06/12/2020 18:43, Stephen Hemminger:
> On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 01:31:14 +0800
> walimis...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > From: Wang Liming <walimis...@gmail.com>
> >
> > Remove redundant "nr_hugepages" words from mlx4 and mlx5 doc.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Wang Liming <walimis...@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst | 2 +-
> > doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 2 +-
> > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
[...]
> > --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> > #. 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
>
> Could we change the drivers to refer to the existing hugepages script
> rather than doing "roll your own"
I agree. I've sent a patch to use the new script wherever needed:
https://patches.dpdk.org/patch/87877/
