[PATCH v2 2/2] doc: add device hotplug documentation

Burakov, Anatoly anatoly.burakov at intel.com
Mon Jan 5 10:11:23 CET 2026


On 12/19/2025 3:01 PM, Morten Brørup wrote:
>> +Device Hotplug
>> +==============
>> +
>> +Introduction
>> +------------
>> +
>> +Device hotplug refers to the ability to attach and detach devices at
>> runtime, after the initial EAL initialization has completed.
>> +This feature allows applications to dynamically add or remove physical
>> or virtual devices while the DPDK application is running.
>> +
>> +.. note::
>> +   Device hotplug does not support multiprocess operation nor kernel
>> device event notifications on platforms other than Linux.
> 

Hi Morten,

> Does this mean:
> Device hotplug does not support "multiprocess operation" nor "kernel device event notifications on platforms other than Linux".
> Or:
> Device hotplug does not support "multiprocess operation nor kernel device event notifications" on platforms other than Linux.

Yes!

Jokes aside, it's the latter, and I'll make it more clear in the next 
revision. Thanks for the review!

> 
> Please make this note more clear. My English skills are not good enough to understand.
> 


-- 
Thanks,
Anatoly


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