[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add guideines for initial PMD submission

[Rami Rosen]

This patch for DPDK Contributor's Guidelines indicates the repos
against which a new PMD should be prepared; for new network ethernet
PMDs it should be dpdk-next-net, and for new crypto PMDs
it should be dpdk-next-crypto. Though this may seem obvious, it
is not mentioned in DPDK documentation.

Cc: stable at dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Rami Rosen <ramirose at gmail.com>
---
 doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
index d8404e623..4dde8e724 100644
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ Make your planned changes in the cloned ``dpdk`` repo. Here are some guidelines
 
 * If you add new files or directories you should add your name to the ``MAINTAINERS`` file.
 
+* If you add a new network PMD you should prepare the initial submission against dpdk-next-net repo.
+
+* If you add a new crypto PMD you should prepare the initial submission against dpdk-next-crypto repo.
+
 * New external functions should be added to the local ``version.map`` file.
   See the :doc:`Guidelines for ABI policy and versioning </contributing/versioning>`.
   New external functions should also be added in alphabetical order.
-- 
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