New upstream version 18.08

[deb_dpdk.git] / doc / guides / linux_gsg / build_sample_apps.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst
index 39a47b7..332424e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst
@@ -110,7 +110,13 @@ The EAL options are as follows:
   ``[domain:]bus:devid.func`` values. Cannot be used with ``-b`` option.
 
 * ``--socket-mem``:
-  Memory to allocate from hugepages on specific sockets.
+  Memory to allocate from hugepages on specific sockets. In dynamic memory mode,
+  this memory will also be pinned (i.e. not released back to the system until
+  application closes).
+
+* ``--socket-limit``:
+  Limit maximum memory available for allocation on each socket. Does not support
+  legacy memory mode.
 
 * ``-d``:
   Add a driver or driver directory to be loaded.
@@ -148,6 +154,14 @@ The EAL options are as follows:
 * ``--vfio-intr``:
   Specify interrupt type to be used by VFIO (has no effect if VFIO is not used).
 
+* ``--legacy-mem``:
+  Run DPDK in legacy memory mode (disable memory reserve/unreserve at runtime,
+  but provide more IOVA-contiguous memory).
+
+* ``--single-file-segments``:
+  Store memory segments in fewer files (dynamic memory mode only - does not
+  affect legacy memory mode).
+
 The ``-c`` or ``-l`` and option is mandatory; the others are optional.
 
 Copy the DPDK application binary to your target, then run the application as follows