[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: fixed verbatim sections in vmxnet3 docs

John McNamara john.mcnamara at intel.com
Fri Apr 10 16:45:39 CEST 2015


Fixed two verbatim text sections in vmxnet3 docs.

Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara at intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/vmxnet3.rst | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/vmxnet3.rst b/doc/guides/nics/vmxnet3.rst
index 3aa5b40..830530d 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/vmxnet3.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/vmxnet3.rst
@@ -149,10 +149,15 @@ This section describes an example setup for Phy-vSwitch-VM-Phy communication.
     Other instructions on preparing to use DPDK such as, hugepage enabling, uio port binding are not listed here.
     Please refer to *DPDK Getting Started Guide and DPDK Sample Application's User Guide* for detailed instructions.
 
-The packet reception and transmission flow path is:
+The packet reception and transmission flow path is::
 
-    Packet generator -> 82576 -> VMware ESXi vSwitch -> VMXNET3 device -> Guest VM VMXNET3 port 0 rx burst -> Guest
-    VM 82599 VF port 0 tx burst -> 82599 VF -> Packet generator
+    Packet generator -> 82576
+                     -> VMware ESXi vSwitch
+                     -> VMXNET3 device
+                     -> Guest VM VMXNET3 port 0 rx burst
+                     -> Guest VM 82599 VF port 0 tx burst
+                     -> 82599 VF
+                     -> Packet generator
 
 VMXNET3 Chaining VMs Connected to a vSwitch
 -------------------------------------------
@@ -166,7 +171,15 @@ The following figure shows an example VM-to-VM communication over a Phy-VM-vSwit
     When using the L2 Forwarding or L3 Forwarding applications,
     a destination MAC address needs to be written in packets to hit the other VM's VMXNET3 interface.
 
-In this example, the packet flow path is:
-
-    Packet generator -> 82599 VF -> Guest VM 82599 port 0 rx burst -> Guest VM VMXNET3 port 1 tx burst -> VMXNET3
-    device -> VMware ESXi vSwitch -> VMXNET3 device -> Guest VM VMXNET3 port 0 rx burst -> Guest VM 82599 VF port 1 tx burst -> 82599 VF -> Packet generator
+In this example, the packet flow path is::
+
+    Packet generator -> 82599 VF
+                     -> Guest VM 82599 port 0 rx burst
+                     -> Guest VM VMXNET3 port 1 tx burst
+                     -> VMXNET3 device
+                     -> VMware ESXi vSwitch
+                     -> VMXNET3 device
+                     -> Guest VM VMXNET3 port 0 rx burst
+                     -> Guest VM 82599 VF port 1 tx burst
+                     -> 82599 VF
+                     -> Packet generator
-- 
1.8.1.4



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