On 10/15/2015 03:10 PM, Mcnamara, John wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Panu Matilainen >> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 12:49 PM >> To: dev at 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 -