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 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-16.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52C8AC433DB for ; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 06:36:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17C1022C9C for ; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 06:36:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726531AbhAXGgW (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Jan 2021 01:36:22 -0500 Received: from hqnvemgate25.nvidia.com ([216.228.121.64]:3333 "EHLO hqnvemgate25.nvidia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726096AbhAXGgV (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Jan 2021 01:36:21 -0500 Received: from hqmail.nvidia.com (Not Verified[216.228.121.13]) by hqnvemgate25.nvidia.com (using TLS: TLSv1.2, AES256-SHA) id ; Sat, 23 Jan 2021 22:35:40 -0800 Received: from localhost (172.20.145.6) by HQMAIL107.nvidia.com (172.20.187.13) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1473.3; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 06:35:39 +0000 Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 08:31:26 +0200 From: Leon Romanovsky To: Alan Perry CC: Subject: Re: [PATCH] rdma.8: Add basic description for users unfamiliar with rdma Message-ID: <20210124063126.GD4742@unreal> References: <20201223081918.GF3128@unreal> <7e80d241-d33c-8bb2-08a5-cdc11f2a3e80@snowmoose.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7e80d241-d33c-8bb2-08a5-cdc11f2a3e80@snowmoose.com> X-Originating-IP: [172.20.145.6] X-ClientProxiedBy: HQMAIL101.nvidia.com (172.20.187.10) To HQMAIL107.nvidia.com (172.20.187.13) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=nvidia.com; s=n1; t=1611470140; bh=LnzCWKv1uyNSGIZKSz9gWGmnTbh/MQQvn+aoq62HUMI=; h=Date:From:To:CC:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:X-Originating-IP: X-ClientProxiedBy; b=Qqa1LEOZm3Y/9TMDNIhY6u+ACNwEqlXCYzk2XIzL9Jx/MVDkj1/Bq6xlBDMea+7rm A+iAYZq2y8Row/cclfhKnELzSOS7tMNF2J4uCIoDdz1wrBfgE5sB4simbz5kE/zSJR MNpqL58rZ9v2l78BiRvcGckADUM5hYojPSi+o5atZ6tH+KY5xF9UH/fpGw++MwsAB+ e6qhgeQyTtXbFKs/PO2WVn7BZecruq9IpDye7IhEYupg+MVNqUKG59NVyNj/PRib2L fqF+aZvywFG3K2AmgGyLTQ84v9pQGm0PosuT8fe/mvutpDUL7ezizy2el7wZ5h7aFs 0OQ5t7LZbKklg== Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 01:32:42PM -0800, Alan Perry wrote: > > > On 12/23/20 12:19 AM, Leon Romanovsky wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 08:47:51PM -0800, Alan Perry wrote: > > > Add a description section with basic info about the rdma command for users > > > unfamiliar with it. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Alan Perry > > > --- > > > man/man8/rdma.8 | 6 +++++- > > > 1 file changed, 5 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/man/man8/rdma.8 b/man/man8/rdma.8 > > > index c9e5d50d..d68d0cf6 100644 > > > --- a/man/man8/rdma.8 > > > +++ b/man/man8/rdma.8 > > > @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ > > > -.TH RDMA 8 "28 Mar 2017" "iproute2" "Linux" > > > +.TH RDMA 8 "22 Dec 2020" "iproute2" "Linux" > > > .SH NAME > > > rdma \- RDMA tool > > > .SH SYNOPSIS > > > @@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ rdma \- RDMA tool > > > \fB\-j\fR[\fIson\fR] } > > > \fB\-p\fR[\fIretty\fR] } > > > > > > +.SH DESCRIPTION > > > +.B rdma > > > +is a tool for querying and setting the configuration for RDMA, direct > > > memory access between the memory of two computers without use of the > > > operating system on either computer. > > > + > > > > Thanks, it is too close to the Wikipedia description that can be written > > slightly differently (without "two computers"), what about the following > > description from Mellanox site? > > > > "is a tool for querying and setting the configuration for RDMA-capable > > devices. Remote direct memory access (RDMA) is the ability of accessing > > (read, write) memory on a remote machine without interrupting the processing > > of the CPU(s) on that system." > > > > Thanks, > > Acked-by: Leon Romanovsky > > > > I noticed that the rdma man page has not been changed. I am unfamiliar with > the process. Should I have submitted an updated patch with the alternate > wording after this exchange? Yes, please. Thanks > > alan