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+..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+    Copyright(c) 2015 Intel Corporation.
+
+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, printing DPDK memory information and
+displaying debug information for port.
+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] [ --show-port | --show-tm | --show-crypto |
+   --show-ring[=name] | --show-mempool[=name] | --iter-mempool=name ]
+
+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 xstats 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.
+
+**--show-port**
+The show-port parameter displays port level various configuration information
+associated to RX port queue pair.
+
+**--show-tm**
+The show-tm parameter displays per port traffic manager settings, current
+configurations and statistics.
+
+**--show-crypto**
+The show-crypto parameter displays available cryptodev configurations,
+settings and stats per node.
+
+**--show-ring[=name]**
+The show-ring parameter display current allocation of all ring with
+debug information. Specifying the name allows to display details for specific
+ring. For invalid or no ring name, whole list is dump.
+
+**--show-mempool[=name]**
+The show-mempool parameter display current allocation of all mempool
+debug information. Specifying the name allows to display details for specific
+mempool. For invalid or no mempool name, whole list is dump.
+
+**--iter-mempool=name**
+The iter-mempool parameter iterates and displays mempool elements specified
+by name. For invalid or no mempool name no elements are displayed.
+
+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 behavior 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.