[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal/windows: detect insufficient privileges for hugepages

Dmitry Kozlyuk dmitry.kozliuk at gmail.com
Wed Jul 8 09:49:34 CEST 2020


On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 06:43:57 +0000, Tal Shnaiderman wrote:
[snip]

Thanks for the testing.

> Do you think this is enough or do we want to give the user further indication that configuration action from his side might be needed? Something alike "Please verify OS Large-Page support is enabled for the current user"

Yes, troubleshooting suggestions would be useful.

From Microsoft "Error Message Guidelines" [1]:

	Avoid the word "please". It can be interpreted to mean that a
	required action is optional.

[1]:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/debug/error-message-guidelines

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Dmitry Kozlyuk


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