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From: "Mcnamara, John" <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>, Ori Kam <orika@mellanox.com>,
	"adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com" <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] doc: add basic howto for flow API
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 17:06:02 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <B27915DBBA3421428155699D51E4CFE23EDEFEB3@IRSMSX103.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2074859.QZ9m52Q6lU@xps>



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas@monjalon.net]
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2017 12:18 AM
> To: Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Ori Kam <orika@mellanox.com>; adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: add basic howto for flow API
> 
> 25/10/2017 17:27, Mcnamara, John:
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ori Kam [mailto:orika@mellanox.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:51 PM
> > > To: adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com; Mcnamara, John
> > > <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
> > > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; orika@mellanox.com
> > > Subject: [PATCH v2] doc: add basic howto for flow API
> > >
> > > As the rte flow is a new complex module in the DPDK.
> > > In order to ease developers in to using this feature it was
> > > suggested to supply a simple howto doc.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Ori Kam <orika@mellanox.com>
> >
> > Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
> 
> I have a doubt.
> 
> Howtos are targetting user experience.
> However this patch is showing how to use an API, so it should probably be
> inserted in the programmers guide.
> Am I missing something?

I think this qualifies more as a how-to then a section for the programmer's guide.

I like the way it compares the testpmd syntax and the equivalent C code.

John

  reply	other threads:[~2017-11-02 17:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-10-19  6:55 [PATCH] doc: add basic howto for flow API Ori Kam
2017-10-19 10:05 ` Mcnamara, John
2017-10-21  7:29   ` Ori Kam
2017-10-25 14:51 ` [PATCH v2] " Ori Kam
2017-10-25 15:27   ` Mcnamara, John
2017-10-26 23:18     ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-11-02 17:06       ` Mcnamara, John [this message]
2017-11-07 21:54     ` Thomas Monjalon

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