[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 16/17] doc: distributor library changes for new burst api

Mcnamara, John john.mcnamara at intel.com
Tue Feb 21 17:18:19 CET 2017


> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of David Hunt
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 3:18 AM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson at intel.com>; Hunt, David
> <david.hunt at intel.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 16/17] doc: distributor library changes for
> new burst api
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Hunt <david.hunt at intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_distrib_lib.rst | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_distrib_lib.rst
> b/doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_distrib_lib.rst
> index b5bdabb..c070eaa 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_distrib_lib.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/packet_distrib_lib.rst
> @@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ The model of operation is shown in the diagram below.
> 
>     Packet Distributor mode of operation
> 
> +There are two modes of operation of the API in the distributor Library,
> +one which sends one packet at a time to workers using 32-bits for
> +flow_id, and an optiomised mode which sends bursts of up to 8 packets at
> a time to workers, using 15 bits of flow_id. The mode is selected by the
> type field in the rte_distributor_create function.

It is better to use fixed width backquotes for function names like:

    type field in the ``rte_distributor_create()`` function.

Apart from that.

Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara at intel.com>


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