From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 077D4A0582; Tue, 22 Nov 2022 15:59:07 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F51542D66; Tue, 22 Nov 2022 15:59:06 +0100 (CET) Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com (out5-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.29]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BA11427EB for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2022 15:59:04 +0100 (CET) Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.internal [10.202.2.43]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F84A5C0278; Tue, 22 Nov 2022 09:59:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 22 Nov 2022 09:59:04 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:date:from:from :in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm1; t=1669129144; x= 1669215544; bh=XW+Wsu7T8UnkImdVMRC3RjJitIEvBdSOUfU1wMSfWzE=; b=O vxksfGsXd1dVQqBuy0Z5na7vyzRkcBJsLpYKrx5P3Jgk46V4aqShCiWQVoRyhRB5 c/yN9NAC+LFOFHVrdM0xoAsAmgmSYMnU/rz1yKXqj19oayMFrMFwp9jfgi642lLu BHvX+bBGUZjHUY+57RDnzS0G7mmsPT3ktaKAyIgbthgz1zkxKsUeaCOIxbl6KfEC 7UgbEYy8l05+g5zR3/fNtpblYLFOCEfIYNUCpZlATAgoASkuUsp2d9H9tE3RH/lQ gpK/gvfHLwzjV6aEtxYa93aS8CJSQP2bA1dOIat4z1HYVL03Hui4yLP+UdkwHkh2 h9frPUQZ9nk08E2aBAX8Q== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id:from:from :in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy :x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; t=1669129144; x= 1669215544; bh=XW+Wsu7T8UnkImdVMRC3RjJitIEvBdSOUfU1wMSfWzE=; b=e sYWlLmIwRM4oUqMfUwnPMljJU78qAofCFMCeZhG6x98TsSzSR8Wt54TkxCimZCV5 Q/Cg6fCgY8sQLyIBGQohAPeqxqqQro6/ovSmh1ZMTOq0zBsnfBe3S8L8Y2hBB8Go Kpivu80Gvy5TbcKTZ2tV2UTmh+0uECwCYERPKAiStKpf20nV4fwo+dC4Ed5aUVHK HZoU8Ez/ByaoWibSm6DA+URykBJ/HVMx4KX4b/32Edqdxo/Wnrgi+BfHgStcwE4E sDBKdtCo0F+6rBiMdm3e3GpP4VB1hbAGy7Tkei/QGSdT9Lq+z12DBITye+wqh5D+ CIJ4u2vbC/BBjCpIKHIqQ== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvgedrheelgdegudcutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenuc fjughrpefhvfevufffkfgjfhgggfgtsehtufertddttddvnecuhfhrohhmpefvhhhomhgr shcuofhonhhjrghlohhnuceothhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvtheqnecugg ftrfgrthhtvghrnheptdejieeifeehtdffgfdvleetueeffeehueejgfeuteeftddtieek gfekudehtdfgnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrh homhepthhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvth X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i47234305:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Tue, 22 Nov 2022 09:59:02 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Nicolas Chautru Cc: dev@dpdk.org, gakhil@marvell.com, maxime.coquelin@redhat.com, hernan.vargas@intel.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] doc: make the Linux drivers doc more generic Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 15:59:01 +0100 Message-ID: <4102323.1IzOArtZ34@thomas> In-Reply-To: <20221115195914.34700-2-nicolas.chautru@intel.com> References: <20221115195914.34700-1-nicolas.chautru@intel.com> <20221115195914.34700-2-nicolas.chautru@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org 15/11/2022 20:59, Nicolas Chautru: > Minor change so that for the documentation to be less NIC centric, > as these steps can apply more generally to PCIe devices. > > Signed-off-by: Nicolas Chautru [...] > Different PMDs may require different kernel drivers in order to work properly. > Depending on the PMD being used, a corresponding kernel driver should be loaded, > -and network ports should be bound to that driver. > +and network ports or other hardware devices should be bound to that driver. We could completely remove "network ports". There are more places in this doc which should be made more generic. I keep this patch open to remind to work on it. Anybody is welcome to improve this patch.