From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EA77A0C52; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:58:09 +0100 (CET) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 385BE41168; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:58:09 +0100 (CET) Received: from wout1-smtp.messagingengine.com (wout1-smtp.messagingengine.com [64.147.123.24]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29A0641158 for <dev@dpdk.org>; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:58:08 +0100 (CET) Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.internal [10.202.2.43]) by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6F643201D07; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:58:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:58:07 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; s=fm2; bh= EWCyn+ppYalF9GW4qGqJvsHEXMnBOk5G1gzvMb5qGIk=; b=gy8Id+DGTSCsQO2R 8Y9mTt9FimDt04J0yx9Z2Wb2DH7GQSsn6CXUUW79xjHQJf8I266lBmS/nluVOCEc uU5GCZ/F3ovLibBbvVpDyOddWmGejIHaCrk1XxX+4kK8F3vjW3BaWs6E6wi+8ftb P4eQ6W227BRdMbgrskfw/s0CiuD+Cx1odRSBOP7tfLWJgp56xwdKyi3BXLejjMpK pxqAoyXFyjh25qGL9CRZrduyd7EL7QpHj/LMeIbMAQCxxPDn/Jm8faloIk5oBlY2 Pfrl+jR4uO3B1h0+nANuX/OtoxscwiKL6sxLcnilYlcc5trW3xWf+3KDHKpEBfjm 4zrrqA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=EWCyn+ppYalF9GW4qGqJvsHEXMnBOk5G1gzvMb5qG Ik=; b=htmjMRAj1tTxlNGg/3wwc6nhhktTJdDcetO7bHQBvMuZOPkacx39mwfEJ uP2XwABbeJTwjjBgrRJryqc42qpE0HEqnGbPkLNh+NTrwHg0vV0hw6O3gWEOyXEn KuXegvdc5GQWCxATA0ikEUZBwQR7T8gX4WSZqhKVvekC4g/EnMGCKESre12fwqki b3dmrEiKogS6OiKGo5T56RvZidlG/iUnHnVlaFseVjTxX/8DYsR3aDKoDNtmPm7D q60xNja4IPMot4k+cPZEL+MOlVhQMroGQj/2MPhErBcmcOU1GZVK4gBB7Na6vlBI vGvCfuMBWzJE9ICz7IhbAalpmupwg== X-ME-Sender: <xms:7kSeYbWgMypWBSt50Vb0QQiuVIFlp49pFDsWxpRHa00Fn9Y9MEwzcw> <xme:7kSeYTknML_3s8PJKkMQvx-W8Ti7OMwmZ07m2NIB_9P-8JKlQPqKzHa96lDVO0iiA 0dV7Dj0OGorSAoDgw> X-ME-Received: <xmr:7kSeYXZBqjjoAf9MZKz-00MHUJvIX7VHDeYiZgzko8ZopWe9u05WFlgx9ZihVAZJE_tmDbsae-ZP8dS5lP0gsaiWEA> X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvuddrgeekgdehlecutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenuc fjughrpefhvffufffkjghfggfgtgesthfuredttddtvdenucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhmrghs ucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcuoehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtqeenucggtf frrghtthgvrhhnpeejudetveeujeetheeigefgieeuieekffefhfejteeuieehhffhvddu hfehheefheenucffohhmrghinhepkhgvrhhnvghlrdhorhhgnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuih iivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepthhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhho nhdrnhgvth X-ME-Proxy: <xmx:7kSeYWVP-QghYF5Q8pcnkTD0cNlpKC-Ltz95CNghXDSATd2uNEGwSw> <xmx:7kSeYVlQ29KB_dZg6mV57eSERwz9YJqTRg4tFFPUHx6kCs85s58BZw> <xmx:7kSeYTfIg5J3XAL60e75RNQzRtoSxZEsvu-hciaXhy_gGOsE_T2PCg> <xmx:7kSeYbXxxQN1OEtXBnlD0S8AwQNu34J1Fqo4Z9BwcRBnzVNWLTMqJw> Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:58:05 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> To: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com> Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Keith Wiles <keith.wiles@intel.com>, Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>, David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>, Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>, Elad Nachman <eladv6@gmail.com>, Igor Ryzhov <iryzhov@nfware.com>, Dan Gora <dg@adax.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] doc: note KNI alternatives Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:58:03 +0100 Message-ID: <2937060.Av0YGoZ78G@thomas> In-Reply-To: <20211123120839.1740537-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> References: <20210623173142.3803801-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> <20211123120839.1740537-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> 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 <dev.dpdk.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://mails.dpdk.org/options/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/> List-Post: <mailto:dev@dpdk.org> List-Help: <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://mails.dpdk.org/listinfo/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe> Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org 23/11/2021 13:08, Ferruh Yigit: > --- a/doc/guides/nics/tap.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/nics/tap.rst > @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ > .. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause > Copyright(c) 2016 Intel Corporation. > > +.. _TunTap_PMD: No need for such anchor at the beginning of a doc. You can reference a document with :doc: [...] > +There are other alternatives to KNI, all are available in the upstream Linux: > + > +#. :ref:`virtio_user_as_exceptional_path` > + > +#. :ref:`TunTap_PMD` as wrapper to `Linux tun/tap > + <https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt>`_ What about pcap, AF_PACKET and AF_XDP PMDs?