doc: announce ethernet structures alignment changes

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / tools / proc_info.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst b/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst
index b35b02f..2ea1b59 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst
@@ -6,21 +6,11 @@ dpdk-procinfo Application
 
 The dpdk-procinfo application is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) application
 that runs as a DPDK secondary process and is capable of retrieving port
-statistics, resetting port statistics and printing DPDK memory information.
+statistics, resetting port statistics, printing DPDK memory information and
+displaying debug information for port.
 This application extends the original functionality that was supported by
 dump_cfg.
 
-.. note::
-
-    dpdk-procinfo should run alongside primary process with same DPDK version.
-
-.. 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:
@@ -28,7 +18,8 @@ The application has a number of command line options:
 .. code-block:: console
 
    ./$(RTE_TARGET)/app/dpdk-procinfo -- -m | [-p PORTMASK] [--stats | --xstats |
-   --stats-reset | --xstats-reset]
+   --stats-reset | --xstats-reset] [ --show-port | --show-tm | --show-crypto |
+   --show-ring[=name] | --show-mempool[=name] | --iter-mempool=name ]
 
 Parameters
 ~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -52,6 +43,43 @@ If no port mask is specified xstats are reset for all DPDK ports.
 
 **-m**: Print DPDK memory information.
 
-.. note::
+**--show-port**
+The show-port parameter displays port level various configuration information
+associated to RX port queue pair.
+
+**--show-tm**
+The show-tm parameter displays per port traffic manager settings, current
+configurations and statistics.
+
+**--show-crypto**
+The show-crypto parameter displays available cryptodev configurations,
+settings and stats per node.
+
+**--show-ring[=name]**
+The show-ring parameter display current allocation of all ring with
+debug information. Specifying the name allows to display details for specific
+ring. For invalid or no ring name, whole list is dump.
+
+**--show-mempool[=name]**
+The show-mempool parameter display current allocation of all mempool
+debug information. Specifying the name allows to display details for specific
+specific mempool. For invalid or no mempool name, whole list is dump.
+
+**--iter-mempool=name**
+The iter-mempool parameter iterates and displays mempool elements specified
+by name. For invalid or no mempool name no elements are displayed.
+
+Limitations
+-----------
+
+* dpdk-procinfo should run alongside primary process with same DPDK version.
+
+* 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 behavior and results
+  affecting primary application too.
+
+* Stats retrieval using ``dpdk-procinfo`` is not supported for virtual devices like PCAP and TAP.
 
-   Stats retrieval using ``dpdk-procinfo`` is not supported for virtual devices like PCAP and TAP.
+* Since default DPDK EAL arguments for ``dpdk-procinfo`` are ``-c1, -n4 & --proc-type=secondary``,
+  It is not expected that the user passes any EAL arguments.