From: Dmitry Kozlyuk <dkozlyuk@nvidia.com>
To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
"NBU-Contact-Thomas Monjalon (EXTERNAL)" <thomas@monjalon.net>,
"stable@dpdk.org" <stable@dpdk.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 4/4] doc: update instructions for running as non-root for MLX5
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:26:07 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BL1PR12MB5945149DEF5181394A41413CB9AF9@BL1PR12MB5945.namprd12.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220607171347.43200cbe@hermes.local>
> From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 3:14 AM
> [...]
> This change needs additional changes to make it correct English
> grammar.
Thank you for the useful comments to this and other patches.
I hope you don't mind that I took some sentences almost verbatim for v2.
> [...]
> > +This PMD does not require physical addresses,
> > +so capability configuration is not needed to access hugepages.
>
> In technical writing "therefore" is preferred over "so"
> and you need a preposition. Please reword something like:
>
> "This PMD does can operate without direct physical memory and
> hugepages
> are not required."
>
> Often applications will keep using hugepages (makes them NIC
> independent)
> and in that case they would still need permissions.
MLX5 PMD uses hugepages but does not use physical addresses
unlike most other HW drivers.
I tried to make it more clear in v2.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-06-17 11:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-06-07 23:49 [PATCH 0/4] Improve documentation for running as non-root Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-07 23:49 ` [PATCH 1/4] usertools: add option to select hugetlbfs directory Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-07 23:49 ` [PATCH 2/4] usertools: add option to change mount point owner Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-08 0:00 ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-06-07 23:49 ` [PATCH 3/4] doc: give specific instructions for running as non-root Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-08 0:03 ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-06-07 23:49 ` [PATCH 4/4] doc: update instructions for running as non-root for MLX5 Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-08 0:13 ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-06-17 11:26 ` Dmitry Kozlyuk [this message]
2022-06-17 11:25 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Improve documentation for running as non-root Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-17 11:25 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] usertools: add option to select hugetlbfs directory Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-17 15:50 ` Bruce Richardson
2022-06-17 11:25 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] usertools: add option to change mount point owner Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-17 15:53 ` Bruce Richardson
2022-06-20 5:43 ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-17 11:25 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] doc: give specific instructions for running as non-root Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-17 16:38 ` Bruce Richardson
2022-06-20 6:10 ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-20 8:37 ` Bruce Richardson
2022-06-24 8:49 ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-17 11:25 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] doc: update instructions for running as non-root for MLX5 Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-24 8:48 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] Improve documentation for running as non-root Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-24 8:48 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] usertools: add option to select hugetlbfs directory Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-24 9:02 ` Bruce Richardson
2022-06-24 8:48 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] usertools: add option to change mount point owner Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-24 9:04 ` Bruce Richardson
2022-06-24 8:48 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] doc: give specific instructions for running as non-root Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-24 9:09 ` Bruce Richardson
2022-06-24 8:48 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] doc: update instructions for running as non-root for MLX5 Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-24 8:48 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] doc: add note about running virtio-legacy as non-root Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-24 13:19 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] Improve documentation for running " Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-24 13:19 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] usertools: add option to select hugetlbfs directory Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-24 13:19 ` [PATCH v4 2/5] usertools: add options to change mount point owner Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-24 13:37 ` Bruce Richardson
2022-06-24 13:19 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] doc: give specific instructions for running as non-root Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-24 13:19 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] doc: update instructions for running as non-root for MLX5 Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-24 13:19 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] doc: add note about running virtio-legacy as non-root Dmitry Kozlyuk
2022-06-27 0:45 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] Improve documentation for running " Thomas Monjalon
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