[dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH V3] doc: add guideines for initial PMD submission

[Mcnamara, John]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas at monjalon.net]
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2019 9:00 PM
> To: Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara at intel.com>; Rami Rosen
> <ramirose at gmail.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Trahe, Fiona <fiona.trahe at intel.com>;
> akhil.goyal at nxp.com; Kovacevic, Marko <marko.kovacevic at intel.com>;
> stable at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH V3] doc: add guideines for initial PMD
> submission
> 
> 02/05/2019 17:59, Mcnamara, John:
> > From: Rami Rosen [mailto:ramirose at gmail.com]
> > >
> > > This patch for DPDK Contributor's Guidelines indicates the repos
> > > against which a new PMD should be prepared; for example, for new
> > > network ethernet PMDs it should be dpdk-next-net, and for new crypto
> > > PMDs it should be dpdk-next-crypto. For other new PMDs, the
> > > contributor should refer to the MAINTAINERS file. Though this may
> > > seem obvious, it is not mentioned in DPDK documentation.
> > >
> >
> > Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara at intel.com>
> 
> The MAINTAINERS file is already part of the documentation:
> 	http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/contributing/patches.html#dpdk-
> maintainers
> Should we add a reference to this chapter?

I don't think there is any need to include a link. There are lots of similar
references to the `MAINTAINERS` file in the same doc section.

I think the patch is fine as it is.

John