Signed-off-by: Keith Wiles <keith.wi...@intel.com>
---
doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst | 9 +++++----
doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst | 2 +-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst
b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst
index fffc4c0..3c1b672 100644
--- a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst
@@ -130,9 +130,10 @@ The following is the list of options that can be given to
the EAL:
The EAL options for FreeBSD are as follows:
-* ``-c COREMASK``:
+* ``-c COREMASK`` or ``-l CORELIST``:
A hexadecimal bit mask of the cores to run on. Note that core numbering
- can change between platforms and should be determined beforehand.
+ can change between platforms and should be determined beforehand. The
corelist
+ is a list of cores to use instead of a core mask.
* ``-n NUM``:
Number of memory channels per processor socket.
@@ -169,13 +170,13 @@ Other options, specific to Linux and are not supported
under FreeBSD are as foll
Memory to allocate from hugepages, regardless of processor socket.
It is recommended that ``--socket-mem`` be used instead of this option.
-The ``-c`` option is mandatory; the others are optional.
+The ``-c`` or ``-l`` option is mandatory; the others are optional.
Copy the DPDK application binary to your target, then run the application
as follows (assuming the platform has four memory channels, and that cores 0-3
are present and are to be used for running the application)::
- ./helloworld -c f -n 4
+ ./helloworld -l 0-3 -n 4
.. note::
diff --git a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst
b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst
index 8177029..67e63d2 100644
--- a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ compiled and run as below:
INSTALL-APP helloworld
INSTALL-MAP helloworld.map
- sudo ./build/helloworld -c F -n 2
+ sudo ./build/helloworld -l 0-3 -n 2
EAL: Contigmem driver has 2 buffers, each of size 1GB
EAL: Sysctl reports 8 cpus
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