[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] doc: fix references to /dev/huge

[Thomas Monjalon]

06/07/2020 10:01, Sarosh Arif:
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 1:44 AM Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:
> 
> > 23/06/2020 07:55, Sarosh Arif:
> > > change /dev/huge to /dev/hugepages
> > >
> > > Bugzilla ID: 492
> > > Signed-off-by: Sarosh Arif <sarosh.arif at emumba.com>
> >
> > Please could you explain why /dev/hugepages must be used,
> > in the commit log for the record?
> >
> 
>  The path /dev/huge does not exist, the correct path is  /dev/hugepages, so
> for the sake of accuracy in the documentation it should be changed.

The directory can be created.
As Anatoly said, the reason is that it is the default path
on most systems.

> >
> > FYI, a similar change was done in the website by Stephen.
> >
> 
> This bug was submitted by Stephen on bugzilla, I took notice of it and
> submitted a patch to correct it. This bug is not yet corrected on the
> website.

It is fixed in the website.


Applied with more explanations.