[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: document known issues for multiprocess

Anatoly Burakov anatoly.burakov at intel.com
Mon May 28 13:28:53 CEST 2018


Also, reference Bugzilla entry for keeping most current information in
one place.

Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
index e8d74f5..032d303 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
@@ -568,6 +568,15 @@ Known Issues
   dpdk-pdump example and any other applications using librte_pdump, cannot work
   with older version DPDK primary applications.
 
+* **Secondary process launch is not reliable.**
+
+  Recent memory hotplug patches have made multiprocess startup less reliable
+  than it was in the past. A number of workarounds are known to work depending
+  on the circumstances, all of which are detailed in the Bugzilla entry
+  referenced below.
+
+  Bugzilla entry: https://dpdk.org/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=50
+
 
 Shared Library Versions
 -----------------------
-- 
2.7.4


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