[PATCH v5 0/3] lcore options cleanup

[Varghese, Vipin]

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> 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).
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> > * 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
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> > 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.
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> > 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
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> This first step looks reasonnable,
> but we need more acks for the deprecation.
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> Applied without the first patch deprecating the famous -c option, pending for a later
> stage in this release cycle.
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Acked-by: Vipin.varghese at 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`

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