[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add VF support statement

Mcnamara, John john.mcnamara at intel.com
Wed Apr 26 17:07:44 CEST 2017



> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Qiming Yang
> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 6:36 AM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson at intel.com>; Wu, Jingjing
> <jingjing.wu at intel.com>; Yang, Qiming <qiming.yang at intel.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add VF support statement
> 
> This patch adds two note in doc build_dpdk, suggests DPDK user don't use
> ``vfio-pci`` and ``uio_pci_generic`` module to create virtual
> functions(VFs).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qiming Yang <qiming.yang at intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
> b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
> index 9d24573..b79ca48 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
> @@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ can provide the uio capability. This module can be
> loaded using the command
> 
>      sudo modprobe uio_pci_generic
> 
> +.. note::
> +
> +    ``uio_pci_generic`` module doesn't support to create virtual
> functions.


Would be better as:

The ``uio_pci_generic`` module doesn't support the creation of virtual functions.


> +
> +.. note::
> +
> +    ``vfio-pci`` module doesn't support to create virtual functions.
> +


Would be better as:

The `` vfio-pci `` module doesn't support the creation of virtual functions.




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