[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update procinfo for shared library

Vipin Varghese vipin.varghese at intel.com
Tue Jan 30 13:17:02 CET 2018


added note category to procinfo guide, to intimate users in shared
library mode. Procinfo requires same NIC libraries to probe the NIC
devices as Primary Application.

Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese <vipin.varghese at intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst b/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst
index fd17e27..78c5a9e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ statistics, resetting port statistics and printing DPDK memory information.
 This application extends the original functionality that was supported by
 dump_cfg.
 
+.. Note::
+   When running `dpdk-procinfo`` with shared library mode, it is required to
+   pass the same NIC PMD libraries as used for the primary application. Any
+   mismatch in PMD library arguments can lead to undefined behaviour and results
+   affecting primary application too.
+
 Running the Application
 -----------------------
 The application has a number of command line options:
-- 
1.9.1



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