Hi Connor,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Min Hu (Connor) <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, March 4, 2022 9:28 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: Huisong Li <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Min Hu
> <[email protected]>; Li, Xiaoyun <[email protected]>; Singh, Aman
> Deep <[email protected]>; Zhang, Yuying <[email protected]>;
> Ajit Khaparde <[email protected]>; Andrew Rybchenko
> <[email protected]>; Yigit, Ferruh <[email protected]>
> Subject: [PATCH v4] app/testpmd: add help messages for multi-process
>
> From: Huisong Li <[email protected]>
>
> This patch adds help messages for multi-process.
> --num-procs <N>, where N is the total number of symmetric_mp instances that
> will be run side-by-side to perform packet processing. This parameter is used
> to
> configure the appropriate number of receive queues on each network port.
>
> --proc-id <n>, where n is a numeric value in the range 0 <= n < N (number of
> processes, specified above). This identifies which symmetric_mp instance is
> being run, so that each process can read a unique receive queue on each
> network port.
>
> Fixes: a550baf24af9 ("app/testpmd: support multi-process")
> Cc: [email protected]
>
> Signed-off-by: Huisong Li <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Min Hu (Connor) <[email protected]>
> ---
> v4:
> * update description for parameters.
> v3,v2:
> * adjust the position of parameters.
> ---
> app/test-pmd/parameters.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/app/test-pmd/parameters.c b/app/test-pmd/parameters.c index
> daf6a31b2b..908e8a15f5 100644
> --- a/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
> +++ b/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
> @@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ usage(char* progname)
> "extended statistics to show. Used with --stats-period "
> "specified or interactive commands that show Rx/Tx statistics "
> "(i.e. 'show port stats').\n");
> + printf(" --num-procs: the total number of symmetric_mp instances that
> will be run side-by-side\n");
> + printf(" --proc-id : the id of the current process (id < num-procs)
> +to identify which symmetric_mp instance is being run\n");
Could you delete the space before colon?
> printf(" --nb-cores=N: set the number of forwarding cores "
> "(1 <= N <= %d).\n", nb_lcores);
> printf(" --nb-ports=N: set the number of forwarding ports "
> --
> 2.33.0
