From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDF3EE94623 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:05:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2529240611; Tue, 10 Feb 2026 01:05:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-wm1-f67.google.com (mail-wm1-f67.google.com [209.85.128.67]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3513400D6 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2026 01:05:27 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm1-f67.google.com with SMTP id 5b1f17b1804b1-47edd6111b4so72940115e9.1 for ; Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:05:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20230601.gappssmtp.com; s=20230601; t=1770681927; x=1771286727; darn=dpdk.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=sR2uB3rq7aIUrB9Acr9IKBquTql9Jl8d7EgwEbqkZY4=; b=0NzRYnCP6jThCvhT1wuO4nS0D4FgJDGec4GavO1/piqAg1hI++/qcAPaqywBZhZF8G K075PWwHdAYmu3KG2VY+Oj9R35wubH0FzioJPYUDmT/wpjH+a46sxOZie54exQs1Oz1N Gja07IrRvlr85Lrr6fnYf0S+MoF2aPoDeZUJWj0+zCWzjVu7hXMcLyX5ETNq8/K4+ebX oBkVBDERL9MHZwQRUs2NUZaie6D4SqXmHP+0HLooTgkf3Le+tWoruVjyKUkYGHmobnUo DRogbOTbYJFYSPc6eEhRyDvgNzLWw7tDX85aO0FBHkGlN6Cf68KMqVwr/fruJ1DC3p3Z gxnw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1770681927; x=1771286727; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-gg:x-gm-message-state:from :to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=sR2uB3rq7aIUrB9Acr9IKBquTql9Jl8d7EgwEbqkZY4=; b=hULFzJqg9TMUWmHgwvkGGEewtuF4m25BTd+ihebMOAA7Ns65jUEZKFly9YstMRfryJ zGBnnFTLcoZAhaiz4CYF5GjHnzm9hSc7cP36fyL0MA+KMNTiwcNYizOeleuBBUIrDdjq mSYBF5yhaBFtKej4h50eTntZD+y3ulh2RfaLbU+bqnTkAKP/k5POJza4UjIgxQ03mOXj cBfzkOszNyQZXRBXuKFxGv/+0ObgkZYcnrpQx+fUG1seTjwkO45AWeAjtgO47Dcqs2uz psKPJhJPTfgNie/qCODjlU3tZdWw5gYl4BXMz11dBFjH0JKrLGRTNnjwVMHADa6ilYhH Weyw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yzeb14LLuU80gf1qFs7nVAVDYGcxNZNNN0xecK7PUYOKzsDeFio wMDRoUXXbfCderb4fPeBgDmjUOSFI5rGNETMJ7rd3RAj7Dknk24xcG1VeQcF+ghZ/qDD+14Zn1v Ag5QtnMs= X-Gm-Gg: AZuq6aKsz9aIOlH2CdsqEFyIuhQrjWKncAANEa7YtH1PBCfQDfk8ky8NjvwF44Q223j EV+igTEdMISJs55oto8smsAcbT1BZPcxi33tGJ9IQB9VHEoYfp59pGIuEqlJH7Pf3NQCj5Y4NAX f/wgO6wBC5T05xMwfSypZRDGDW3ypNAIIjEBBRmNNFp7T2Luhozp0UIX0d7m6uwmXlpqs48cM5x 7edGxCqb3a8jCYhymxGqmO6QERCBOA+P7w9f8y577FftJPwN7oxhsvuML6zrNdCstv4bvZbW0Ap vyuHjF38ObEBSVoQqX6qpXYGtQJEIVmzckpV9zl4Da0uItyD0qrerONJtXkbMN+KERTQm6FZlHV wjo6RxmDb9O/uOVTNXIWtc+uH5J5/aK3Vfhz5sY3xD8DmCx6bzuINNCci87ggWTtKtifyJjlpqe OkZ3Hkkkf7nHMxr6hBogO/a5hya4c4Yi/XZmT2Jn8nHbIwYTPxexIww6iaYA6cyZFE X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:4e49:b0:477:c478:46d7 with SMTP id 5b1f17b1804b1-4835081ec5amr4776515e9.22.1770681927245; Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:05:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from phoenix.local (204-195-96-226.wavecable.com. [204.195.96.226]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-483203e5b63sm170211655e9.1.2026.02.09.16.05.26 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:05:27 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 16:05:21 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Bruce Richardson Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc/guides/nics: split pcap_ring into separate documentation files Message-ID: <20260209160521.50c66fa3@phoenix.local> In-Reply-To: <20260108202441.173351-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> References: <20260108202441.173351-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 12:24:41 -0800 Stephen Hemminger wrote: > The documentation had combined to unrelated drivers together. > Use AI to split into two separate files: > pcap.rst for the pcap PMD and ring.rst for the ring PMD. > > Changes to pcap.rst: > - Use "pcap" consistently instead of mixed "libpcap/pcap/PCAP" naming > - Remove Linux-specific references; document support for Linux, FreeBSD, > and Windows > - Add reference to upstream libpcap documentation > - Add multi-queue support section explaining queue count determination > and file handle limitations > - Use ``--vdev=net_pcap0`` format consistently > - Remove deprecated rte_eth_from_pcaps() API section > - Improve technical documentation style throughout > > Changes to ring.rst: > - Use ``--vdev=net_ring0`` format consistently > - Fix inconsistent "Rings-based/Ring-based" naming > - Retain rte_eth_from_rings() API section with usage examples > - Improve technical documentation style throughout > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Queued to next-net