[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: virtio lsc hint

[Yuanhan Liu]

On Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 11:56:16AM +0800, Zhiyong Yang wrote:
> Virtio PMD has already the ability to support link status change(lsc),
> but qemu 2.7.0 introduce the capability to detect vhost user
> disconnection. So, virtio PMD which works with qemu 2.7.0 and above
> can receive lsc when vhost user disconnects. The patch updates doc to
> let user know that.

Thanks for updating the doc.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhiyong Yang <zhiyong.yang at intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst b/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst
> index 4d6a83768..c6f4e0ed2 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst
> @@ -291,6 +291,10 @@ interrupt, Rx interrupts, and Tx interrupts. Config interrupt is used for
>  notification of device configuration changes, especially link status (lsc).
>  Interrupt mode is translated into Rx interrupts in the context of DPDK.
>  
> +Note: Virtio PMD which works with qemu 2.7.0 and above can support to receive lsc from qemu
> +when vhost user disconnection happens since qemu 2.7.0 introduces the new capability to detect
> +vhost user disconnection.

I think it needs rewording. Also, use ".. Note::" mark for notes.

	--yliu
> +
>  Prerequisites for Rx interrupts
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  
> -- 
> 2.13.3