[dpdk-dev] [PATCH RFC] eal: change core mask input format

2014-05-23 Thread Thomas Monjalon
Hi Anatoly, 2014-05-01 15:43, Burakov, Anatoly: > > From: Didier Pallard > > > > In current version, coremask can only be specified using a bitmask. > > It will now be possible to specify core masks in 2 different ways: > > - Using a bitmask (-c 0xnnn): bitmask must be in hex format and start wi

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH RFC] eal: change core mask input format

2014-05-23 Thread Burakov, Anatoly
Hi Thomas, > I don't understand what would be improved by adding a new parameter. > I think being able to handle the 2 syntaxes within the same option is nice. Well, -c option has been handling everything as hex since forever. Our own documentation usually has coremasks without the 0x prefix. Th

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH RFC] eal: change core mask input format

2014-05-01 Thread Burakov, Anatoly
> From: Didier Pallard > > In current version, coremask can only be specified using a bitmask. > It will now be possible to specify core masks in 2 different ways: > - Using a bitmask (-c 0xnnn): bitmask must be in hex format and start with 0x > - Using a core set description in following format:

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH RFC] eal: change core mask input format

2014-04-30 Thread David Marchand
From: Didier Pallard In current version, coremask can only be specified using a bitmask. It will now be possible to specify core masks in 2 different ways: - Using a bitmask (-c 0xnnn): bitmask must be in hex format and start with 0x - Using a core set description in following format: -c [c1[-c2]