[PATCH v3] app/testpmd: add help messages for multi-process

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 3/1/2022 9:16 AM, Min Hu (Connor) wrote:
> From: Huisong Li <lihuisong at huawei.com>
> 
> This patch adds help messages for multi-process.
> 
> Fixes: a550baf24af9 ("app/testpmd: support multi-process")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Huisong Li <lihuisong at huawei.com>
> ---
> v3,v2:
> * adjust the position of parameters.
> ---
>   app/test-pmd/parameters.c | 2 ++
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/app/test-pmd/parameters.c b/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
> index daf6a31b2b..44698046b4 100644
> --- a/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
> +++ b/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
> @@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ usage(char* progname)
>   	       "extended statistics to show. Used with --stats-period "
>   	       "specified or interactive commands that show Rx/Tx statistics "
>   	       "(i.e. 'show port stats').\n");
> +	printf("  --num-procs: the number of processes which will be used\n");
> +	printf("  --proc-id  : the id of the current process (id < num-procs)\n");

Hi Connor,

For people new to dpdk/test-pmd, it may be hard to figure out these two
parameter is related to multi-process support. What do you think updating
the description to clarify these are for multi-process support?

>   	printf("  --nb-cores=N: set the number of forwarding cores "
>   	       "(1 <= N <= %d).\n", nb_lcores);
>   	printf("  --nb-ports=N: set the number of forwarding ports "