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> > Caution: This message originated from an External Source. Use proper caution > when opening attachments, clicking links, or responding. > > > 27/05/2025 17:29, Bruce Richardson: > > This patchset performs some basic cleanup of EAL lcore arguments > > before any more serious work is done on them (as discussed in previous > > patchset revisions). > > > > * mark 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. > > * consolidate 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". > > * Add documentation of examples of use of the -l/--lcores parameter > > > > V5: adjust the examples in patch 3, to only use quotes where necessary > > and explain in a note why they are sometimes used in the examples. > > > > 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 > > This first step looks reasonnable, > but we need more acks for the deprecation. > > Applied without the first patch deprecating the famous -c option, pending for > a later > stage in this release cycle. > Acked-by: vipin.vargh...@amd.com We had been using `core-mask` on DELL servers where BIOS is configured for Round Robin core mapping. All even for socket 0 and all odd for socket 1. But can work around by using or forcing use of `lcores` > Thanks >
