[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/4] net/netvsc: add documentation
Ferruh Yigit
ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Wed Apr 18 18:16:14 CEST 2018
On 4/18/2018 5:03 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 14:25:22 +0100
> Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com> wrote:
>
>> On 4/17/2018 10:53 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>>> Matching documentation for new netvsc device.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin at microsoft.com>
>>> ---
>>> doc/guides/nics/index.rst | 1 +
>>> doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst | 97 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst | 6 ++
>>> 3 files changed, 104 insertions(+)
>>> create mode 100644 doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst
>>
>> Documentation added for network driver but not for bus driver, does it make
>> sense to add vmbus doc too?
>
> Not really, vmbus is only useful for one network device.
> What did Dpaa2 do?
It seems they also only documented the drivers (net, crypto, event).
There is no bus level documentation for any bus, if I am not missing them, not
sure if this is a gap?
>
>>> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
>>> index bc9cdda6af7a..0a7b65d49293 100644
>>> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
>>> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst
>>> @@ -115,6 +115,12 @@ New Features
>>>
>>> Linux uevent is supported as backend of this device event notification framework.
>>>
>>> +* **Added experimental support for Hyper-V netvsc PMD.**
>>> +
>>> + The new experimntal ``netvsc`` poll mode driver provides native support for
>>> + networking on Hyper-V. See the :doc:`../nics/netvsc` nic driver guide
>>> + for more details on this new driver.
>>> +
>>
>> Also there is a "Shared Library Versions" section of the release notes, the
>> libraries with public API should be listed here with version information. I can
>> see some bus libraries are there.
>>
>> If any of the libraries added has public API, should be added into that list.
>
> The vmbus is internal.
>
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