From: Reshma Pattan <reshma.pattan@intel.com>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: Reshma Pattan <reshma.pattan@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH] doc: add option to install PMD driver shared library
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 13:32:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1490617937-12063-1-git-send-email-reshma.pattan@intel.com> (raw)
Update the document with the available EAL command
line option to install the pmd drivers that are built
as shared libraries.
Signed-off-by: Reshma Pattan <reshma.pattan@intel.com>
---
doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst
index 29739a5..12fefff 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ The following is the list of options that can be given to the EAL:
.. code-block:: console
./rte-app [-c COREMASK | -l CORELIST] [-n NUM] [-b <domain:bus:devid.func>] \
- [--socket-mem=MB,...] [-m MB] [-r NUM] [-v] [--file-prefix] \
+ [--socket-mem=MB,...] [-d LIB.so|DIR] [-m MB] [-r NUM] [-v] [--file-prefix] \
[--proc-type <primary|secondary|auto>] [-- xen-dom0]
The EAL options are as follows:
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ The EAL options are as follows:
* ``--socket-mem``:
Memory to allocate from hugepages on specific sockets.
+* ``-d``:
+ Add a driver or driver directory to be loaded.
+ The application should use this option to load the pmd drivers
+ that are built as shared libraries.
+
* ``-m MB``:
Memory to allocate from hugepages, regardless of processor socket. It is
recommended that ``--socket-mem`` be used instead of this option.
--
2.7.4
next reply other threads:[~2017-03-27 12:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-27 12:32 Reshma Pattan [this message]
2017-03-28 15:00 ` [PATCH] doc: add option to install PMD driver shared library Ferruh Yigit
2017-04-04 12:35 ` Thomas Monjalon
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