[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: replace hugepages commands with dedicated tool

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Fri Feb 12 13:51:36 CET 2021


12/02/2021 12:55, Ferruh Yigit:
> On 2/11/2021 6:16 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > --- a/doc/guides/howto/lm_bond_virtio_sriov.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/howto/lm_bond_virtio_sriov.rst
> > @@ -581,9 +581,9 @@ Set up DPDK in the Virtual Machine
> >      # virtio port is 03
> >      # vf port is 04
> >   
> > -   cat  /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages
> > -   echo 1024 > /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages
> > -   cat  /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages
> > +   /root/dpdk/usertools/dpdk-hugepages.py --show
> > +   /root/dpdk/usertools/dpdk-hugepages.py --setup 2G
> > +   /root/dpdk/usertools/dpdk-hugepages.py --show
> 
> Wouldn't be better to use 'dpdk-hugepages.py' only, or perhaps 
> './usertools/dpdk-hugepages.py' but not full path.
> The dpdk path, '/root/dpdk/', assumption can be missleading.

Using this fixed path is consistent with the rest of this howto.
Maybe you would prefer a rewrite of the howto?




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