[PATCH v4 1/8] arg_parser: new library for command line parsing

[Bruce Richardson]

On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 02:16:13PM +0100, Morten Brørup wrote:
> > From: Euan Bourke [mailto:euan.bourke at intel.com]
> > Sent: Friday, 15 December 2023 18.26
> > 
> > Add a new library to make it easier for eal and other libraries to
> > parse
> > command line arguments.
> > 
> > The first function in this library is one to parse a corelist string
> > into an array of individual core ids. The function will then return the
> > total number of cores described in the corelist.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Euan Bourke <euan.bourke at intel.com>
> > ---
> 
> It would be nice if the library supported open-ended ranges, i.e. "-3" meaning all available cores up to and including 3, and "3-" meaning all available cores from 3 and up.
> 
Yes, that could be a useful enhancement. For now these functions are just
based off what is already implemented in EAL, with minimal enhancements.

/Bruce