[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/4] doc: add basic invocation info for dpdk-devbind

Mcnamara, John john.mcnamara at intel.com
Tue Aug 30 17:05:21 CEST 2016


> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Christian Ehrhardt
> Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2016 12:17 PM
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> dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/4] doc: add basic invocation info for dpdk-
> devbind
> 
> +
> +OPTIONS
> +-------
> +
> +* ``--help, --usage``
> +
> +        Display usage information and quit
> +
> +* ``-s, --status``
> +
> +        Print the current status of all known network interfaces.
> +        For each device, it displays the PCI domain, bus, slot and
> function,
> +        along with a text description of the device. Depending upon
> whether the
> +        device is being used by a kernel driver, the igb_uio driver, or
> no
> +        driver, other relevant information will be displayed:
> +        * the Linux interface name e.g. if=eth0
> +        * the driver being used e.g. drv=igb_uio
> +        * any suitable drivers not currently using that device
> +            e.g. unused=igb_uio
> +        NOTE: if this flag is passed along with a bind/unbind option, the
> +        status display will always occur after the other operations have
> taken
> +        place.

There are a few RST errors in this file. One of theme relates to the second
level bullet list above. There should be a blank line before and after the list.

Also, "e.g. unused=igb_uio" should be joined to, or aligned with, the previous
line.

Also, it would be better to quote any fixed width strings in the docs with ````
quotes, like ``unused=igb_uio``. This could be applied to any of the ``--options``
in the text as well.
> +Examples
> +--------
> +
> +To display current device status:
> +.. code-block:: console
> +
> +   dpdk-devbind --status
> +

All the "code-block" directives should have a blank line before them.
However it is probably better to use the simpler :: directive, like:

    To display current device status::

        dpdk-devbind --status



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