eal: allow user to override default mempool driver

[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 f4901ff..28bc46b 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ struct internal_config internal_config;
 /* used by rte_rdtsc() */
 int rte_cycles_vmware_tsc_map;
 
+/* Return mbuf pool ops name */
+const char *
+rte_eal_mbuf_default_mempool_ops(void)
+{
+       return internal_config.mbuf_pool_ops_name;
+}
+
 /* Return a pointer to the configuration structure */
 struct rte_config *
 rte_eal_get_configuration(void)
@@ -616,6 +623,10 @@ eal_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
                        internal_config.create_uio_dev = 1;
                        break;
 
+               case OPT_MBUF_POOL_OPS_NAME_NUM:
+                       internal_config.mbuf_pool_ops_name = optarg;
+                       break;
+
                default:
                        if (opt < OPT_LONG_MIN_NUM && isprint(opt)) {
                                RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Option %c is not supported "