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* vDPA: explain in Kconfig what vDPA is, capitalise it consistenly
@ 2021-03-21 16:34 Pavel Machek
  2021-03-22  3:06 ` Jason Wang
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Pavel Machek @ 2021-03-21 16:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel, Michael S. Tsirkin, Jason Wang, virtualization

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Not everyone knows what vDPA stands for, explain it in Kconfig.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek (CIP) <pavel@denx.de>

diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/Kconfig b/drivers/vdpa/Kconfig
index ffd1e098bfd2..8cb37b3dd279 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/Kconfig
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ menuconfig VDPA
 	tristate "vDPA drivers"
 	depends on NET
 	help
-	  Enable this module to support vDPA device that uses a
-	  datapath which complies with virtio specifications with
-	  vendor specific control path.
+	  Enable this module to support Virtual Data Path Acceleration
+	  (vDPA) device that uses a datapath which complies with
+	  virtio specifications with vendor specific control path.
 
 if VDPA
 
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ config MLX5_VDPA
 	bool
 	select VHOST_IOTLB
 	help
-	  Support library for Mellanox VDPA drivers. Provides code that is
-	  common for all types of VDPA drivers. The following drivers are planned:
+	  Support library for Mellanox vDPA drivers. Provides code that is
+	  common for all types of vDPA drivers. The following drivers are planned:
 	  net, block.
 
 config MLX5_VDPA_NET
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ config MLX5_VDPA_NET
 	select MLX5_VDPA
 	depends on MLX5_CORE
 	help
-	  VDPA network driver for ConnectX6 and newer. Provides offloading
+	  vDPA network driver for ConnectX6 and newer. Provides offloading
 	  of virtio net datapath such that descriptors put on the ring will
 	  be executed by the hardware. It also supports a variety of stateless
 	  offloads depending on the actual device used and firmware version.

-- 
DENX Software Engineering GmbH,      Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk
HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany


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* Re: vDPA: explain in Kconfig what vDPA is, capitalise it consistenly
  2021-03-21 16:34 vDPA: explain in Kconfig what vDPA is, capitalise it consistenly Pavel Machek
@ 2021-03-22  3:06 ` Jason Wang
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jason Wang @ 2021-03-22  3:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Pavel Machek, linux-kernel, Michael S. Tsirkin, virtualization


在 2021/3/22 上午12:34, Pavel Machek 写道:
> Not everyone knows what vDPA stands for, explain it in Kconfig.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek (CIP) <pavel@denx.de>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/Kconfig b/drivers/vdpa/Kconfig
> index ffd1e098bfd2..8cb37b3dd279 100644
> --- a/drivers/vdpa/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/vdpa/Kconfig
> @@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ menuconfig VDPA
>   	tristate "vDPA drivers"
>   	depends on NET
>   	help
> -	  Enable this module to support vDPA device that uses a
> -	  datapath which complies with virtio specifications with
> -	  vendor specific control path.
> +	  Enable this module to support Virtual Data Path Acceleration


My understading is that "v" is short for "virtio" here.

Thanks


> +	  (vDPA) device that uses a datapath which complies with
> +	  virtio specifications with vendor specific control path.
>   
>   if VDPA
>   
> @@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ config MLX5_VDPA
>   	bool
>   	select VHOST_IOTLB
>   	help
> -	  Support library for Mellanox VDPA drivers. Provides code that is
> -	  common for all types of VDPA drivers. The following drivers are planned:
> +	  Support library for Mellanox vDPA drivers. Provides code that is
> +	  common for all types of vDPA drivers. The following drivers are planned:
>   	  net, block.
>   
>   config MLX5_VDPA_NET
> @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ config MLX5_VDPA_NET
>   	select MLX5_VDPA
>   	depends on MLX5_CORE
>   	help
> -	  VDPA network driver for ConnectX6 and newer. Provides offloading
> +	  vDPA network driver for ConnectX6 and newer. Provides offloading
>   	  of virtio net datapath such that descriptors put on the ring will
>   	  be executed by the hardware. It also supports a variety of stateless
>   	  offloads depending on the actual device used and firmware version.
>


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* vDPA: explain in Kconfig what vDPA is, capitalise it consistenly
@ 2021-03-21 16:27 Pavel Machek
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Pavel Machek @ 2021-03-21 16:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kernel list

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Not everyone knows what vDPA stands for, explain it in Kconfig.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek (CIP) <pavel@denx.de>

diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/Kconfig b/drivers/vdpa/Kconfig
index ffd1e098bfd2..8cb37b3dd279 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/Kconfig
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ menuconfig VDPA
 	tristate "vDPA drivers"
 	depends on NET
 	help
-	  Enable this module to support vDPA device that uses a
-	  datapath which complies with virtio specifications with
-	  vendor specific control path.
+	  Enable this module to support Virtual Data Path Acceleration
+	  (vDPA) device that uses a datapath which complies with
+	  virtio specifications with vendor specific control path.
 
 if VDPA
 
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ config MLX5_VDPA
 	bool
 	select VHOST_IOTLB
 	help
-	  Support library for Mellanox VDPA drivers. Provides code that is
-	  common for all types of VDPA drivers. The following drivers are planned:
+	  Support library for Mellanox vDPA drivers. Provides code that is
+	  common for all types of vDPA drivers. The following drivers are planned:
 	  net, block.
 
 config MLX5_VDPA_NET
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ config MLX5_VDPA_NET
 	select MLX5_VDPA
 	depends on MLX5_CORE
 	help
-	  VDPA network driver for ConnectX6 and newer. Provides offloading
+	  vDPA network driver for ConnectX6 and newer. Provides offloading
 	  of virtio net datapath such that descriptors put on the ring will
 	  be executed by the hardware. It also supports a variety of stateless
 	  offloads depending on the actual device used and firmware version.

-- 
DENX Software Engineering GmbH,      Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk
HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany

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