From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 252E9A0558 for ; Sat, 22 Feb 2020 01:15:04 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 073BF1BFE4; Sat, 22 Feb 2020 01:15:04 +0100 (CET) Received: from relay10.mail.gandi.net (relay10.mail.gandi.net [217.70.178.230]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D92D1BFAC; Sat, 22 Feb 2020 01:15:00 +0100 (CET) Received: from inocybe.home (lfbn-idf2-1-1446-67.w92-169.abo.wanadoo.fr [92.169.247.67]) (Authenticated sender: grive@u256.net) by relay10.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2FD0624000A; Sat, 22 Feb 2020 00:14:53 +0000 (UTC) From: Gaetan Rivet To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: stable@dpdk.org Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 01:14:40 +0100 Message-Id: <6a49dddd485cb1a133e9f100fba68341d575254e.1582330416.git.grive@u256.net> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.25.0 In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v1 2/2] doc/failsafe: fix incorrect statement regarding number of sub-device X-BeenThere: stable@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches for DPDK stable branches List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: stable-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "stable" Supporting more than 2 sub-device is a remnant from earlier fail-safe design, that was never actually published. Fixes: a46f8d584eb8 ("net/failsafe: add fail-safe PMD") Cc: stable@dpdk.org Signed-off-by: Gaetan Rivet --- doc/guides/nics/fail_safe.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/fail_safe.rst b/doc/guides/nics/fail_safe.rst index 3ce2f8bee..b4a92f663 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/fail_safe.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/fail_safe.rst @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ The Fail-safe PMD can be used like most other DPDK virtual devices, by passing a ``--vdev`` parameter to the EAL when starting the application. The device name must start with the *net_failsafe* prefix, followed by numbers or letters. This name must be unique for each device. Each fail-safe instance must have at least one -sub-device, up to ``RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS-1``. +sub-device, and at most two. A sub-device can be any DPDK device, including possibly another fail-safe device. -- 2.25.0