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From: Dave Thaler <dthaler1968@googlemail.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: bpf@ietf.org, Dave Thaler <dthaler1968@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next] bpf, docs: Add introduction for use in the ISA Internet Draft
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:09:42 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240422190942.24658-1-dthaler1968@gmail.com> (raw)

The proposed intro paragraph text is derived from the first paragraph
of the IETF BPF WG charter at https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/bpf/about/

Signed-off-by: Dave Thaler <dthaler1968@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst
index d03d90afb..b44bdacd0 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
 BPF Instruction Set Architecture (ISA)
 ======================================
 
-This document specifies the BPF instruction set architecture (ISA).
+eBPF (which is no longer an acronym for anything), also commonly
+referred to as BPF, is a technology with origins in the Linux kernel
+that can run untrusted programs in a privileged context such as an
+operating system kernel. This document specifies the BPF instruction
+set architecture (ISA).
 
 Documentation conventions
 =========================
-- 
2.40.1


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From: Dave Thaler <dthaler1968=40googlemail.com@dmarc.ietf.org>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: bpf@ietf.org, Dave Thaler <dthaler1968@gmail.com>
Subject: [Bpf] [PATCH bpf-next] bpf, docs: Add introduction for use in the ISA Internet Draft
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:09:42 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240422190942.24658-1-dthaler1968@gmail.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <20240422190942.UkUbsjsvEB5ttEu4bL4V8jbCM_M3kJLxPFXkqVHRIUE@z> (raw)

The proposed intro paragraph text is derived from the first paragraph
of the IETF BPF WG charter at https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/bpf/about/

Signed-off-by: Dave Thaler <dthaler1968@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst
index d03d90afb..b44bdacd0 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
 BPF Instruction Set Architecture (ISA)
 ======================================
 
-This document specifies the BPF instruction set architecture (ISA).
+eBPF (which is no longer an acronym for anything), also commonly
+referred to as BPF, is a technology with origins in the Linux kernel
+that can run untrusted programs in a privileged context such as an
+operating system kernel. This document specifies the BPF instruction
+set architecture (ISA).
 
 Documentation conventions
 =========================
-- 
2.40.1

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             reply	other threads:[~2024-04-22 19:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-04-22 19:09 Dave Thaler [this message]
2024-04-22 19:09 ` [Bpf] [PATCH bpf-next] bpf, docs: Add introduction for use in the ISA Internet Draft Dave Thaler
2024-04-22 19:38 ` David Vernet
2024-04-22 19:38   ` David Vernet
2024-04-22 20:18   ` dthaler1968
2024-04-22 20:18     ` dthaler1968=40googlemail.com
2024-04-23 20:11     ` David Vernet
2024-04-23 20:11       ` David Vernet
2024-04-26  2:20 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

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