On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 07:00:11AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 17:12:43 +0100 > Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 06:01:00PM +0200, David Marchand wrote: > > > On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM Bruce Richardson > > > <bruce.richard...@intel.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > As the number of cores/cpus on platforms has increased over the years, > > > > the use of coremasks rather than core-lists for identifying DPDK cores > > > > has become more and more unwieldy. At this point, let's deprecate the > > > > coremask-based EAL parameters for future removal, and point users to the > > > > core-list based versions instead. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> > > > > --- > > > > 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 | 8 ++------ > > > > 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 | 6 ++++++ > > > > 15 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-) > > > > > > This patch will need some rebase. > > > > > > I see you fixed a few docs, but there are quite some misses in > > > copy/pasted blocks: > > > > > I'll take a look and respin this. > > > > I'm think of separating it into two patches: first patch with the doc > > updates to remove use of -c flag. This should happen independent of the > > deprecation, I think, and second patch just the deprecation notice. Does > > that sound reasonable? > > > > /Bruce > > Should also drop use of -n in all the doc examples. > I had a patch for that probably buried somewhere.
Yep, agreed. I actually thought of doing so when doing patch [1], but decided against mixing additional changes in with coremask changes. /Bruce [1] https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20250624133409.550372-3-bruce.richard...@intel.com/
