eal: enable non-legacy memory mode

[dpdk.git] / lib / librte_eal / linuxapp / eal / eal.c

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
index 9832551..99c2242 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ eal_usage(const char *prgname)
               "  --"OPT_CREATE_UIO_DEV"    Create /dev/uioX (usually done by hotplug)\n"
               "  --"OPT_VFIO_INTR"         Interrupt mode for VFIO (legacy|msi|msix)\n"
               "  --"OPT_LEGACY_MEM"        Legacy memory mode (no dynamic allocation, contiguous segments)\n"
+              "  --"OPT_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS" Put all hugepage memory in single files\n"
               "\n");
        /* Allow the application to print its usage message too if hook is set */
        if ( rte_application_usage_hook ) {
@@ -771,8 +772,6 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
                rte_atomic32_clear(&run_once);
                return -1;
        }
-       /* for now, always set legacy mem */
-       internal_config.legacy_mem = 1;
 
        if (eal_plugins_init() < 0) {
                rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init plugins\n");
@@ -806,13 +805,17 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
                        "KNI module inserted\n");
        }
 
-       if (internal_config.no_hugetlbfs == 0 &&
-                       internal_config.process_type != RTE_PROC_SECONDARY &&
-                       eal_hugepage_info_init() < 0) {
-               rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot get hugepage information.");
-               rte_errno = EACCES;
-               rte_atomic32_clear(&run_once);
-               return -1;
+       if (internal_config.no_hugetlbfs == 0) {
+               /* rte_config isn't initialized yet */
+               ret = internal_config.process_type == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY ?
+                               eal_hugepage_info_init() :
+                               eal_hugepage_info_read();
+               if (ret < 0) {
+                       rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot get hugepage information.");
+                       rte_errno = EACCES;
+                       rte_atomic32_clear(&run_once);
+                       return -1;
+               }
        }
 
        if (internal_config.memory == 0 && internal_config.force_sockets == 0) {