From: Reshma Pattan Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 12:32:17 +0000 (+0100) Subject: doc: add option -d for plugins in Linux guide X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fe2497f94817d45a3d6bdffc48127517d5fb06c8;p=dpdk.git doc: add option -d for plugins in Linux guide Update the document with the available EAL command line option to install the pmd drivers that are built as shared libraries. Signed-off-by: Reshma Pattan Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit --- diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst index 29739a5bd4..12fefffdda 100644 --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ The following is the list of options that can be given to the EAL: .. code-block:: console ./rte-app [-c COREMASK | -l CORELIST] [-n NUM] [-b ] \ - [--socket-mem=MB,...] [-m MB] [-r NUM] [-v] [--file-prefix] \ + [--socket-mem=MB,...] [-d LIB.so|DIR] [-m MB] [-r NUM] [-v] [--file-prefix] \ [--proc-type ] [-- xen-dom0] The EAL options are as follows: @@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ The EAL options are as follows: * ``--socket-mem``: Memory to allocate from hugepages on specific sockets. +* ``-d``: + Add a driver or driver directory to be loaded. + The application should use this option to load the pmd drivers + that are built as shared libraries. + * ``-m MB``: Memory to allocate from hugepages, regardless of processor socket. It is recommended that ``--socket-mem`` be used instead of this option.