From 6d5b32a3cbc0c3d1c5eb3b53304c60a3c84fcbe6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vipin Varghese Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 17:47:02 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] doc: add procinfo restriction with shared library added note category to procinfo guide, to intimate users in shared library mode. Procinfo requires same NIC libraries to probe the NIC devices as Primary Application. Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese Acked-by: Marko Kovacevic --- doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst b/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst index 1b81a7891c..7a90e26329 100644 --- a/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst +++ b/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst @@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ dump_cfg. 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: -- 2.20.1