doc: fix grammar and phrasing in multi-process app guide

Simplify awkward wording in description of the multi process
application.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>

usertools: remove dpdk-setup.sh

This old script relied on deprecated stuff, and especially make.
It also applied some scary 666 permissions on files under /dev/vfio.

Its deprecation had been notifi

usertools: remove dpdk-setup.sh

This old script relied on deprecated stuff, and especially make.
It also applied some scary 666 permissions on files under /dev/vfio.

Its deprecation had been notified in a previous release, remove it.

Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Acked-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>

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eal: rename lcore master and slave

Replace master lcore with main lcore and
replace slave lcore with worker lcore.

Keep the old functions and macros but mark them as deprecated
for this release.

T

eal: rename lcore master and slave

Replace master lcore with main lcore and
replace slave lcore with worker lcore.

Keep the old functions and macros but mark them as deprecated
for this release.

The "--master-lcore" command line option is also deprecated
and any usage will print a warning and use "--main-lcore"
as replacement.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Acked-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>

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doc: refer to default directory for hugepages

Change /dev/huge to /dev/hugepages which is the default directory
on most systems.

Bugzilla ID: 492

Signed-off-by: Sarosh Arif <sarosh.arif@emumba.com>

doc: update preferred log level syntax in guides

Use symbolic names and match rather than numbers and regex
in the guides.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>

doc: convert Intel license headers to SPDX tags

Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>

log: remove log level config option

Remove RTE_LOG_LEVEL config option, use existing RTE_LOG_DP_LEVEL config
option for controlling datapath log level.
RTE_LOG_LEVEL is no longer needed as dynamic l

log: remove log level config option

Remove RTE_LOG_LEVEL config option, use existing RTE_LOG_DP_LEVEL config
option for controlling datapath log level.
RTE_LOG_LEVEL is no longer needed as dynamic logging can be used to
control global and module specific log levels.

Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@caviumnetworks.com>
Reviewed-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>

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doc: update FAQ with new testpmd default burst size

Fixes: 836853d3d4cf ("app/testpmd: increase default burst size to 32")

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Acked-by: Joh

doc: update FAQ with new testpmd default burst size

Fixes: 836853d3d4cf ("app/testpmd: increase default burst size to 32")

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>

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doc: remove unneeded TLB from FAQ question 2

Hugepages are just that, hugepages. The TLB is a sort of cache for doing
address translation and does not need to be referenced in the title, since
"TLB

doc: remove unneeded TLB from FAQ question 2

Hugepages are just that, hugepages. The TLB is a sort of cache for doing
address translation and does not need to be referenced in the title, since
"TLB hugepages" doesn't make any sense (as there are no non-TLB hugepages
that you can allocate).

Fixes: 6e718ae062d0 ("doc: release notes 1.7")

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>

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doc: warn about UIO not working with UEFI secure boot

Added notes to the documentation warning that if UEFI secure boot
is enabled the Linux kernel may disallow the use of UIO on the
system, and a s

doc: warn about UIO not working with UEFI secure boot

Added notes to the documentation warning that if UEFI secure boot
is enabled the Linux kernel may disallow the use of UIO on the
system, and a suggested workaround of using the vfio-pci kernel
module instead of igb_uio or uio_pci_generic.

Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>

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doc: correct the hugepage limitation on 32-bit

The hugepage memory limitation of 32 bit application is
"1GB size" but not "1GB per page size".

Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>
Acked-b

doc: correct the hugepage limitation on 32-bit

The hugepage memory limitation of 32 bit application is
"1GB size" but not "1GB per page size".

Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>

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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

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

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tools: move to usertools

Rename tools/ into usertools/ to differentiate from buildtools/
and devtools/ while making clear these scripts are part of
DPDK runtime.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <tho

tools: move to usertools

Rename tools/ into usertools/ to differentiate from buildtools/
and devtools/ while making clear these scripts are part of
DPDK runtime.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
Tested-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>

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log: do not drop debug logs at compile time

Today, all logs whose level is lower than INFO are dropped at
compile-time. This prevents from enabling debug logs at runtime using
--log-level=8.

The ra

log: do not drop debug logs at compile time

Today, all logs whose level is lower than INFO are dropped at
compile-time. This prevents from enabling debug logs at runtime using
--log-level=8.

The rationale was to remove debug logs from the data path at
compile-time, avoiding a test at run-time.

This patch changes the behavior of RTE_LOG() to avoid the compile-time
optimization, and introduces the RTE_LOG_DP() macro that has the same
behavior than the previous RTE_LOG(), for the rare cases where debug
logs are in the data path.

So it is now possible to enable debug logs at run-time by just
specifying --log-level=8. Some drivers still have special compile-time
options to enable more debug log. Maintainers may consider to
remove/reduce them.

Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>

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unify tools naming

The following tools may be installed system-wide.
It may be cleaner and more convenient to find them with the same
dpdk- prefix (especially for autocompletion).
Moreover, the scri

unify tools naming

The following tools may be installed system-wide.
It may be cleaner and more convenient to find them with the same
dpdk- prefix (especially for autocompletion).
Moreover, the script dpdk_nic_bind.py deserves a new name because it is
not restricted to NICs and can be used for e.g. crypto.

These files are renamed:
pmdinfogen -> dpdk-pmdinfogen
pmdinfo.py -> dpdk-pmdinfo.py
dpdk_pdump -> dpdk-pdump
dpdk_proc_info -> dpdk-procinfo
dpdk_nic_bind.py -> dpdk-devbind.py
setup.sh -> dpdk-setup.sh

The tools pmdinfogen, pmdinfo.py and dpdk_pdump are new in 16.07.

The scripts dpdk_nic_bind.py and setup.sh may have been used with
previous releases by end users. That's why a symbolic link still
provide the old name in the installed tools directory.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
Acked-by: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com>

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log: increase default level to info

The default was to compile every logs (including debug) and set
the default level to debug.
As some debug logs may hurt performance, a notice is added and the
def

log: increase default level to info

The default was to compile every logs (including debug) and set
the default level to debug.
As some debug logs may hurt performance, a notice is added and the
default level is now info.

In order to enable debug logs, they must be compiled with
RTE_LOG_LEVEL=RTE_LOG_DEBUG and enabled at runtime with --log-level=8.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>

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doc: remove unused references from faq

The faq refers to Linux*, with an asterisk, without any equivalent
note or footnote. This is a legacy from older versions of the docs.
This update removes it.

doc: remove unused references from faq

The faq refers to Linux*, with an asterisk, without any equivalent
note or footnote. This is a legacy from older versions of the docs.
This update removes it.

Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>

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doc: increment minimum Linux kernel requirement

Update the documentation to reflect that the minimum Linux kernel
requirement for DPDK 2.2 has increased from 2.6.33 to 2.6.34.

Compatibility with ke

doc: increment minimum Linux kernel requirement

Update the documentation to reflect that the minimum Linux kernel
requirement for DPDK 2.2 has increased from 2.6.33 to 2.6.34.

Compatibility with kernel 2.6.33 was dropped, after discussion on
the mailing list, in the following commit:
2e6e9e215703 ("igb_uio: use existing PCI macros")

Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>

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doc: move FAQ

The FAQ section have been moved to a standalone document.

Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>