[dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: minor fixes in tap guide

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Fri Nov 22 13:25:48 CET 2019


On 11/22/2019 9:19 AM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 11/21/2019 4:59 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>> On Thu, 21 Nov 2019 14:27:01 +0100
>> Alejandra Ostruszka <aostruszka at marvell.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Corrected one typo and ip address.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Andrzej Ostruszka <aostruszka at marvell.com>
>>>
>>> Fixes: de96fe68ae95 ("net/tap: add basic flow API patterns and actions")
>>> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>>> ---
>>>  doc/guides/nics/tap.rst | 4 ++--
>>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/tap.rst b/doc/guides/nics/tap.rst
>>> index 4b6d77d37..b6a626a40 100644
>>> --- a/doc/guides/nics/tap.rst
>>> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/tap.rst
>>> @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Please change the IP addresses as you see fit.
>>>  
>>>  If routing is enabled on the host you can also communicate with the DPDK App
>>>  over the internet via a standard socket layer application as long as you
>>> -account for the protocol handing in the application.
>>> +account for the protocol handling in the application.
>>>  
>>>  If you have a Network Stack in your DPDK application or something like it you
>>>  can utilize that stack to handle the network protocols. Plus you would be able
>>> @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Examples of testpmd flow rules
>>>  
>>>  Drop packets for destination IP 192.168.0.1::
>>>  
>>> -   testpmd> flow create 0 priority 1 ingress pattern eth / ipv4 dst is 1.1.1.1 \  
>>> +   testpmd> flow create 0 priority 1 ingress pattern eth / ipv4 dst is 192.168.0.1 \
>>>              / end actions drop / end
>>
>> There is a standard RFC for what address to use in documentation.
>>
>> RFC5735
>>    192.0.2.0/24 - This block is assigned as "TEST-NET-1" for use in
>>    documentation and example code.  It is often used in conjunction with
>>    domain names example.com or example.net in vendor and protocol
>>    documentation.  As described in [RFC5737], addresses within this
>>    block do not legitimately appear on the public Internet and can be
>>    used without any coordination with IANA or an Internet registry.  See
>>    [RFC1166].
>>
>>
>> This is done so that users don't blindly cut/paste from documentation....
>>
> 
> Good to know, thanks.
> 
> Alejandra, if you are OK I can update the IP address in the next-net?
> 

updated to 192.0.2.1


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