On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 12:50:15PM +0100, David Hunt wrote: > If the user requests to use an lcore above 128 using -c, > 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 > "-c 0xf00000000000000000000000000000000" is used, we see the > following additional output on the command line: > > EAL: Error = One of the 4 cores provided exceeds RTE_MAX_LCORE (128)
"=" ? > EAL: Please use --lcores instead, e.g. --lcores 0@128,1@129,2@130,3@131 > > Signed-off-by: David Hunt <david.h...@intel.com> > While I really can't see many people using "-c" to use cores >128 (unless from a script, I suppose), this change is worthwhile having for completeness. I suggest aligning the error message with that for "-l" flag. Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com>
