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+..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+    Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation.
+
+Lcore-related options
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+*   ``-c <core mask>``
+
+    Set the hexadecimal bitmask of the cores to run on.
+
+*   ``-l <core list>``
+
+    List of cores to run on
+
+    The argument format is ``<c1>[-c2][,c3[-c4],...]``
+    where ``c1``, ``c2``, etc are core indexes between 0 and 128.
+
+*   ``--lcores <core map>``
+
+    Map lcore set to physical cpu set
+
+    The argument format is::
+
+       <lcores[@cpus]>[<,lcores[@cpus]>...]
+
+    Lcore and CPU lists are grouped by ``(`` and ``)`` Within the group.
+    The ``-`` character is used as a range separator and ``,`` is used as a
+    single number separator.
+    The grouping ``()`` can be omitted for single element group.
+    The ``@`` can be omitted if cpus and lcores have the same value.
+
+.. Note::
+    At a given instance only one core option ``--lcores``, ``-l`` or ``-c`` can
+    be used.
+
+*   ``--master-lcore <core ID>``
+
+    Core ID that is used as master.
+
+*   ``-s <service core mask>``
+
+    Hexadecimal bitmask of cores to be used as service cores.
+
+Device-related options
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+*   ``-b, --pci-blacklist <[domain:]bus:devid.func>``
+
+    Blacklist a PCI device to prevent EAL from using it. Multiple -b options are
+    allowed.
+
+.. Note::
+    PCI blacklist cannot be used with ``-w`` option.
+
+*   ``-w, --pci-whitelist <[domain:]bus:devid.func>``
+
+    Add a PCI device in white list.
+
+.. Note::
+    PCI whitelist cannot be used with ``-b`` option.
+
+*   ``--vdev <device arguments>``
+
+    Add a virtual device using the format::
+
+       <driver><id>[,key=val, ...]
+
+    For example::
+
+       --vdev 'net_pcap0,rx_pcap=input.pcap,tx_pcap=output.pcap'
+
+*   ``-d <path to shared object or directory>``
+
+    Load external drivers. An argument can be a single shared object file, or a
+    directory containing multiple driver shared objects. Multiple -d options are
+    allowed.
+
+*   ``--no-pci``
+
+    Disable PCI bus.
+
+Multiprocessing-related options
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+*   ``--proc-type <primary|secondary|auto>``
+
+    Set the type of the current process.
+
+Memory-related options
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+*   ``-n <number of channels>``
+
+    Set the number of memory channels to use.
+
+*   ``-r <number of ranks>``
+
+    Set the number of memory ranks (auto-detected by default).
+
+*   ``-m <megabytes>``
+
+    Amount of memory to preallocate at startup.
+
+*   ``--in-memory``
+
+    Do not create any shared data structures and run entirely in memory. Implies
+    ``--no-shconf`` and (if applicable) ``--huge-unlink``.
+
+*   ``--iova-mode <pa|va>``
+
+    Force IOVA mode to a specific value.
+
+Debugging options
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+*   ``--no-shconf``
+
+    No shared files created (implies no secondary process support).
+
+*   ``--no-huge``
+
+    Use anonymous memory instead of hugepages (implies no secondary process
+    support).
+
+*   ``--log-level <type:val>``
+
+    Specify log level for a specific component. For example::
+
+        --log-level eal:8
+
+    Can be specified multiple times.
+
+Other options
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+*   ``-h``, ``--help``
+
+    Display help message listing all EAL parameters.
+
+*   ``-v``
+
+    Display the version information on startup.
+
+*   ``mbuf-pool-ops-name``:
+
+    Pool ops name for mbuf to use.