+static int
+eal_parse_base_virtaddr(const char *arg)
+{
+ char *end;
+ uint64_t addr;
+
+ errno = 0;
+ addr = strtoull(arg, &end, 16);
+
+ /* check for errors */
+ if ((errno != 0) || (arg[0] == '\0') || end == NULL || (*end != '\0'))
+ return -1;
+
+ /* make sure we don't exceed 32-bit boundary on 32-bit target */
+#ifndef RTE_ARCH_64
+ if (addr >= UINTPTR_MAX)
+ return -1;
+#endif
+
+ /* align the addr on 16M boundary, 16MB is the minimum huge page
+ * size on IBM Power architecture. If the addr is aligned to 16MB,
+ * it can align to 2MB for x86. So this alignment can also be used
+ * on x86 and other architectures.
+ */
+ internal_config.base_virtaddr =
+ RTE_PTR_ALIGN_CEIL((uintptr_t)addr, (size_t)RTE_PGSIZE_16M);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+