd_gsg
parentce3d555e43e3795b5d9507fcfc76b7a0a92fd0d6 (diff)
Imported Upstream version 17.05
Change-Id: Id1e419c5a214e4a18739663b91f0f9a549f1fdc6 Signed-off-by: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guides/freebsd_gsg')
-rw-r--r--doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_dpdk.rst2
-rw-r--r--doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst11
-rw-r--r--doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst2
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_dpdk.rst b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
index 24a9f879..8bd9b6a1 100644
--- a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ The DPDK is composed of several directories:
* examples: Source code of DPDK applications
-* config, tools, scripts, mk: Framework-related makefiles, scripts and configuration
+* config, buildtools, mk: Framework-related makefiles, scripts and configuration
Installation of the DPDK Target Environments
--------------------------------------------
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::
diff --git a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst
index 81770291..67e63d27 100644
--- a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ compiled and run as below:
INSTALL-APP helloworld
INSTALL-MAP helloworld.map
- sudo ./build/helloworld -c F -n 2
+ sudo ./build/helloworld -l 0-3 -n 2
EAL: Contigmem driver has 2 buffers, each of size 1GB
EAL: Sysctl reports 8 cpus