[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] doc: add notes regarding eventdev producer consumer dependency

[Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula]

From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>

EventDev i.e consumer needs to be started before starting the
event producers.
Update documentation of EventDev and EventDev adapters.

Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
---
 doc/guides/prog_guide/event_crypto_adapter.rst      | 5 +++++
 doc/guides/prog_guide/event_ethernet_rx_adapter.rst | 5 +++++
 doc/guides/prog_guide/event_timer_adapter.rst       | 5 +++++
 doc/guides/prog_guide/eventdev.rst                  | 5 +++++
 4 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_crypto_adapter.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_crypto_adapter.rst
index 9fe09c805..1e3eb7139 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_crypto_adapter.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_crypto_adapter.rst
@@ -286,6 +286,11 @@ service function if one exists.
 
         rte_event_crypto_adapter_start(id, mode);
 
+.. Note::
+
+         The eventdev to which the event_crypto_adapter is connected needs to
+         be started before calling rte_event_crypto_adapter_start().
+
 Get adapter statistics
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_ethernet_rx_adapter.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_ethernet_rx_adapter.rst
index 0166bb45d..e95529974 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_ethernet_rx_adapter.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_ethernet_rx_adapter.rst
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ This function calls the start callbacks of the eventdev PMDs for hardware based
 eventdev-ethdev connections and ``rte_service_run_state_set()`` to enable the
 service function if one exists.
 
+.. Note::
+
+         The eventdev to which the event_eth_rx_adapter is connected needs to
+         be started before calling rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_start().
+
 Getting Adapter Statistics
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_timer_adapter.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_timer_adapter.rst
index 3b4446ee9..eb195ebd4 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_timer_adapter.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_timer_adapter.rst
@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ running the event timer adapter. This function calls the start entry points
 defined by eventdev PMDs for hardware implementations or puts a service
 component into the running state in the software implementation.
 
+.. Note::
+
+         The eventdev to which the event_timer_adapter is connected needs to
+         be started before calling rte_event_timer_adapter_start().
+
 Arming Event Timers
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/eventdev.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/eventdev.rst
index 8fcae5469..dcdfeb75e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/eventdev.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/eventdev.rst
@@ -296,6 +296,11 @@ eventdev.
 
         int err = rte_event_dev_start(dev_id);
 
+.. Note::
+
+         EventDev needs to be started before starting the event producers such
+         as event_eth_rx_adapter, event_timer_adapter and event_crypto_adapter.
+
 Ingress of New Events
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
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