[PATCH v2 1/2] doc: make the Linux drivers doc more generic

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Tue Nov 22 15:59:01 CET 2022


15/11/2022 20:59, Nicolas Chautru:
> Minor change so that for the documentation to be less NIC centric,
> as these steps can apply more generally to PCIe devices.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Chautru <nicolas.chautru at intel.com>
[...]
>  Different PMDs may require different kernel drivers in order to work properly.
>  Depending on the PMD being used, a corresponding kernel driver should be loaded,
> -and network ports should be bound to that driver.
> +and network ports or other hardware devices should be bound to that driver.

We could completely remove "network ports".
There are more places in this doc which should be made more generic.

I keep this patch open to remind to work on it.
Anybody is welcome to improve this patch.





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