> -----Original Message----- > From: Burakov, Anatoly > Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 2:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Lu, Wenzhuo <[email protected]>; Wu, Jingjing > <[email protected]>; Iremonger, Bernard <[email protected]>; > Mcnamara, John <[email protected]>; Kovacevic, Marko > <[email protected]>; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; Wiles, Keith <[email protected]>; > Richardson, Bruce <[email protected]>; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [PATCH v9 19/21] app/testpmd: add support for external memory > > Currently, mempools can only be allocated either using native DPDK memory, or > anonymous memory. This patch will add two new methods to allocate mempool > using external memory (regular or hugepage memory), and add documentation > about it to testpmd user guide. > > It adds a new flag "--mp-alloc", with four possible values: > native (use regular DPDK allocator), anon (use anonymous mempool), xmem > (use externally allocated memory area), and xmemhuge (use externally allocated > hugepage memory area). Old flag "--mp-anon" is kept for compatibility. > > All external memory is allocated using the same external heap, but each will > allocate and add a new memory area. > > Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <[email protected]> > Suggested-by: Konstantin Ananyev <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Bernard Iremonger <[email protected]>
