From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 736E38E70 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2015 15:22:45 +0100 (CET) Received: from int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6DF8E91352; Thu, 29 Oct 2015 14:22:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dhcp-41-137.bos.redhat.com (ovpn-113-105.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.113.105]) by int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t9TEMg0p003458 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 29 Oct 2015 10:22:43 -0400 To: Jay Rolette , Thomas Monjalon References: <5015203.g4q7ji8I34@xps13> From: Dave Neary Message-ID: <56322BB2.3060302@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 10:22:42 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 10.5.11.23 Cc: users@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] DPDK on macbook pro. X-BeenThere: users@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: usage discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 14:22:45 -0000 Hi Jay, On 10/29/2015 09:19 AM, Jay Rolette wrote: > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 7:16 AM, Thomas Monjalon > wrote: > >> 2015-10-29 06:59, Jay Rolette: >>> Less than 2 mins looking at the docs and you can answer that yourself. >> >> NO >> This answer is useless. >> Please provide pointers to the docs and give a quick answer. >> > > So you don't expect users to make ANY effort? > > If it required someone to go look at the code, I'd agree with you. In this > case, you don't even have to get past the table of contents of the User's > Guide. > > Based on his signature, he's a grad student. I'd say my answer to RTFM > (said in a much nicer way) is one of the better things that will help him > in his career, so no, definitely not a useless answer. I agree with Thomas, a naked RTFM is not helpful or welcoming. A better answer would be "The supported platforms are listed in our documentation - see here: http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/rel_notes/supported_os.html" Incidentally, I spent more than 2 mins to find that information, it's not immediately obvious where to find the information in the documentation - after browsing the docs links, I resorted to a Google search for "site:dpdk.org supported operating systems" to find that link. Thanks, Dave. -- Dave Neary - NFV/SDN Community Strategy Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com Ph: +1-978-399-2182 / Cell: +1-978-799-3338