[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/4] net/netvsc: add documentation
Stephen Hemminger
stephen at networkplumber.org
Wed Apr 18 18:03:02 CEST 2018
On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 14:25:22 +0100
Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com> wrote:
> On 4/17/2018 10:53 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > Matching documentation for new netvsc device.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin at microsoft.com>
> > ---
> > doc/guides/nics/index.rst | 1 +
> > doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst | 97 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst | 6 ++
> > 3 files changed, 104 insertions(+)
> > create mode 100644 doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst
>
> Documentation added for network driver but not for bus driver, does it make
> sense to add vmbus doc too?
Not really, vmbus is only useful for one network device.
What did Dpaa2 do?
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
> > index bc9cdda6af7a..0a7b65d49293 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
> > @@ -115,6 +115,12 @@ New Features
> >
> > Linux uevent is supported as backend of this device event notification framework.
> >
> > +* **Added experimental support for Hyper-V netvsc PMD.**
> > +
> > + The new experimntal ``netvsc`` poll mode driver provides native support for
> > + networking on Hyper-V. See the :doc:`../nics/netvsc` nic driver guide
> > + for more details on this new driver.
> > +
>
> Also there is a "Shared Library Versions" section of the release notes, the
> libraries with public API should be listed here with version information. I can
> see some bus libraries are there.
>
> If any of the libraries added has public API, should be added into that list.
The vmbus is internal.
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