From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-oi1-f196.google.com (mail-oi1-f196.google.com [209.85.167.196]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C91791F28 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2018 06:15:14 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-oi1-f196.google.com with SMTP id w13so8796524oiw.9 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:15:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=NIca+h32xHHBSljBj70ICJJA2MtY9VXThncKFWmobG0=; b=bT88CkezXeq/rsNE29wohpGI4OZN7or+a5mJFRsdP68c7YZuFnpQzVpaNi95fFFrJ3 kqjVCIOZlpnft4NJ7yrJ5DOb+JN3+cNDFv1fi0uCipDoPk3GmLmMU7idXA55KSgLvEg1 nMLZSahB9MXKG7Q2xyWYhPte2JvOKvWE8il2DGnIBtCS4pjlB6dsIHVeEnoFTXDBYsmK rAXaTzaw7b76W+fGC6gXF5+Z5qCnZhZOpS7694DSPDVBqqK9p4x7RvFG/xOoQs1FYzJY lI0OQ7L21ZILDsjOi7TvWlQn17lb+QaZWx5dNKzgLK0KHDH19N6zxT1kFQ/GpIXsj67H H8rQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=NIca+h32xHHBSljBj70ICJJA2MtY9VXThncKFWmobG0=; b=ZEYlShgZ1ar4pwAdMM5SXf0cflLgn9wWYvmBXrNRXaHGZMSQpKwfGZacTtenYwaq97 MKINm8PnxSBbgRGM2sM2Tuzr1YPWVV6BsH5n1z3kx2gwasJyPz7EYo4IiF50sjgaOkY8 C9YgwS2K0dSByIfVr2Xuk401Pb+5X1jnMHgSECpVke0D+1O8XzdVm6Rd62gR5fB3CgjV XEE9uo1T9mKggj2kt/tukhmEV1eMafLbo+HpxdpJpppZ9jCFMeiacIMULDd34EirvxWn 3WFtImHeZQfMvq/rdmGrc6hTWIXN6TgjYjEu7hWAeUQjxaSQlu1IiaawggKt+FbG7/yZ 6NAA== X-Gm-Message-State: AGRZ1gLPoSBl/+QrlLA9njL3SvsGukwIzU/bjH4tf0eTKq+lPlw5fW+/ TcfnA0Ty6mU5/iOwloqZiTjcyegSMM7F1w6ysGc= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AJdET5dARvcQEE0UeOCQw7NnpNOGpQXk3v5cLaT/36eS/eA+1GCX1wpLJZbom4Ph8TCPll8aIhj5w89z9uMTMarZZ1w= X-Received: by 2002:aca:4005:: with SMTP id n5-v6mr2367578oia.315.1542431714127; Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:15:14 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <6c5eddbb2339d917a9b67666499ae11ca8aa344b.1542386956.git.anatoly.burakov@intel.com> <94a86ddc-1940-7100-b543-e36bbdb3dbc5@intel.com> In-Reply-To: <94a86ddc-1940-7100-b543-e36bbdb3dbc5@intel.com> From: Rami Rosen Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 07:15:01 +0200 Message-ID: To: Ferruh Yigit Cc: "Burakov, Anatoly" , dev@dpdk.org, john.mcnamara@intel.com, marko.kovacevic@intel.com, bruce.richardson@intel.com, wenzhuo.lu@intel.com, jingjing.wu@intel.com, bernard.iremonger@intel.com, thomas@monjalon.net, keith.wiles@intel.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: document all EAL parameters in one place X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 05:15:15 -0000 On 11/16/2018 4:52 PM, Anatoly Burakov wrote: > Currently, the most complete (but still incomplete) user guide for > EAL command-line parameters resides in user guide for testpmd. > This is wrong on multiple levels, and should not be the case. > > To fix it, we have to create a document that lists all supported > EAL command-line arguments. However, because different platforms > support different subsets of available EAL parameters, instead of > creating a single file, we will create a common file in > doc/guides/common containing documentation for EAL parameters > that are supported on all of our supported platforms (Linux and > FreeBSD at the time of this writing). > > We will then include this document in the Getting Started guides > for all supported platforms, so that any changes made to > documentation for commonly supported EAL parameters will be > reflected in Getting Started guides for all platforms. > > This patch also removes EAL parameters documentation from the > testpmd user guide, and instead adds references to the newly > created documents in both testpmd user guides and in sample > applications guide. > > Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov This is a right and needed thing to do, thanks! Reviewed-by: Rami Rosen