01/02/2019 11:28, Burakov, Anatoly: > On 31-Jan-19 6:14 PM, Kevin Traynor wrote: > > On 01/31/2019 05:05 PM, Anatoly Burakov wrote: > >> Since 18.05, libnuma is pretty much required on Linux when using > >> non-legacy mode, because without it, we cannot know where our > >> hugepages are located [1]. > >> > >> In legacy mode, libnuma is not required because we can still sort > >> pages by sockets, as we use pagemap lookup method to figure out > >> socket ID's for pages. > >> > >> So, document libnuma as required for NUMA systems and non-legacy > >> mode. > >> > >> [1] https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2018-December/120490.html > >> > > > > Might as well add to the stable docs also. Picking this commit as it's > > where both mode are available > > > > Fixes: 6b42f75632f0 ("eal: enable non-legacy memory mode") > > Cc: sta...@dpdk.org > > Yup, thought of that right after leaving office yesterday! :)
Applied, thanks
