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 53CDF41DF6; Mon, 6 Mar 2023 20:46:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2393040EDB; Mon, 6 Mar 2023 20:46:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from wout1-smtp.messagingengine.com (wout1-smtp.messagingengine.com [64.147.123.24]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E10AF40A8A for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2023 20:46:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.46]) by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B34732004CE; Mon, 6 Mar 2023 14:46:25 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 06 Mar 2023 14:46:25 -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= 1678131984; x=1678218384; bh=94wb6fQtO91MSNrHpBSHWFIroxMxRMXQwyH EIG58st8=; b=kxg1LX8Z8lprz43sEO7Uu5F9m33vlU78hHe4Xt+qvsVW6GvIt99 2TRuARLiyXx70WBmn0GSBgX6wd8VuGEKRIFL48FFVPU7LpI9vQw9L568g/SsbS/v CjL2qM/PrxJMYC0nhewiVyWl2T71fKY0iQ5pmrJwHzfmEvi/4LTkhP3XzYZpawC8 C/1XaZ7HdI31LHa1ZczF6X0bgnB2+CI7U0bhkcFna/8DdZorDSgrQn44U2hg9yPD J8Q6fTjOCO6kn8+6W7AXsCUlpUGX2+nz6fkKdhxOVtrFeHwwOD/LvDFFy9pfJZKj 8o/bcu5rk6sX74U3Yhicshc0QHNilpcCx5w== 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= 1678131984; x=1678218384; bh=94wb6fQtO91MSNrHpBSHWFIroxMxRMXQwyH EIG58st8=; b=iAfqistcEEa5JXz1yw1XoFLVKprOkLqiZ3Nc7BXnrNfkAXRZsCC rbhyvmSj54/VgcD34BWIW4DTzNfoAj+ultjP7JYKKeXI+Z8eDc7OjEMgN/IpmOdC NeL4hTDjIm9XmNl2tjfeSpx6aX9xFq1aMCF6A4SL1N7CLB+QYPpfeRt0tD8lCp2P VsGV49oaZLJboBZf+w819WfCMh0OwQ+x5nLK+AvEainlNUkIv0Ys+Z9Tl43TCKJS FoYtRiDHbXEc0L6UuYRU9lPmuZZt1vTtXPdVsnLFtOIQk6XKuX0FFakBII3SLlCY Sq+Zm0+zpuSmOoMHXiEkTdip3QYDt/8SsZw== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvhedrvddtkedguddtudcutefuodetggdotefrod ftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfgh necuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmd enucfjughrpefhvfevufffkfgjfhgggfgtsehtufertddttddvnecuhfhrohhmpefvhhho mhgrshcuofhonhhjrghlohhnuceothhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvtheqne cuggftrfgrthhtvghrnheptdejieeifeehtdffgfdvleetueeffeehueejgfeuteeftddt ieekgfekudehtdfgnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilh hfrhhomhepthhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvth X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i47234305:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Mon, 6 Mar 2023 14:46:23 -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: Mon, 06 Mar 2023 20:46:22 +0100 Message-ID: <2587643.H8VbNj7W2P@thomas> In-Reply-To: References: <20221115195914.34700-1-nicolas.chautru@intel.com> <4102323.1IzOArtZ34@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 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. > 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.