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 A726E41E3B; Thu, 9 Mar 2023 19:08:48 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EB3340ED7; Thu, 9 Mar 2023 19:08:48 +0100 (CET) Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com (out3-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3D5340695 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2023 19:08:46 +0100 (CET) Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.internal [10.202.2.44]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 404055C011D; Thu, 9 Mar 2023 13:08:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 09 Mar 2023 13:08:44 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:date :date:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm1; t= 1678385324; x=1678471724; bh=PyBI86USEAthq/NEMAKYFKdL+vEQyMaPzrE NBOzu68Y=; b=lP0EzHGgwVIArsoT6UPCzPpTWCh5CL66KGDuAnz2nbineUTrbOc ODpIDzBbIDMGYeVfHCLlRBEHZTjrYXWqwcNy8m+tZfRGJ2btYftqRCYEv5adKekr nmUWmdvQ5Vj/BQdMpIyPYotNxDEnMJfY0UDDyTpXc1lD+O8suvzeR1Kcz8V6ia4C iqyfKP/Rxhz5knhHO4y9uSvLJIYxm7D21xpBxI2VkGGqb0KnhJRPWn+M6fNeXpd8 WopmDDs0peVmTO363xNG368QHE3BwKpBOBGCwAZxyCkWzqMPLU5hX00TUCeNGZbN /CVwFKmwh9178WfoS5Ezyq4TRk7JkFjoF0w== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id :from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; t= 1678385324; x=1678471724; bh=PyBI86USEAthq/NEMAKYFKdL+vEQyMaPzrE NBOzu68Y=; b=te4iKSytQtVyILjYVLFvE308936STsVJ35YAYDLUUFNfJRfRavy amOtcSCUMPR8x+N86IWudBpQVcuFqK0bJSKiA4M3Tby1zigxZ1sT3FEMPglIisLM lKZCaOTOzLXOUBvwEOzmGPMsFuPZsYkonNBpZyAWAsC9XAAcZWIHUU85dBavv+Wj jcWVDihBlfuSp1FEtm37ZNZTiXKzdGNZIuzU0WXpHXaVWFPEX50DqgYM2bF0nYDO 9vLZ/uCBtAi3TUZpwm8zzWW2HMUtqGapPcNwTjO3MfcRFtPOUS3Vy9oCKLlVOeaZ F+DhG7/JZEdX6PyafMgS+hhO5IralboHV5Q== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvhedrvdduiedguddthecutefuodetggdotefrod ftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfgh necuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmd enucfjughrpefhvfevufffkfgjfhgggfgtsehtufertddttddvnecuhfhrohhmpefvhhho mhgrshcuofhonhhjrghlohhnuceothhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvtheqne cuggftrfgrthhtvghrnheptdejieeifeehtdffgfdvleetueeffeehueejgfeuteeftddt ieekgfekudehtdfgnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilh hfrhhomhepthhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvth X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i47234305:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Thu, 9 Mar 2023 13:08:42 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: "Chautru, Nicolas" Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" , "gakhil@marvell.com" , "maxime.coquelin@redhat.com" , "Vargas, Hernan" Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] doc: make the Linux drivers doc more generic Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2023 19:08:41 +0100 Message-ID: <2335864.NG923GbCHz@thomas> In-Reply-To: References: <20221115195914.34700-1-nicolas.chautru@intel.com> <2587643.H8VbNj7W2P@thomas> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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 09/03/2023 18:35, Chautru, Nicolas: > > > From: Thomas Monjalon > > 06/03/2023 18:41, Chautru, Nicolas: > > > Hi Thomas, > > > > > > Any update with regards to that series? Unsure how much more you want it > > to become generic. Ie. replacing most of "network port" by "PCIe device" > > > > Devices are not always PCI based. > > The doc should reviewed entirely to make sure it is not restricted to network > > ports or PCI devices. > > OK not familiar myself with all these other variants, I did not realize you wanted to extend the scope that much. > Have you got an ETA for such a doc update? No ETA, that's why I asked who could help here. > > > From: Thomas Monjalon > > > > 15/11/2022 20:59, Nicolas Chautru: > > > > > Minor change so that for the documentation to be less NIC centric, > > > > > as these steps can apply more generally to PCIe devices. > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Nicolas Chautru > > > > [...] > > > > > Different PMDs may require different kernel drivers in order to > > > > > work > > > > properly. > > > > > Depending on the PMD being used, a corresponding kernel driver > > > > > should be loaded, -and network ports should be bound to that driver. > > > > > +and network ports or other hardware devices should be bound to that > > driver. > > > > > > > > We could completely remove "network ports". > > > > There are more places in this doc which should be made more generic. > > > > > > > > I keep this patch open to remind to work on it. > > > > Anybody is welcome to improve this patch.