From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vipin Varghese Subject: [PATCH] doc: update procinfo for shared library Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 17:47:02 +0530 Message-ID: <1517314622-19439-1-git-send-email-vipin.varghese@intel.com> Cc: stable@dpdk.org, john.mcnamara@intel.com, Vipin Varghese To: dev@dpdk.org, marko.kovacevic@intel.com Return-path: List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" added note category to procinfo guide, to intimate users in shared library mode. Procinfo requires same NIC libraries to probe the NIC devices as Primary Application. Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese --- doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst b/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst index fd17e27..78c5a9e 100644 --- a/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst +++ b/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst @@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ statistics, resetting port statistics and printing DPDK memory information. This application extends the original functionality that was supported by dump_cfg. +.. Note:: + When running `dpdk-procinfo`` with shared library mode, it is required to + pass the same NIC PMD libraries as used for the primary application. Any + mismatch in PMD library arguments can lead to undefined behaviour and results + affecting primary application too. + Running the Application ----------------------- The application has a number of command line options: -- 1.9.1