[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 10/10] event/dsw: include DSW event device documentation

Jerin Jacob jerin.jacob at caviumnetworks.com
Tue Sep 18 07:28:57 CEST 2018


-----Original Message-----
> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 21:17:34 +0200
> From: Mattias Rönnblom <mattias.ronnblom at ericsson.com>
> To: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob at caviumnetworks.com>
> CC: bruce.richardson at intel.com, dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 10/10] event/dsw: include DSW event
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> On 2018-09-17 14:29, Jerin Jacob wrote:
> 
> > > diff --git a/doc/guides/eventdevs/dsw.rst b/doc/guides/eventdevs/dsw.rst
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 000000000..de41ae9d3
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/doc/guides/eventdevs/dsw.rst
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
> > > +..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
> > > +    Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation.
> > 
> > Is adding Intel copyright by intention?
> > 
> 
> dsw.rst is a derived work of sw.rst, so I figured I should leave the
> Intel copyright. But maybe that's not needed?

Looks so.

> 
> > > +    Copyright(c) 2018 Ericsson AB
> > > +
> > > +Distributed Software Eventdev Poll Mode Driver
> > > +==============================================
> > > +
> > > +The distributed software eventdev is a parallel implementation of the
> > 
> > s/parallel/driver??
> > 
> 
> I'm not sure I follow. What do you mean?
> 
> "Parallel" here is as in executing on multiple CPU cores.

I read "Parallel" as "alternative" on that context. So I think you can
elaborate a bit, like ending sentence "where scheduler is executing on
multiple CPU cores" or something similar what you like to add more
clarity.

> 
> I could always add "driver".

OK.

> 
> Regards,
>        Mattias


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