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From: "Mcnamara, John" <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
To: Yuanhan Liu <yliu@fridaylinux.org>, "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: document the new devargs syntax
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Yuanhan Liu
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 2:50 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; Yuanhan Liu
> <yliu@fridaylinux.org>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: document the new devargs syntax
>=20
> This patch documents the new devargs syntax, which is going to be
> implemented in DPDK v18.05.
>=20
> The new devargs proposal is introduced for having a consistent interface
> for:
>=20
> - whitelisting/blacklisting devices
> - identifying ports
> - attaching/detaching devices
>=20
> Please check the patch content for the details. Also, here is link for th=
e
> background:
>     http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-November/082600.html
>=20
> This syntax is suggestd by Thomas:
>     http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-December/084234.html
>=20
> Signed-off-by: Yuanhan Liu <yliu@fridaylinux.org>

Initially I thought that a semi-colon would be better (more common) than a =
forward slash as a category separator but the forward slash is a bit cleare=
r.

Either way the doc looks good, so:

Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>