On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 05:17:07PM +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> This v4 scales back some of the work done in the previous versions, since
> more options need to be looked at for the core handling. For now, then
> this patchset is reduced to some basic cleanup before any more serious work
> is done.
>
> * marks the old coremask parameter (-c) and service core mask (-s) as
> deprecated, so they can be dropped in future. Everything should now be
> done using core lists where possible.
> * consolidates the, previously separate but similar, "-l" and "--lcores"
> flags into just short and long versions of the same thing. This does
> not affect the "--lcores" flag at all, but expands the scope of what
> was possible with "-l".
> * Adds documentation of examples of use of the -l/--lcores parameter
>
> Bruce Richardson (3):
> eal: deprecate old coremask-based EAL parameters
> eal: merge corelist and core mapping options
> doc: provide examples of using lcores EAL parameter
>
> doc/guides/eventdevs/dlb2.rst | 6 +-
> doc/guides/faq/faq.rst | 8 +-
> doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst | 7 +-
> doc/guides/linux_gsg/eal_args.include.rst | 45 ++++--
> .../prog_guide/env_abstraction_layer.rst | 3 +-
> doc/guides/prog_guide/meson_ut.rst | 2 +-
> doc/guides/prog_guide/multi_proc_support.rst | 2 +-
> doc/guides/prog_guide/service_cores.rst | 8 +-
> doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 10 ++
> doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ip_frag.rst | 7 +-
> doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ip_reassembly.rst | 7 +-
> doc/guides/sample_app_ug/multi_process.rst | 14 +-
> doc/guides/sample_app_ug/qos_scheduler.rst | 2 +-
> doc/guides/sample_app_ug/test_pipeline.rst | 2 +-
> doc/guides/tools/testbbdev.rst | 2 +-
> lib/eal/common/eal_common_options.c | 141 +++---------------
> lib/eal/common/eal_options.h | 4 +-
> 17 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 179 deletions(-)
>
Recheck-request: iol-unit-amd64-testing
