From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Panu Matilainen Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Provide reasonable default to -n Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:36:36 +0300 Message-ID: <561F9DD4.3070906@redhat.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Mcnamara, John" , "dev@dpdk.org" Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECFE38D9B for ; Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:36:38 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On 10/15/2015 03:10 PM, Mcnamara, John wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Panu Matilainen >> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 12:49 PM >> To: dev@dpdk.org >> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] Provide reasonable default to -n >> >> The number of memory channels is a truly obscure thing as a mandatory >> command line argument when its really just an optimization. >> Provide a reasonable default in mempool as suggested by Bruce Richardson >> and make the -n argument optional in EAL to make DPDK that little bit >> easier to use for a first-timer. > > Hi, > > In the Linux and FreeBSD user guides there is the following statement that will > need to change as well, either as part of this patchset, or separately: > > "The -c and the -n options are mandatory; the others are optional." > > http://www.dpdk.org/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.html#running-a-sample-application > http://www.dpdk.org/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_sample_apps.html#running-a-sample-application Sure. I was planning on going through the docs and updating them (separately) if the change is otherwise accepted, I suspect there are more than those two places needing changes. - Panu -