From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1928842FA5; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 17:41:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 060BF4161A; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 17:41:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-pf1-f176.google.com (mail-pf1-f176.google.com [209.85.210.176]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE6C24067B for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 17:41:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-pf1-f176.google.com with SMTP id d2e1a72fcca58-68706b39c4cso2534835b3a.2 for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 08:41:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20221208.gappssmtp.com; s=20221208; t=1690818086; x=1691422886; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:message-id:subject:cc:to :from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=O6f7Uhc8Ut1T9B23JPp9gdcyqLWhoifTAc5GxSfv+ew=; b=zTNSvPboT4ilnxfOIKcJtoEjlSt+AzRQB6Bk6qhYrlATijZdZGqnlXkbfKw4wvoxLx N+6FMBKi7YuHtS7zB5zTfV4WbupKDBQ76o9375okLfIC/74p502T4vRsHtfo90G1oWp2 GjRJXMMUupWOAz1164Li7pMBg+fDUXDZdhf8WEOQmJSLWHljt/Fyywnk0+3vYBN3Xq3d JM1xMVrLuijQmU1nIN+own6/u7EDuYyZYfWxJQp9oJbUJ/fBpzadpRRGcu6T63hD63d2 w3vvMsU0pn/yoh8hcK0PYxtVWkgAzX1Gm2RsG3DGaoqC9JQh86QLTREmS9mESDSZ54nL GBkA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1690818086; x=1691422886; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:message-id:subject:cc:to :from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=O6f7Uhc8Ut1T9B23JPp9gdcyqLWhoifTAc5GxSfv+ew=; b=IrIazRYr1ChSsQ78qVQiLoQcUwSfmOTy8lz5pjJAN5NoI3p2kCuIK7VntQ5muIXU3B eUwllLi9h2LzU63oIMbbkYfvJb8GOkrFXGNSN74RGkoL/fYoHQOcIy3kzx2Axt4Rl0g0 Do6VEDhmmy8HarfcDEcswXc0jx3QijBvECccKfD38par6GSKMNAx03KgJXRr4EfW2Lh9 I+ot361ngHLKuAkJWXe+w/CpjGRILaSN+OHTWZizOlWyLAbrHE/JirGqpVriFBg8IX07 XACtkgO1tun9eDZTQoRinvXcB9eXJaSmCuDp4UiNQ39uCHH4GEurLihSgKqYzW2CJ54r m76A== X-Gm-Message-State: ABy/qLbUeFExV+xrp5gaChapyVDFXkE9t/pMcjMzUImMEgif5ETjPNY7 X8MMsuuTVNkv7l0SbX9ssuwMkj4XzvNkXMYhWVC4NCCX X-Google-Smtp-Source: APBJJlGc7hq2pyymo0aioD7BOFKz1s3912DAuTESUyYtHUrbgQZhhRq3VgwjLJrAtIkHWUWDyCs+4Q== X-Received: by 2002:a17:903:32d1:b0:1bb:d59d:8c57 with SMTP id i17-20020a17090332d100b001bbd59d8c57mr10043456plr.18.1690818085809; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 08:41:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.local (204-195-127-207.wavecable.com. [204.195.127.207]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id v5-20020a170902b7c500b001bbb8d5166bsm8744991plz.123.2023.07.31.08.41.25 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 31 Jul 2023 08:41:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 08:41:23 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Olivier Matz Cc: dev@dpdk.org Subject: cmdline programmer documentation Message-ID: <20230731084123.326938c5@hermes.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Noticed that the cmdline library is missing from programmers guide. The only documentation for it is in the examples. Should it be made part of the guide? Is it really a stable ABI at this point - probably yes. Although the API is awkward to use, and not a lot of tests, it does work and has been used for years.