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1..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
2    Copyright(c) 2016 Canonical Limited. All rights reserved.
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5dpdk-pmdinfo Application
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8The ``dpdk-pmdinfo`` tool is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) utility that
9can dump a PMDs hardware support info.
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12Running the Application
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15The tool has a number of command line options:
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17.. code-block:: console
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19   dpdk-pmdinfo [-hrtp] [-d <pci id file] <elf-file>
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21   -h, --help            Show a short help message and exit
22   -r, --raw             Dump as raw json strings
23   -d FILE, --pcidb=FILE Specify a pci database to get vendor names from
24   -t, --table           Output information on hw support as a hex table
25   -p, --plugindir       Scan dpdk for autoload plugins
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27.. Note::
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29   * Parameters inside the square brackets represents optional parameters.
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