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From: "Mcnamara, John" <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon@6wind.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 2:41 PM
> To: Mcnamara, John
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC] location for DPDK related white papers
>=20
> I would like to comment but I don't really know what means "white papers"=
.

Hi,

A "white paper" is like an academic paper but originating from a company (o=
r non-academic entity). For example here is one that is related to DPDK:

https://networkbuilders.intel.com/docs/IntelDPDK_PacketThroughputVirtualNet=
work.pdf


> Why not ask the question while submitting such document?

Mainly because converting the document to RST will take some effort (in par=
ticular the images).

John.
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