From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f51.google.com (mail-wm0-f51.google.com [74.125.82.51]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD00C9ACF for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2016 22:41:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-wm0-f51.google.com with SMTP id m124so7299922wme.1 for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2016 13:41:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:user-agent:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=sZq+IO0+mvuDVPrO6SHotnB/IiHQwrxt19yY9QTG3yM=; b=hKVG9g24sbT0GH8HvkGH7eaH2CI+kj+5dhJ7Z9q+/FVSIY3oER7W/jPONWw3UGshux iwHQzfPLrOxLloyEvHK4yQ1rnBhH0RLnhhEuEMBscp7k16OdEmXJ15ZXdEYgjIaRnLMj J/4Mp6Be+QWZj8cVVw3X0fcD59OGisFZhHlfEsOgh4HQd+9hqmafw6ka+LhhAsiRJVXO omUr1DivP31ug9m3bo9png0Ij/bszWTZZRkK7Q1Nmw8OOJZKQKMUSoV4g6e1Jsg6L8pD p5YU+/HdSUA92A+WAsnAutVthDGIL51ZLrlUM5vwgwf2/1jo3EobGj5HoLBTl3RmZlX2 LPxQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:user-agent :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=sZq+IO0+mvuDVPrO6SHotnB/IiHQwrxt19yY9QTG3yM=; b=jD+qVu4yrYSwecXEEzYKzgr9BM+B6XM9t26flMGbpAaW09daxkMMx8DY7ETqFDuVxE hNi1guidxER9XrzXv78zjIekcMHFXqnG/FltTOfWGK62bDQbdglP6bSZX9cjEqSwC2Y2 Jo81viQmdtrYfqHhCm2hBJCFrvL/6FTYseHalHrdI6uku4dPKO/TSi0J98qKdMYMEdms R/xfD9Ms+jJnwosVFNed6UlSwOmxs5OExjCsSaHaz1jXPEABci7I0ItenqnAinJuNbPC NlAVgPq5BKtMEVsrO0yMq2keDvJWmGgmFl1FmRreyKeZ+9pqCs9E4+wHSV3yXlAr8Pzz WR1g== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tIWAyoEDp2YkCCNRxfgnYp9T4SQMXJFfY1fbB1BQ/y5fjkWQCdWCE46/6wMrxPA6Nwa X-Received: by 10.28.212.198 with SMTP id l189mr6789009wmg.100.1465936883760; Tue, 14 Jun 2016 13:41:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xps13.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net. [77.134.203.184]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id v70sm444478wmf.18.2016.06.14.13.41.22 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 14 Jun 2016 13:41:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Reshma Pattan Cc: dev@dpdk.org, john.mcnamara@intel.com Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 22:41:22 +0200 Message-ID: <20674049.ba9e9pvK4u@xps13> User-Agent: KMail/4.14.10 (Linux/4.5.4-1-ARCH; KDE/4.14.11; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <1465897108-26548-9-git-send-email-reshma.pattan@intel.com> References: <1465575534-23605-1-git-send-email-reshma.pattan@intel.com> <1465897108-26548-1-git-send-email-reshma.pattan@intel.com> <1465897108-26548-9-git-send-email-reshma.pattan@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 8/8] doc: update doc for packet capture framework X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 20:41:25 -0000 When commenting previous patches, I missed these docs. Please move them in the appropriate patches. 2016-06-14 10:38, Reshma Pattan: > --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst > @@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ Programmer's Guide > writing_efficient_code > profile_app > glossary > + pdump_library There is probably a better place that after the glossary. [...] > +The librte_pdump Library > +======================== > + > +The ``librte_pdump`` library provides a framework for packet capturing in DPDK. Here you need to explain what you mean by "packet capturing". Doing a copy? Slowing down the normal processing? Which usage do you target? debugging? fast mirroring? > +Use Case: Packet Capturing > +-------------------------- > + > +The DPDK ``app/pdump`` tool is developed based on this library to capture packets in DPDK. > +Users can use this as an example to develop their own packet capturing application. Is it an example or a debugging tool? If it is an example, it should be in the examples/ directory. > ABI Changes > ----------- > @@ -146,6 +156,9 @@ ABI Changes > * The ``rte_port_source_params`` structure has new fields to support PCAP file. > It was already in release 16.04 with ``RTE_NEXT_ABI`` flag. > > +* The ``rte_eth_dev_info`` structure has new fields ``nb_rx_queues`` and ``nb_tx_queues`` > + to support number of queues configured by software. There was no deprecation notice in 16.04 for this ABI change.