[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] doc: add policy for adding vendor PMD specific examples
Jerin Jacob
jerinjacobk at gmail.com
Mon Jul 5 10:47:07 CEST 2021
On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 1:19 PM Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com> wrote:
>
> This patch update the dpdk sample app policy to support
> vendor PMD specific test examples in the respective drivers
> sub-directory in examples.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>
> ---
> doc/guides/sample_app_ug/intro.rst | 16 ++++++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/intro.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/intro.rst
> index 8ff223b16c..fd34e7790d 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/intro.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/intro.rst
> @@ -58,10 +58,6 @@ examples are highlighted below.
> forwarding Graph, or ``l3fwd_graph`` application does forwarding based on IPv4
> like a simple router with DPDK Graph framework.
>
> -* :doc:`Hardware packet copying<ioat>`: The Hardware packet copying,
> - or ``ioatfwd`` application demonstrates how to use IOAT rawdev driver for
> - copying packets between two threads.
> -
> * :doc:`Packet Distributor<dist_app>`: The Packet Distributor
> demonstrates how to distribute packets arriving on an Rx port to different
> cores for processing and transmission.
> @@ -94,3 +90,15 @@ examples are highlighted below.
> There are many more examples shown in the following chapters. Each of the
> documented sample applications show how to compile, configure and run the
> application as well as explaining the main functionality of the code.
> +
> +Driver specific Sample Application
> +----------------------------------
> +
> +There are case where exiting sample applications may not be suitable to test
cases
> +a new driver contribution. In such cases a new driver specific sample application
> +can be added to specific drivers sub-directory in the examples folder with prior
> +approval from DPDK technical board. e.g.
> +
> +* :doc:`Hardware packet copying<ioat>`: The Hardware packet copying,
> + or ``ioat`` application demonstrates how to use IOAT rawdev driver for
> + copying packets between two threads.
With the above fix, it looks good to me.
Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
> --
> 2.17.1
>
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