Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: fix wrong hugepages setting path

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

On Mon,  7 Dec 2020 01:31:14 +0800
walimisdev@gmail.com wrote:

> From: Wang Liming <walimisdev@gmail.com>
> 
> Remove redundant "nr_hugepages" words from mlx4 and mlx5 doc.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wang Liming <walimisdev@gmail.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst | 2 +-
>  doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst
> index 354c2bb82..b40954e88 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst
> @@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ devices managed by librte_net_mlx4.
>  
>  #. Request huge pages::
>  
> -      echo 1024 > /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages/nr_hugepages
> +      echo 1024 > /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages
>  
>  #. Start testpmd with basic parameters::
>  
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> index 3bda0f841..afefe6a3a 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> @@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ ConnectX-4/ConnectX-5/ConnectX-6/BlueField devices managed by librte_net_mlx5.
>  
>  #. Request huge pages::
>  
> -      echo 1024 > /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages/nr_hugepages
> +      echo 1024 > /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages
>  
>  #. Start testpmd with basic parameters::
>  

Could we change the drivers to refer to the existing hugepages script
rather than doing "roll your own"