[PATCH 20/29] doc/guides: improve IP pipeline sample app guide
Stephen Hemminger
stephen at networkplumber.org
Wed Jan 14 23:22:01 CET 2026
Improve the IP pipeline sample application documentation:
- rename sections for consistency with other guides
- fix port enable/disable command descriptions which
incorrectly referred to input ports instead of output ports
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
---
doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ip_pipeline.rst | 18 ++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ip_pipeline.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ip_pipeline.rst
index f9e8caa0a8..153a6e3900 100644
--- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ip_pipeline.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ip_pipeline.rst
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
Internet Protocol (IP) Pipeline Application
===========================================
-Application overview
---------------------
+Overview
+--------
The *Internet Protocol (IP) Pipeline* application is intended to be a vehicle for rapid development of packet processing
applications on multi-core CPUs.
@@ -107,8 +107,10 @@ Once application and telnet client start running, messages can be sent from clie
At any stage, telnet client can be terminated using the quit command.
-Application stages
-------------------
+Explanation
+-----------
+
+The following explains the stages of the application.
Initialization
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -134,7 +136,7 @@ executes two tasks in time-sharing mode:
to/from given table of a specific pipeline owned by the current data plane thread, read statistics, etc.
Examples
---------
+~~~~~~~~
.. _table_examples:
@@ -396,11 +398,11 @@ or table ::
pipeline <pipeline_name> port out <port_id> stats read [clear]
pipeline <pipeline_name> table <table_id> stats read [clear]
-Enable given input port for specific pipeline instance ::
+Enable given output port for specific pipeline instance ::
- pipeline <pipeline_name> port out <port_id> disable
+ pipeline <pipeline_name> port out <port_id> enable
-Disable given input port for specific pipeline instance ::
+Disable given output port for specific pipeline instance ::
pipeline <pipeline_name> port out <port_id> disable
--
2.51.0
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