app/testpmd: support external memory

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diff --git a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
index 6cbbf40..67a8532 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
@@ -1,32 +1,5 @@
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 Running the Application
 =======================
 
 Running the Application
 =======================


@@ -36,117 +9,127 @@ EAL Command-line Options
 
 The following are the EAL command-line options that can be used in conjunction with the testpmd,
 or any other DPDK application.
 
 The following are the EAL command-line options that can be used in conjunction with the testpmd,
 or any other DPDK application.

-See the DPDK Getting Started Guide for more information on these options.
+See the DPDK Getting Started Guides for more information on these options.

 
 

-*   -c COREMASK
+*   ``-c COREMASK``

 
     Set the hexadecimal bitmask of the cores to run on.
 
 
     Set the hexadecimal bitmask of the cores to run on.
 

-*   -l CORELIST
+*   ``-l CORELIST``

 
     List of cores to run on
 
 
     List of cores to run on
 

-    The argument format is <c1>[-c2][,c3[-c4],...]
-    where c1, c2, etc are core indexes between 0 and 128
+    The argument format is ``<c1>[-c2][,c3[-c4],...]``
+    where ``c1``, ``c2``, etc are core indexes between 0 and 128.

 
 

-*   --lcores COREMAP
+*   ``--lcores COREMAP``

 
     Map lcore set to physical cpu set
 
 
     Map lcore set to physical cpu set
 

-    The argument format is
-        '<lcores[@cpus]>[<,lcores[@cpus]>...]'
+    The argument format is::

 
 

-    lcores and cpus list are grouped by '(' and ')'
-    Within the group, '-' is used for range separator,
-    ',' is used for single number separator.
-    '( )' can be omitted for single element group,
-    '@' can be omitted if cpus and lcores have the same value
+       <lcores[@cpus]>[<,lcores[@cpus]>...]

 
 

-*   --master-lcore ID
+    Lcore and CPU lists are grouped by ``(`` and ``)`` Within the group.
+    The ``-`` character is used as a range separator and ``,`` is used as a single number separator.
+    The grouping ``()`` can be omitted for single element group.
+    The ``@`` can be omitted if cpus and lcores have the same value.

 
 

-    Core ID that is used as master
+.. Note::
+    At a given instance only one core option ``--lcores``, ``-l`` or ``-c`` can be used.

 
 

-*   -n NUM
+
+*   ``--master-lcore ID``
+
+    Core ID that is used as master.
+
+*   ``-n NUM``

 
     Set the number of memory channels to use.
 
 
     Set the number of memory channels to use.
 

-*   -b, --pci-blacklist domain:bus:devid.func
+*   ``-b, --pci-blacklist domain:bus:devid.func``

 
 

-    Blacklist a PCI devise to prevent EAL from using it. Multiple -b options are allowed.
+    Blacklist a PCI device to prevent EAL from using it. Multiple -b options are allowed.

 
 

-*   -d LIB.so
+*   ``-d LIB.so``

 
     Load an external driver. Multiple -d options are allowed.
 
 
     Load an external driver. Multiple -d options are allowed.
 

-*   -w, --pci-whitelist domain:bus:devid:func
+*   ``-w, --pci-whitelist domain:bus:devid:func``

 
     Add a PCI device in white list.
 
 
     Add a PCI device in white list.
 

-*   -m MB
+*   ``-m MB``

 
 

-    Memory to allocate. See also --socket-mem.
+    Memory to allocate. See also ``--socket-mem``.

 
 

-*   -r NUM
+*   ``-r NUM``

 
     Set the number of memory ranks (auto-detected by default).
 
 
     Set the number of memory ranks (auto-detected by default).
 

-*   -v
+*   ``-v``

 
     Display the version information on startup.
 
 
     Display the version information on startup.
 

-*   --xen-dom0
-
-    Support application running on Xen Domain0 without hugetlbfs.
-
-*   --syslog
+*   ``--syslog``

 
     Set the syslog facility.
 
 
     Set the syslog facility.
 

-*   --socket-mem
+*   ``--socket-mem``

 
     Set the memory to allocate on specific sockets (use comma separated values).
 
 
     Set the memory to allocate on specific sockets (use comma separated values).
 

-*   --huge-dir
+*   ``--huge-dir``

 
     Specify the directory where the hugetlbfs is mounted.
 
 
     Specify the directory where the hugetlbfs is mounted.
 

-*   --proc-type
+*   ``mbuf-pool-ops-name``:
+
+    Pool ops name for mbuf to use.
+
+*   ``--proc-type``

 
     Set the type of the current process.
 
 
     Set the type of the current process.
 

-*   --file-prefix
+*   ``--file-prefix``

 
     Prefix for hugepage filenames.
 
 
     Prefix for hugepage filenames.
 

-*   -vmware-tsc-map
+*   ``-vmware-tsc-map``

 
     Use VMware TSC map instead of native RDTSC.
 
 
     Use VMware TSC map instead of native RDTSC.
 

-*   --vdev
+*   ``--vdev``
+
+    Add a virtual device using the format::

 
 

-    Add a virtual device, with format "<driver><id>[,key=val, ...]", e.g. --vdev=eth_pcap0,iface=eth2.
+       <driver><id>[,key=val, ...]

 
 

-*   --base-virtaddr
+    For example::
+
+       --vdev 'net_pcap0,rx_pcap=input.pcap,tx_pcap=output.pcap'
+
+*   ``--base-virtaddr``

 
     Specify base virtual address.
 
 
     Specify base virtual address.
 

-*   --create-uio-dev
+*   ``--create-uio-dev``

 
 

-    Create /dev/uioX (usually done by hotplug).
+    Create ``/dev/uioX`` (usually done by hotplug).

 
 

-*   --no-shconf
+*   ``--no-shconf``

 
 

-    No shared config (mmap'd files).
+    No shared config (mmap-ed files).

 
 

-*   --no-pci
+*   ``--no-pci``

 
     Disable pci.
 
 
     Disable pci.
 

-*   --no-hpet
+*   ``--no-hpet``

 
     Disable hpet.
 
 
     Disable hpet.
 

-*   --no-huge
+*   ``--no-huge``

 
     Use malloc instead of hugetlbfs.
 
 
     Use malloc instead of hugetlbfs.
 


@@ -155,272 +138,375 @@ Testpmd Command-line Options
 ----------------------------
 
 The following are the command-line options for the testpmd applications.
 ----------------------------
 
 The following are the command-line options for the testpmd applications.

-They must be separated from the EAL options, shown in the previous section, with a -- separator:
+They must be separated from the EAL options, shown in the previous section, with a ``--`` separator:

 
 .. code-block:: console
 
 
 .. code-block:: console
 

-    sudo ./testpmd -c 0xF -n 4 -- -i --portmask=0x1 --nb-cores=2
+    sudo ./testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 -- -i --portmask=0x1 --nb-cores=2

 
 

-*   -i, --interactive
+The commandline options are:
+
+*   ``-i, --interactive``

 
     Run testpmd in interactive mode.
     In this mode, the testpmd starts with a prompt that can be used to start and stop forwarding,
     configure the application and display stats on the current packet processing session.
 
     Run testpmd in interactive mode.
     In this mode, the testpmd starts with a prompt that can be used to start and stop forwarding,
     configure the application and display stats on the current packet processing session.

-    See the Section 5.0, "Test Runtime Functions" section for more details.
+    See :ref:`testpmd_runtime` for more details.

 
     In non-interactive mode,
     the application starts with the configuration specified on the command-line and
     immediately enters forwarding mode.
 
 
     In non-interactive mode,
     the application starts with the configuration specified on the command-line and
     immediately enters forwarding mode.
 

-*   -h, --help
+*   ``-h, --help``

 
     Display a help message and quit.
 
 
     Display a help message and quit.
 

-*   -a, --auto-start
+*   ``-a, --auto-start``
+
+    Start forwarding on initialization.
+
+*   ``--tx-first``
+
+    Start forwarding, after sending a burst of packets first.
+
+.. Note::

 
 

-    Start forwarding on init.
+   This flag should be only used in non-interactive mode.

 
 

-*   --nb-cores=N
+*   ``--stats-period PERIOD``
+
+    Display statistics every PERIOD seconds, if interactive mode is disabled.
+    The default value is 0, which means that the statistics will not be displayed.
+
+*   ``--nb-cores=N``

 
     Set the number of forwarding cores,
 
     Set the number of forwarding cores,

-    where 1 <= N <= number of cores or RTE_MAX_LCORE from the configuration file.
+    where 1 <= N <= "number of cores" or ``CONFIG_RTE_MAX_LCORE`` from the configuration file.

     The default value is 1.
 
     The default value is 1.
 

-*   --nb-ports=N
+*   ``--nb-ports=N``

 
     Set the number of forwarding ports,
 
     Set the number of forwarding ports,

-    where 1 <= N <= number of ports on the board or RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS from the configuration file.
+    where 1 <= N <= "number of ports" on the board or ``CONFIG_RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS`` from the configuration file.

     The default value is the number of ports on the board.
 
     The default value is the number of ports on the board.
 

-*   --coremask=0xXX
+*   ``--coremask=0xXX``

 
     Set the hexadecimal bitmask of the cores running the packet forwarding test.
     The master lcore is reserved for command line parsing only and cannot be masked on for packet forwarding.
 
 
     Set the hexadecimal bitmask of the cores running the packet forwarding test.
     The master lcore is reserved for command line parsing only and cannot be masked on for packet forwarding.
 

-*   --portmask=0xXX
+*   ``--portmask=0xXX``

 
     Set the hexadecimal bitmask of the ports used by the packet forwarding test.
 
 
     Set the hexadecimal bitmask of the ports used by the packet forwarding test.
 

-*   --numa
+*   ``--numa``
+
+    Enable NUMA-aware allocation of RX/TX rings and of RX memory buffers
+    (mbufs). [Default setting]
+
+*   ``--no-numa``

 
 

-    Enable NUMA-aware allocation of RX/TX rings and of RX memory buffers (mbufs).
+    Disable NUMA-aware allocation of RX/TX rings and of RX memory buffers (mbufs).

 
 

-*   --port-numa-config=(port,socket)[,(port,socket)]
+*   ``--port-numa-config=(port,socket)[,(port,socket)]``

 
     Specify the socket on which the memory pool to be used by the port will be allocated.
 
 
     Specify the socket on which the memory pool to be used by the port will be allocated.
 

-*   --ring-numa-config=(port,flag,socket)[,(port,flag,socket)]
+*   ``--ring-numa-config=(port,flag,socket)[,(port,flag,socket)]``

 
     Specify the socket on which the TX/RX rings for the port will be allocated.
     Where flag is 1 for RX, 2 for TX, and 3 for RX and TX.
 
 
     Specify the socket on which the TX/RX rings for the port will be allocated.
     Where flag is 1 for RX, 2 for TX, and 3 for RX and TX.
 

-*   --socket-num=N
+*   ``--socket-num=N``

 
     Set the socket from which all memory is allocated in NUMA mode,
     where 0 <= N < number of sockets on the board.
 
 
     Set the socket from which all memory is allocated in NUMA mode,
     where 0 <= N < number of sockets on the board.
 

-*   --mbuf-size=N
+*   ``--mbuf-size=N``

 
     Set the data size of the mbufs used to N bytes, where N < 65536. The default value is 2048.
 
 
     Set the data size of the mbufs used to N bytes, where N < 65536. The default value is 2048.
 

-*   --total-num-mbufs=N
+*   ``--total-num-mbufs=N``

 
     Set the number of mbufs to be allocated in the mbuf pools, where N > 1024.
 
 
     Set the number of mbufs to be allocated in the mbuf pools, where N > 1024.
 

-*   --max-pkt-len=N
+*   ``--max-pkt-len=N``

 
     Set the maximum packet size to N bytes, where N >= 64. The default value is 1518.
 
 
     Set the maximum packet size to N bytes, where N >= 64. The default value is 1518.
 

-*   --eth-peers-configfile=name
+*   ``--eth-peers-configfile=name``

 
     Use a configuration file containing the Ethernet addresses of the peer ports.
 
     Use a configuration file containing the Ethernet addresses of the peer ports.

-    The configuration file should contain the Ethernet addresses on separate lines:
+    The configuration file should contain the Ethernet addresses on separate lines::

 
 

-    XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:01
+       XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:01
+       XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:02
+       ...

 
 

-    XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:02

 
 

-    ...
+*   ``--eth-peer=N,XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX``

 
 

-*   --eth-peer=N,XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
+    Set the MAC address ``XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX`` of the peer port N,
+    where 0 <= N < ``CONFIG_RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS`` from the configuration file.

 
 

-    Set the MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX of the peer port N,
-    where 0 <= N < RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS from the configuration file.
+*   ``--pkt-filter-mode=mode``

 
 

-*   --pkt-filter-mode=mode
+    Set Flow Director mode where mode is either ``none`` (the default), ``signature`` or ``perfect``.
+    See :ref:`testpmd_flow_director` for more details.

 
 

-    Set Flow Director mode where mode is either none (the default), signature or perfect.
-    See the Section 5.6, "Flow Director Functions" for more detail.
+*   ``--pkt-filter-report-hash=mode``

 
 

-*   --pkt-filter-report-hash=mode
+    Set Flow Director hash match reporting mode where mode is ``none``, ``match`` (the default) or ``always``.

 
 

-    Set Flow Director hash match reporting mode where mode is none, match (the default) or always.
-
-*   --pkt-filter-size=N
+*   ``--pkt-filter-size=N``

 
     Set Flow Director allocated memory size, where N is 64K, 128K or 256K.
     Sizes are in kilobytes. The default is 64.
 
 
     Set Flow Director allocated memory size, where N is 64K, 128K or 256K.
     Sizes are in kilobytes. The default is 64.
 

-*   --pkt-filter-flexbytes-offset=N
+*   ``--pkt-filter-flexbytes-offset=N``

 
     Set the flexbytes offset.
     The offset is defined in words (not bytes) counted from the first byte of the destination Ethernet MAC address,
     where N is 0 <= N <= 32.
     The default value is 0x6.
 
 
     Set the flexbytes offset.
     The offset is defined in words (not bytes) counted from the first byte of the destination Ethernet MAC address,
     where N is 0 <= N <= 32.
     The default value is 0x6.
 

-*   --pkt-filter-drop-queue=N
+*   ``--pkt-filter-drop-queue=N``

 
     Set the drop-queue.
     In perfect filter mode, when a rule is added with queue = -1, the packet will be enqueued into the RX drop-queue.
     If the drop-queue does not exist, the packet is dropped. The default value is N=127.
 
 
     Set the drop-queue.
     In perfect filter mode, when a rule is added with queue = -1, the packet will be enqueued into the RX drop-queue.
     If the drop-queue does not exist, the packet is dropped. The default value is N=127.
 

-*   --crc-strip
+*   ``--disable-crc-strip``
+
+    Disable hardware CRC stripping.

 
 

-    Enable hardware CRC stripping.
+*   ``--enable-lro``

 
 

-*   --enable-rx-cksum
+    Enable large receive offload.
+
+*   ``--enable-rx-cksum``

 
     Enable hardware RX checksum offload.
 
 
     Enable hardware RX checksum offload.
 

-*   --disable-hw-vlan
+*   ``--enable-scatter``
+
+    Enable scatter (multi-segment) RX.

 
 

-    Disable hardware VLAN.
+*   ``--enable-hw-vlan``

 
 

-*   --disable-hw-vlan-filter
+    Enable hardware VLAN.

 
 

-    Disable hardware VLAN filter.
+*   ``--enable-hw-vlan-filter``

 
 

-*   --disable-hw-vlan-strip
+    Enable hardware VLAN filter.

 
 

-    Disable hardware VLAN strip.
+*   ``--enable-hw-vlan-strip``

 
 

-*   --disable-hw-vlan-extend
+    Enable hardware VLAN strip.

 
 

-    Disable hardware VLAN extend.
+*   ``--enable-hw-vlan-extend``

 
 

-*   --enable-drop-en
+    Enable hardware VLAN extend.
+
+*   ``--enable-drop-en``

 
     Enable per-queue packet drop for packets with no descriptors.
 
 
     Enable per-queue packet drop for packets with no descriptors.
 

-*   --disable-rss
+*   ``--disable-rss``

 
     Disable RSS (Receive Side Scaling).
 
 
     Disable RSS (Receive Side Scaling).
 

-*   --port-topology=mode
+*   ``--port-topology=mode``
+
+    Set port topology, where mode is ``paired`` (the default) or ``chained``.
+
+    In ``paired`` mode, the forwarding is between pairs of ports, for example: (0,1), (2,3), (4,5).
+
+    In ``chained`` mode, the forwarding is to the next available port in the port mask, for example: (0,1), (1,2), (2,0).

 
 

-    Set port topology, where mode is paired(the default) or chained.
-    In paired mode, the forwarding is between pairs of ports, for example: (0,1), (2,3), (4,5).
-    In chained mode, the forwarding is to the next available port in the port mask, for example: (0,1), (1,2), (2,0).

     The ordering of the ports can be changed using the portlist testpmd runtime function.
 
     The ordering of the ports can be changed using the portlist testpmd runtime function.
 

-*   --forward-mode=N
+*   ``--forward-mode=mode``

 
 

-    Set forwarding mode. (N: io|mac|mac_retry|mac_swap|flowgen|rxonly|txonly|csum|icmpecho)
+    Set the forwarding mode where ``mode`` is one of the following::

 
 

-*   --rss-ip
+       io (the default)
+       mac
+       mac_swap
+       flowgen
+       rxonly
+       txonly
+       csum
+       icmpecho
+       ieee1588
+       tm
+
+*   ``--rss-ip``

 
     Set RSS functions for IPv4/IPv6 only.
 
 
     Set RSS functions for IPv4/IPv6 only.
 

-*   --rss-udp
+*   ``--rss-udp``

 
     Set RSS functions for IPv4/IPv6 and UDP.
 
 
     Set RSS functions for IPv4/IPv6 and UDP.
 

-*   --rxq=N
+*   ``--rxq=N``

 
     Set the number of RX queues per port to N, where 1 <= N <= 65535.
     The default value is 1.
 
 
     Set the number of RX queues per port to N, where 1 <= N <= 65535.
     The default value is 1.
 

-*   --rxd=N
+*   ``--rxd=N``

 
     Set the number of descriptors in the RX rings to N, where N > 0.
     The default value is 128.
 
 
     Set the number of descriptors in the RX rings to N, where N > 0.
     The default value is 128.
 

-*   --txq=N
+*   ``--txq=N``

 
     Set the number of TX queues per port to N, where 1 <= N <= 65535.
     The default value is 1.
 
 
     Set the number of TX queues per port to N, where 1 <= N <= 65535.
     The default value is 1.
 

-*   --txd=N
+*   ``--txd=N``

 
     Set the number of descriptors in the TX rings to N, where N > 0.
     The default value is 512.
 
 
     Set the number of descriptors in the TX rings to N, where N > 0.
     The default value is 512.
 

-*   --burst=N
+*   ``--burst=N``

 
     Set the number of packets per burst to N, where 1 <= N <= 512.
 
     Set the number of packets per burst to N, where 1 <= N <= 512.

-    The default value is 16.
+    The default value is 32.
+    If set to 0, driver default is used if defined. Else, if driver
+    default is not defined, default of 32 is used.

 
 

-*   --mbcache=N
+*   ``--mbcache=N``

 
     Set the cache of mbuf memory pools to N, where 0 <= N <= 512.
     The default value is 16.
 
 
     Set the cache of mbuf memory pools to N, where 0 <= N <= 512.
     The default value is 16.
 

-*   --rxpt=N
+*   ``--rxpt=N``

 
     Set the prefetch threshold register of RX rings to N, where N >= 0.
     The default value is 8.
 
 
     Set the prefetch threshold register of RX rings to N, where N >= 0.
     The default value is 8.
 

-*   --rxht=N
+*   ``--rxht=N``

 
     Set the host threshold register of RX rings to N, where N >= 0.
     The default value is 8.
 
 
     Set the host threshold register of RX rings to N, where N >= 0.
     The default value is 8.
 

-*   --rxfreet=N
+*   ``--rxfreet=N``

 
     Set the free threshold of RX descriptors to N, where 0 <= N < value of --rxd.
     The default value is 0.
 
 
     Set the free threshold of RX descriptors to N, where 0 <= N < value of --rxd.
     The default value is 0.
 

-*   --rxwt=N
+*   ``--rxwt=N``

 
     Set the write-back threshold register of RX rings to N, where N >= 0.
     The default value is 4.
 
 
     Set the write-back threshold register of RX rings to N, where N >= 0.
     The default value is 4.
 

-*   --txpt=N
+*   ``--txpt=N``

 
     Set the prefetch threshold register of TX rings to N, where N >= 0.
     The default value is 36.
 
 
     Set the prefetch threshold register of TX rings to N, where N >= 0.
     The default value is 36.
 

-*   --txht=N
+*   ``--txht=N``

 
     Set the host threshold register of TX rings to N, where N >= 0.
     The default value is 0.
 
 
     Set the host threshold register of TX rings to N, where N >= 0.
     The default value is 0.
 

-*   --txwt=N
+*   ``--txwt=N``

 
     Set the write-back threshold register of TX rings to N, where N >= 0.
     The default value is 0.
 
 
     Set the write-back threshold register of TX rings to N, where N >= 0.
     The default value is 0.
 

-*   --txfreet=N
+*   ``--txfreet=N``

 
 

-    Set the transmit free threshold of TX rings to N, where 0 <= N <= value of --txd.
+    Set the transmit free threshold of TX rings to N, where 0 <= N <= value of ``--txd``.

     The default value is 0.
 
     The default value is 0.
 

-*   --txrst=N
+*   ``--txrst=N``

 
 

-    Set the transmit RS bit threshold of TX rings to N, where 0 <= N <= value of --txd.
+    Set the transmit RS bit threshold of TX rings to N, where 0 <= N <= value of ``--txd``.

     The default value is 0.
 
     The default value is 0.
 

-*   --txqflags=0xXXXXXXXX
-
-    Set the hexadecimal bitmask of TX queue flags, where 0 <= N <= 0x7FFFFFFF.
-    The default value is 0.
-
-*   --rx-queue-stats-mapping=(port,queue,mapping)[,(port,queue,mapping)]
+*   ``--rx-queue-stats-mapping=(port,queue,mapping)[,(port,queue,mapping)]``

 
     Set the RX queues statistics counters mapping 0 <= mapping <= 15.
 
 
     Set the RX queues statistics counters mapping 0 <= mapping <= 15.
 

-*   --tx-queue-stats-mapping=(port,queue,mapping)[,(port,queue,mapping)]
+*   ``--tx-queue-stats-mapping=(port,queue,mapping)[,(port,queue,mapping)]``

 
     Set the TX queues statistics counters mapping 0 <= mapping <= 15.
 
 
     Set the TX queues statistics counters mapping 0 <= mapping <= 15.
 

-*   --no-flush-rx
+*   ``--no-flush-rx``

 
 

-    Don't flush the RX streams before starting forwarding. Used mainly with PCAP drivers.
+    Don't flush the RX streams before starting forwarding. Used mainly with the PCAP PMD.

 
 

-*   --txpkts=X[,Y]
+*   ``--txpkts=X[,Y]``

 
 

-    Set TX segment sizes.
+    Set TX segment sizes or total packet length. Valid for ``tx-only``
+    and ``flowgen`` forwarding modes.

 
 

-*   --disable-link-check
+*   ``--disable-link-check``

 
     Disable check on link status when starting/stopping ports.
 
     Disable check on link status when starting/stopping ports.

+
+*   ``--no-lsc-interrupt``
+
+    Disable LSC interrupts for all ports, even those supporting it.
+
+*   ``--no-rmv-interrupt``
+
+    Disable RMV interrupts for all ports, even those supporting it.
+
+*   ``--bitrate-stats=N``
+
+    Set the logical core N to perform bitrate calculation.
+
+*   ``--print-event <unknown|intr_lsc|queue_state|intr_reset|vf_mbox|macsec|intr_rmv|dev_probed|dev_released|all>``
+
+    Enable printing the occurrence of the designated event. Using all will
+    enable all of them.
+
+*   ``--mask-event <unknown|intr_lsc|queue_state|intr_reset|vf_mbox|macsec|intr_rmv|dev_probed|dev_released|all>``
+
+    Disable printing the occurrence of the designated event. Using all will
+    disable all of them.
+
+*   ``--flow-isolate-all``
+
+    Providing this parameter requests flow API isolated mode on all ports at
+    initialization time. It ensures all traffic is received through the
+    configured flow rules only (see flow command).
+
+    Ports that do not support this mode are automatically discarded.
+
+*   ``--tx-offloads=0xXXXXXXXX``
+
+    Set the hexadecimal bitmask of TX queue offloads.
+    The default value is 0.
+
+*   ``--hot-plug``
+
+    Enable device event monitor machenism for hotplug.
+
+*   ``--vxlan-gpe-port=N``
+
+    Set the UDP port number of tunnel VXLAN-GPE to N.
+    The default value is 4790.
+
+*   ``--mlockall``
+
+    Enable locking all memory.
+
+*   ``--no-mlockall``
+
+    Disable locking all memory.
+
+*   ``--mp-alloc <native|anon|xmem|xmemhuge>``
+
+    Select mempool allocation mode:
+
+    * native: create and populate mempool using native DPDK memory
+    * anon: create mempool using native DPDK memory, but populate using
+      anonymous memory
+    * xmem: create and populate mempool using externally and anonymously
+      allocated area
+    * xmemhuge: create and populate mempool using externally and anonymously
+      allocated hugepage area