RE: [PATCH v3 4/4] doc/prog_guide: add reference to virtio-user from KNI doc

["Xia, Chenbo" <chenbo.xia@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2022 11:36 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>; Xia, Chenbo
> <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v3 4/4] doc/prog_guide: add reference to virtio-user from
> KNI doc
> 
> 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 <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> ---
>  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:
> --
> 2.34.1

Acked-by: Chenbo Xia <chenbo.xia@intel.com>