From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from tama500.ecl.ntt.co.jp (tama500.ecl.ntt.co.jp [129.60.39.148]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FB5E1B21A for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2019 02:51:45 +0100 (CET) Received: from vc1.ecl.ntt.co.jp (vc1.ecl.ntt.co.jp [129.60.86.153]) by tama500.ecl.ntt.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id x091pie8016713; Wed, 9 Jan 2019 10:51:44 +0900 Received: from vc1.ecl.ntt.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vc1.ecl.ntt.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A29CEA73A3; Wed, 9 Jan 2019 10:51:44 +0900 (JST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (lobster.nslab.ecl.ntt.co.jp [129.60.13.95]) by vc1.ecl.ntt.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C9BCEA89EE; Wed, 9 Jan 2019 10:51:44 +0900 (JST) From: ogawa.yasufumi@lab.ntt.co.jp To: ferruh.yigit@intel.com, spp@dpdk.org, ogawa.yasufumi@lab.ntt.co.jp Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2019 10:49:29 +0900 Message-Id: <1546998573-26108-9-git-send-email-ogawa.yasufumi@lab.ntt.co.jp> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1546998573-26108-1-git-send-email-ogawa.yasufumi@lab.ntt.co.jp> References: <1546998573-26108-1-git-send-email-ogawa.yasufumi@lab.ntt.co.jp> X-TM-AS-MML: disable Subject: [spp] [PATCH 08/11] docs: add spp_primary in design section X-BeenThere: spp@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Soft Patch Panel List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 01:51:45 -0000 From: Yasufumi Ogawa Add descriptions for design of spp_primary. Signed-off-by: Yasufumi Ogawa --- docs/guides/overview/design.rst | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/guides/overview/design.rst b/docs/guides/overview/design.rst index 8a7f6b7..7706488 100644 --- a/docs/guides/overview/design.rst +++ b/docs/guides/overview/design.rst @@ -92,6 +92,29 @@ SPP CLI is able to communicate several ``spp-ctl`` to support multiple nodes configuration. +.. _spp_overview_design_spp_primary: + +SPP Primary +----------- + +SPP is originally derived from +`Client-Server Multi-process Example +`_ +of +`Multi-process Sample Application +`_ +in DPDK's sample applications. +``spp_primary`` is a server process for other secondary processes and +basically working as described in +"How the Application Works" section of the sample application. + +However, there are also differences between ``spp_primary`` and +the server process of the sample application. +``spp_primary`` has no limitation of the number of secondary processes. +It does not work for packet forwaring, but just provide rings and memory pools +for secondary processes. + + Reference --------- -- 2.7.4