From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga02.intel.com (mga02.intel.com [134.134.136.20]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCE2220F for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2016 00:18:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from fmsmga002.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.26]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 10 Nov 2016 15:18:23 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.31,620,1473145200"; d="scan'208";a="1083654383" Received: from fmsmsx105.amr.corp.intel.com ([10.18.124.203]) by fmsmga002.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 10 Nov 2016 15:18:23 -0800 Received: from fmsmsx112.amr.corp.intel.com (10.18.116.6) by FMSMSX105.amr.corp.intel.com (10.18.124.203) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.248.2; Thu, 10 Nov 2016 15:18:23 -0800 Received: from fmsmsx113.amr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.13.90]) by FMSMSX112.amr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.5.204]) with mapi id 14.03.0248.002; Thu, 10 Nov 2016 15:18:22 -0800 From: "Wiles, Keith" To: Thomas Monjalon CC: "Mcnamara, John" , dev , Christian Ehrhardt , "Richardson, Bruce" Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: move testpmd guide with other tools Thread-Index: AQHSO21c31dOYB5GdEmNoF0ZNUXihKDTXDOAgAAEgwA= Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:18:22 +0000 Message-ID: <87C731C3-474F-4C2D-9526-13CFDD1172E1@intel.com> References: <1478599358-15921-1-git-send-email-thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> <2696537.77E6llNtKT@xps13> In-Reply-To: <2696537.77E6llNtKT@xps13> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.255.229.89] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: move testpmd guide with other tools X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:18:26 -0000 > On Nov 10, 2016, at 5:02 PM, Thomas Monjalon = wrote: >=20 > 2016-11-10 16:11, Mcnamara, John: >> I had a look at the html output before and after this patch and I don't = quite agree with it. I see that you are trying to clean up and make the doc= umentation more consistent but I don't know if this is the right way to do = it. >>=20 >> The problem is that TestPMD is a bit of an outlier. It isn't a sample ap= plication and it isn't really a test application despite the name (it is mo= re of a tester application). Also I don't think that it is a tool/utility l= ike the other apps in the target directory (if it is seen as a tool then it= should be renamed to something like dpdk-tester for consistency). Testpmd = also has quite a lot of documentation, more than any of our other apps or u= tilities, which again makes it an outlier. >=20 > Yes testpmd is not the same kind of tool as others. It helps for tests, > debugging and demos. >=20 > About the name, as it is packaged as part of the runtime, I think we shou= ld > find a better name. As you said it should start with "dpdk-" and it shoul= d > contain "net" as it does not test the crypto drivers. > Something like dpdk-testpmd-net. To me the name dpdk-testpmd-net is a bit long and does testpmd really just = test PMDs. I was thinking of the name dpdk-tester is really pretty short an= d descriptive IMO. Adding net or pmd to the name does not really add anythi= ng as dpdk is kind of networking. Just my $0.04 worth.=20 >=20 >> So my preference is to leave TestPMD in the high level index. >=20 > OK I understand your opinion. >=20 >> However, I do think the High level index should be cleaned up a bit and = the items re-ordered into a more logical sequence. I'll submit a patch for = that. >=20 > OK thanks Regards, Keith