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

[Chautru, Nicolas]

Hi Thomas, 

Any update with regards to that series? Unsure how much more you want it to become generic. Ie. replacing most of "network port" by "PCIe device"

Thanks
Nic

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2022 6:59 AM
> To: Chautru, Nicolas <nicolas.chautru at intel.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; gakhil at marvell.com; maxime.coquelin at redhat.com;
> Vargas, Hernan <hernan.vargas at intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] doc: make the Linux drivers doc more generic
> 
> 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.
> 
>