New upstream version 18.02

[deb_dpdk.git] / doc / guides / tools / proc_info.rst

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+++ b/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst
@@ -1,33 +1,5 @@
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 dpdk-procinfo Application
 =========================
@@ -68,3 +40,18 @@ The xstats-reset parameter controls the resetting of extended port statistics.
 If no port mask is specified xstats are reset for all DPDK ports.
 
 **-m**: Print DPDK memory information.
+
+Limitations
+-----------
+
+* dpdk-procinfo should run alongside primary process with same DPDK version.
+
+* When running ``dpdk-procinfo`` with shared library mode, it is required to
+  pass the same NIC PMD libraries as used for the primary application. Any
+  mismatch in PMD library arguments can lead to undefined behaviour and results
+  affecting primary application too.
+
+* Stats retrieval using ``dpdk-procinfo`` is not supported for virtual devices like PCAP and TAP.
+
+* Since default DPDK EAL arguments for ``dpdk-procinfo`` are ``-c1, -n4 & --proc-type=secondary``,
+  It is not expected that the user passes any EAL arguments.