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 3D324A0543; Thu, 7 Jul 2022 17:52:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A1FC406B4; Thu, 7 Jul 2022 17:52:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77A454069D for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2022 17:52:47 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1657209166; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=7Vq5Fy1M752jAwGEnBKKuNVKyd47/lW//LiY+7vGlQY=; b=A8pdriN3Lz0WOnjesdx4CB1i9s1d6MKjhIU2JUBaXmanFdKmUVuTl/9ChQ9QiWAjMin0iD fp/l4XSCXbdoLprRU9hFXxs9oQrSSCH9GFBOebPiNICAY5ydpddhQVaHLwDL8ho+JkU16y ImxrzJyX6aYTnz3TOSLeICYgu/p5pa8= Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mx3-rdu2.redhat.com [66.187.233.73]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-650-smRNHOUiOLyNyhNTqQKNVQ-1; Thu, 07 Jul 2022 11:52:37 -0400 X-MC-Unique: smRNHOUiOLyNyhNTqQKNVQ-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1BFC83C11724; Thu, 7 Jul 2022 15:52:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.39.208.8] (unknown [10.39.208.8]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 78EA51121315; Thu, 7 Jul 2022 15:52:10 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <54f4e408-83df-5316-618d-db9e7b7dd3ef@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2022 17:52:09 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.11.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] doc/prog_guide: add reference to virtio-user from KNI doc To: Bruce Richardson , dev@dpdk.org Cc: Chenbo Xia References: <20220527162659.129022-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> <20220610153535.659076-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> <20220610153535.659076-5-bruce.richardson@intel.com> From: Maxime Coquelin In-Reply-To: <20220610153535.659076-5-bruce.richardson@intel.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.78 on 10.11.54.3 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=maxime.coquelin@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 On 6/10/22 17:35, Bruce Richardson wrote: > To help encourage use of virtio-user in place of KNI, put a reference to > the relevant howto section at the top of the KNI doc. > > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson > --- > doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst > index 5248f9622b..e021cc69b6 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst > @@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ > Kernel NIC Interface > ==================== > > +.. note:: > + > + For an alternative to KNI, that does not require any out-of-tree Linux kernel modules, > + or a custom library, see :ref:`virtio_user_as_exception_path`. > + > + > The DPDK Kernel NIC Interface (KNI) allows userspace applications access to the Linux* control plane. > > The benefits of using the DPDK KNI are: Reviewed-by: Maxime Coquelin Thanks, Maxime