On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 12:50:14PM +0100, David Hunt wrote: > If the user requests to use an lcore above 128 using -l, > the eal will exit with "EAL: invalid core list syntax" and > very little else useful information. > > THis patch adds some extra information suggesting to use --lcores > so that physical cores above RTE_MAX_LCORE (default 128) can be > used. This is achieved by using the --lcores option by mapping > the logical cores in the application to physical cores. > > There is no change in functionalty, just additional messages > suggesting how the --lcores option might be used for the supplied > list of lcores. For example, if "-l 12-16,130,132" is used, we > see the following additional output on the command line: > > EAL: Error = One of the 7 cores provided exceeds RTE_MAX_LCORE (128) > EAL: Please use --lcores instead, e.g.
Minor suggestion: it would be good to clarify how to use lcores and what is happening here in the example. Something like: "Please use --lcores instead, to map lower lcore ids onto higher-numbered cores", could help the user understand better what is happening. > --lcores 0@12,1@13,2@14,3@15,4@16,5@130,6@132 > > Signed-off-by: David Hunt <david.h...@intel.com> With some more info to help the user: Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com>
