[dpdk-dev] [v4 0/3] Merge l3fwd-acl and l3fwd

Ravi Kerur rkerur at gmail.com
Tue Mar 14 22:14:12 CET 2017


Hi John, Konstantin,

On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 4:07 PM, Ravi Kerur <rkerur at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 2:23 AM, Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara at intel.com>
> wrote:
>
>> > From: Ravi Kerur [mailto:rkerur at gmail.com]
>> > Sent: Monday, March 6, 2017 11:21 PM
>> > To: Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara at intel.com>
>> > Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Ananyev, Konstantin <konstantin.ananyev at intel.com>;
>> >     Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [v4 0/3] Merge l3fwd-acl and l3fwd
>> >
>> >
>> > Should I work with documentation team to update the document? If yes,
>> > please let me know the contact information.
>>
>> Hi Ravi,
>>
>> There isn't any documentation team. Unfortunately. :-)
>>
>> The raw documentation is in text format and is generally updated by
>> the developer submitting a patch.
>>
>> There is already docs for l3fwd and l3fwd_acl so all that is required
>> is to merge them. However, you will need to take some care to remove
>> the duplicate sections and to make sure that the merged doc makes
>> sense as a whole.
>>
>> See the documentation guidelines:
>>
>>     http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/contributing/documentation.html
>
>
> Thanks. I realized after skimming through the documents and seeing a
> 'doc:' prefix for review. Some clarifications on merging 'l3fwd' and
> 'l3fwd-acl'
>
> 1. Instead of wholesale merger of both 'l3fwd' and 'l3fwd-acl', does it
> make sense to
>
> a. Modify 'l3fwd' document by adding ACL processing information ('-A'
> cmdline) and providing a link or reference to existing 'l3fwd-acl'
> documentation since nothing has changed in terms of 'l3fwd-acl'.
>
> b. Add file read options for 'exact match' and 'longest prefix match' in
> 'l3fwd' documentation.
>

Kindly let me know how you want me to proceed with the changes to
documentation?

Thanks.


>
>  Thanks.
>
>>
>>
>> John
>>
>
>


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