[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update programmer's guide for the GRO library

[Hu, Jiayu]

Hi John,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mcnamara, John
> Sent: Thursday, August 3, 2017 10:42 PM
> To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>; Hu, Jiayu
> <jiayu.hu at intel.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update programmer's guide for the
> GRO library
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon
> > Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 4:09 PM
> > To: Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu at intel.com>
> > Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update programmer's guide for the
> GRO
> > library
> >
> > 11/07/2017 06:27, Jiayu Hu:
> > > Add description to programmer's guide to explain the design of the GRO
> > > library.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Jiayu Hu <jiayu.hu at intel.com>
> > > ---
> > >  MAINTAINERS                                        |   1 +
> > >  .../prog_guide/generic_receive_offload_lib.rst     | 163
> > +++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst                    |   1 +
> > >  doc/guides/prog_guide/source_org.rst               |   1 +
> > >  4 files changed, 166 insertions(+)
> > >  create mode 100644
> > > doc/guides/prog_guide/generic_receive_offload_lib.rst
> >
> > Looking for a reviewer of this new doc. Any volunteer?
> 
> 
> I'll review and reply to Jiayu directly.

Thanks a lot and wait for your important comments.

> 
> 
> 
> 
> > > --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/source_org.rst
> > > +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/source_org.rst
> > > @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ The lib directory contains::
> > >      +-- librte_distributor  # Packet distributor
> > >      +-- librte_eal          # Environment abstraction layer
> > >      +-- librte_ether        # Generic interface to poll mode driver
> > > +    +-- librte_gro          # Generic receive offload library
> > >      +-- librte_hash         # Hash library
> > >      +-- librte_ip_frag      # IP fragmentation library
> > >      +-- librte_kni          # Kernel NIC interface
> >
> > I really want we remove this file.
> > It is useless and not well maintained.
> 
> 
> Agreed. It is guaranteed to be out of date. It could be replaced with a much
> shorter and more generic description of the main source dirs without
> mentioning any of the sub-folders or files.

Thanks, I will remove these changes.

BRs,
Jiayu
> 
> John
>