[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5] doc: use corelist instead of coremask

[Mcnamara, John]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wiles, Keith
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 7:14 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: iryzhov at nfware.com; thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com; Mcnamara, John
> <john.mcnamara at intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v5] doc: use corelist instead of coremask
> 
> The coremask option in DPDK is difficult to use and we should be
> promoting the use of the corelist (-l) option. The patch
> adjusts the docs to use -l EAL option instead of the -c option.
> 
> The patch only changes the docs and not the code as the -c option
> will continue to exist unless it is removed in the future. The -c
> option should be kept to maintain backward compatibility.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Keith Wiles <keith.wiles at intel.com>


Thomas, since this patch affects a lot of the documentation it would be
good to merge it as early as possible in the release cycle.

Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara at intel.com>