[dpdk-dev,v2,1/4] doc: move tool guides in their own subdirectory

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State Accepted, archived
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Commit Message

Christian Ehrhardt Aug. 31, 2016, 7:50 a.m. UTC
  This is to clarify the scope of these documents that are more tools than
sample applications.
Also this is a preparation step to add more tools and generate man pages
off of their rst files.

Signed-off-by: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>
---
 doc/guides/index.rst                   |   1 +
 doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst     |   2 -
 doc/guides/sample_app_ug/pdump.rst     | 144 ---------------------------------
 doc/guides/sample_app_ug/proc_info.rst |  71 ----------------
 doc/guides/tools/index.rst             |  40 +++++++++
 doc/guides/tools/pdump.rst             | 144 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst         |  71 ++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 256 insertions(+), 217 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 doc/guides/sample_app_ug/pdump.rst
 delete mode 100644 doc/guides/sample_app_ug/proc_info.rst
 create mode 100644 doc/guides/tools/index.rst
 create mode 100644 doc/guides/tools/pdump.rst
 create mode 100644 doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst
  

Comments

John McNamara Sept. 26, 2016, 3:13 p.m. UTC | #1
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Christian Ehrhardt
> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 8:50 AM
> To: christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com; thomas.monjalon@6wind.com;
> dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/4] doc: move tool guides in their own
> subdirectory
> 
> This is to clarify the scope of these documents that are more tools than
> sample applications.
> Also this is a preparation step to add more tools and generate man pages
> off of their rst files.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>

P.S. Could you mark the V1 version as "superseded" in PatchWork.


Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
  
Christian Ehrhardt Sept. 26, 2016, 4:16 p.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 5:13 PM, Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
wrote:

>
> P.S. Could you mark the V1 version as "superseded" in PatchWork.


Done

I'd have thought it does that automatically.
But maybe it failed to identify them as belonging together.

Thanks for the hint - cleanup is always good.
  

Patch

diff --git a/doc/guides/index.rst b/doc/guides/index.rst
index 0441859..57570f6 100644
--- a/doc/guides/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/index.rst
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@  DPDK documentation
    nics/index
    cryptodevs/index
    sample_app_ug/index
+   tools/index
    testpmd_app_ug/index
    faq/index
    howto/index
diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst
index 96bb317..6573452 100644
--- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst
@@ -72,11 +72,9 @@  Sample Applications User Guide
     dist_app
     vm_power_management
     tep_termination
-    proc_info
     ptpclient
     performance_thread
     ipsec_secgw
-    pdump
 
 **Figures**
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/pdump.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/pdump.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index ac0e7c9..0000000
--- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/pdump.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@ 
-
-..  BSD LICENSE
-    Copyright(c) 2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
-    All rights reserved.
-
-    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
-    are met:
-
-    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
-    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
-    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
-    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
-    distribution.
-    * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
-    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
-    from this software without specific prior written permission.
-
-    THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
-    "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-    LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
-    A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
-    OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
-    SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-    LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
-    DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
-    THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
-    (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
-    OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-
-
-dpdk-pdump Application
-======================
-
-The ``dpdk-pdump`` tool is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) tool that runs as
-a DPDK secondary process and is capable of enabling packet capture on dpdk ports.
-
-   .. Note::
-
-      * The ``dpdk-pdump`` tool depends on libpcap based PMD which is disabled
-        by default in the build configuration files,
-        owing to an external dependency on the libpcap development files
-        which must be installed on the board.
-        Once the libpcap development files are installed, the libpcap based PMD
-        can be enabled by setting CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_PCAP=y and recompiling the DPDK.
-
-
-Running the Application
------------------------
-
-The tool has a number of command line options:
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-   ./build/app/dpdk-pdump --
-                          --pdump '(port=<port id> | device_id=<pci id or vdev name>),
-                                   (queue=<queue_id>),
-                                   (rx-dev=<iface or pcap file> |
-                                    tx-dev=<iface or pcap file>),
-                                   [ring-size=<ring size>],
-                                   [mbuf-size=<mbuf data size>],
-                                   [total-num-mbufs=<number of mbufs>]'
-                          [--server-socket-path=<server socket dir>]
-                          [--client-socket-path=<client socket dir>]
-
-The ``--pdump`` command line option is mandatory and it takes various sub arguments which are described in
-below section.
-
-   .. Note::
-
-      * Parameters inside the parentheses represents mandatory parameters.
-
-      * Parameters inside the square brackets represents optional parameters.
-
-      * Multiple instances of ``--pdump`` can be passed to capture packets on different port and queue combinations.
-
-The ``--server-socket-path`` command line option is optional. This represents the server socket directory.
-If no value is passed default values are used i.e. ``/var/run/.dpdk/`` for root users and ``~/.dpdk/``
-for non root users.
-
-The ``--client-socket-path`` command line option is optional. This represents the client socket directory.
-If no value is passed default values are used i.e. ``/var/run/.dpdk/`` for root users and ``~/.dpdk/``
-for non root users.
-
-
-The ``--pdump`` parameters
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-``port``:
-Port id of the eth device on which packets should be captured.
-
-``device_id``:
-PCI address (or) name of the eth device on which packets should be captured.
-
-   .. Note::
-
-      * As of now the ``dpdk-pdump`` tool cannot capture the packets of virtual devices
-        in the primary process due to a bug in the ethdev library. Due to this bug, in a multi process context,
-        when the primary and secondary have different ports set, then the secondary process
-        (here the ``dpdk-pdump`` tool) overwrites the ``rte_eth_devices[]`` entries of the primary process.
-
-``queue``:
-Queue id of the eth device on which packets should be captured. The user can pass a queue value of ``*`` to enable
-packet capture on all queues of the eth device.
-
-``rx-dev``:
-Can be either a pcap file name or any Linux iface.
-
-``tx-dev``:
-Can be either a pcap file name or any Linux iface.
-
-   .. Note::
-
-      * To receive ingress packets only, ``rx-dev`` should be passed.
-
-      * To receive egress packets only, ``tx-dev`` should be passed.
-
-      * To receive ingress and egress packets separately ``rx-dev`` and ``tx-dev``
-        should both be passed with the different file names or the Linux iface names.
-
-      * To receive ingress and egress packets separately ``rx-dev`` and ``tx-dev``
-        should both be passed with the same file names or the the Linux iface names.
-
-``ring-size``:
-Size of the ring. This value is used internally for ring creation. The ring will be used to enqueue the packets from
-the primary application to the secondary. This is an optional parameter with default size 16384.
-
-``mbuf-size``:
-Size of the mbuf data. This is used internally for mempool creation. Ideally this value must be same as
-the primary application's mempool's mbuf data size which is used for packet RX. This is an optional parameter with
-default size 2176.
-
-``total-num-mbufs``:
-Total number mbufs in mempool. This is used internally for mempool creation. This is an optional parameter with default
-value 65535.
-
-
-Example
--------
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-   $ sudo ./build/app/dpdk-pdump -- --pdump 'port=0,queue=*,rx-dev=/tmp/rx.pcap'
diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/proc_info.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/proc_info.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 73f2195..0000000
--- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/proc_info.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@ 
-
-..  BSD LICENSE
-    Copyright(c) 2015 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
-    All rights reserved.
-
-    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
-    are met:
-
-    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
-    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
-    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
-    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
-    distribution.
-    * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
-    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
-    from this software without specific prior written permission.
-
-    THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
-    "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-    LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
-    A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
-    OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
-    SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-    LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
-    DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
-    THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
-    (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
-    OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-
-
-dpdk-procinfo Application
-=========================
-
-The dpdk-procinfo application is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) application
-that runs as a DPDK secondary process and is capable of retrieving port
-statistics, resetting port statistics and printing DPDK memory information.
-This application extends the original functionality that was supported by
-dump_cfg.
-
-Running the Application
------------------------
-The application has a number of command line options:
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-   ./$(RTE_TARGET)/app/dpdk-procinfo -- -m | [-p PORTMASK] [--stats | --xstats |
-   --stats-reset | --xstats-reset]
-
-Parameters
-~~~~~~~~~~
-**-p PORTMASK**: Hexadecimal bitmask of ports to configure.
-
-**--stats**
-The stats parameter controls the printing of generic port statistics. If no
-port mask is specified stats are printed for all DPDK ports.
-
-**--xstats**
-The stats parameter controls the printing of extended port statistics. If no
-port mask is specified xstats are printed for all DPDK ports.
-
-**--stats-reset**
-The stats-reset parameter controls the resetting of generic port statistics. If
-no port mask is specified, the generic stats are reset for all DPDK ports.
-
-**--xstats-reset**
-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.
diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/index.rst b/doc/guides/tools/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7654a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/tools/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ 
+..  BSD LICENSE
+    Copyright(c) 2016 Canonical Limited. All rights reserved.
+    All rights reserved.
+
+    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+    are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+    distribution.
+    * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
+    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+    from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+    THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+    "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+    LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+    A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+    OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+    SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+    LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+    DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+    THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+    (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+    OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+Tool User Guides
+================
+
+.. toctree::
+    :maxdepth: 2
+    :numbered:
+
+    proc_info
+    pdump
+
diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/pdump.rst b/doc/guides/tools/pdump.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac0e7c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/tools/pdump.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@ 
+
+..  BSD LICENSE
+    Copyright(c) 2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+    All rights reserved.
+
+    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+    are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+    distribution.
+    * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
+    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+    from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+    THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+    "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+    LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+    A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+    OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+    SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+    LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+    DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+    THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+    (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+    OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+
+dpdk-pdump Application
+======================
+
+The ``dpdk-pdump`` tool is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) tool that runs as
+a DPDK secondary process and is capable of enabling packet capture on dpdk ports.
+
+   .. Note::
+
+      * The ``dpdk-pdump`` tool depends on libpcap based PMD which is disabled
+        by default in the build configuration files,
+        owing to an external dependency on the libpcap development files
+        which must be installed on the board.
+        Once the libpcap development files are installed, the libpcap based PMD
+        can be enabled by setting CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_PCAP=y and recompiling the DPDK.
+
+
+Running the Application
+-----------------------
+
+The tool has a number of command line options:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   ./build/app/dpdk-pdump --
+                          --pdump '(port=<port id> | device_id=<pci id or vdev name>),
+                                   (queue=<queue_id>),
+                                   (rx-dev=<iface or pcap file> |
+                                    tx-dev=<iface or pcap file>),
+                                   [ring-size=<ring size>],
+                                   [mbuf-size=<mbuf data size>],
+                                   [total-num-mbufs=<number of mbufs>]'
+                          [--server-socket-path=<server socket dir>]
+                          [--client-socket-path=<client socket dir>]
+
+The ``--pdump`` command line option is mandatory and it takes various sub arguments which are described in
+below section.
+
+   .. Note::
+
+      * Parameters inside the parentheses represents mandatory parameters.
+
+      * Parameters inside the square brackets represents optional parameters.
+
+      * Multiple instances of ``--pdump`` can be passed to capture packets on different port and queue combinations.
+
+The ``--server-socket-path`` command line option is optional. This represents the server socket directory.
+If no value is passed default values are used i.e. ``/var/run/.dpdk/`` for root users and ``~/.dpdk/``
+for non root users.
+
+The ``--client-socket-path`` command line option is optional. This represents the client socket directory.
+If no value is passed default values are used i.e. ``/var/run/.dpdk/`` for root users and ``~/.dpdk/``
+for non root users.
+
+
+The ``--pdump`` parameters
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``port``:
+Port id of the eth device on which packets should be captured.
+
+``device_id``:
+PCI address (or) name of the eth device on which packets should be captured.
+
+   .. Note::
+
+      * As of now the ``dpdk-pdump`` tool cannot capture the packets of virtual devices
+        in the primary process due to a bug in the ethdev library. Due to this bug, in a multi process context,
+        when the primary and secondary have different ports set, then the secondary process
+        (here the ``dpdk-pdump`` tool) overwrites the ``rte_eth_devices[]`` entries of the primary process.
+
+``queue``:
+Queue id of the eth device on which packets should be captured. The user can pass a queue value of ``*`` to enable
+packet capture on all queues of the eth device.
+
+``rx-dev``:
+Can be either a pcap file name or any Linux iface.
+
+``tx-dev``:
+Can be either a pcap file name or any Linux iface.
+
+   .. Note::
+
+      * To receive ingress packets only, ``rx-dev`` should be passed.
+
+      * To receive egress packets only, ``tx-dev`` should be passed.
+
+      * To receive ingress and egress packets separately ``rx-dev`` and ``tx-dev``
+        should both be passed with the different file names or the Linux iface names.
+
+      * To receive ingress and egress packets separately ``rx-dev`` and ``tx-dev``
+        should both be passed with the same file names or the the Linux iface names.
+
+``ring-size``:
+Size of the ring. This value is used internally for ring creation. The ring will be used to enqueue the packets from
+the primary application to the secondary. This is an optional parameter with default size 16384.
+
+``mbuf-size``:
+Size of the mbuf data. This is used internally for mempool creation. Ideally this value must be same as
+the primary application's mempool's mbuf data size which is used for packet RX. This is an optional parameter with
+default size 2176.
+
+``total-num-mbufs``:
+Total number mbufs in mempool. This is used internally for mempool creation. This is an optional parameter with default
+value 65535.
+
+
+Example
+-------
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   $ sudo ./build/app/dpdk-pdump -- --pdump 'port=0,queue=*,rx-dev=/tmp/rx.pcap'
diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst b/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73f2195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/tools/proc_info.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ 
+
+..  BSD LICENSE
+    Copyright(c) 2015 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+    All rights reserved.
+
+    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+    are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+    distribution.
+    * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
+    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+    from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+    THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+    "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+    LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+    A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+    OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+    SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+    LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+    DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+    THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+    (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+    OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+
+dpdk-procinfo Application
+=========================
+
+The dpdk-procinfo application is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) application
+that runs as a DPDK secondary process and is capable of retrieving port
+statistics, resetting port statistics and printing DPDK memory information.
+This application extends the original functionality that was supported by
+dump_cfg.
+
+Running the Application
+-----------------------
+The application has a number of command line options:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   ./$(RTE_TARGET)/app/dpdk-procinfo -- -m | [-p PORTMASK] [--stats | --xstats |
+   --stats-reset | --xstats-reset]
+
+Parameters
+~~~~~~~~~~
+**-p PORTMASK**: Hexadecimal bitmask of ports to configure.
+
+**--stats**
+The stats parameter controls the printing of generic port statistics. If no
+port mask is specified stats are printed for all DPDK ports.
+
+**--xstats**
+The stats parameter controls the printing of extended port statistics. If no
+port mask is specified xstats are printed for all DPDK ports.
+
+**--stats-reset**
+The stats-reset parameter controls the resetting of generic port statistics. If
+no port mask is specified, the generic stats are reset for all DPDK ports.
+
+**--xstats-reset**
+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.