[PATCH v3 4/4] doc/prog_guide: add reference to virtio-user from KNI doc
Bruce Richardson
bruce.richardson at intel.com
Fri Jun 10 17:35:35 CEST 2022
To help encourage use of virtio-user in place of KNI, put a reference to
the relevant howto section at the top of the KNI doc.
Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
---
doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst
index 5248f9622b..e021cc69b6 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
Kernel NIC Interface
====================
+.. note::
+
+ For an alternative to KNI, that does not require any out-of-tree Linux kernel modules,
+ or a custom library, see :ref:`virtio_user_as_exception_path`.
+
+
The DPDK Kernel NIC Interface (KNI) allows userspace applications access to the Linux* control plane.
The benefits of using the DPDK KNI are:
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