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| author | Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus@intel.com> | 2017-06-06 16:26:18 +0100 |
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| committer | Ben Pfaff <blp@ovn.org> | 2017-06-07 13:48:44 -0700 |
| commit | b132189d8456f38f3ee139f126d680901a9ee9a8 (patch) | |
| tree | 75a94076faea30f9b0293fc1ce599bdd7649ee96 | |
| parent | 2357e695a50468eefdbbbdfd26ae042c11a69686 (diff) | |
| download | openvswitch-b132189d8456f38f3ee139f126d680901a9ee9a8.tar.gz | |
docs: Update dpdk vdev naming instructions.
Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@ovn.org>
Acked-by: Stephen Finucane <stephen@that.guru>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | vswitchd/vswitch.xml | 9 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst b/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst index f3c7aff1f..93248b47f 100644 --- a/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst +++ b/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst @@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ Virtual DPDK devices which do not have PCI addresses can be added using a different format for 'dpdk-devargs'. Typically, the format expected is 'eth_<driver_name><x>' where 'x' is a -number between 0 and RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS -1 (31). +unique identifier of your choice for the given port. For example to add a dpdk port that uses the 'null' DPDK PMD driver:: diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml index 892f83923..d219bfd68 100644 --- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml +++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml @@ -2485,10 +2485,11 @@ Specifies the PCI address associated with the port for physical devices, or the virtual driver to be used for the port when a virtual PMD is intended to be used. For the latter, the argument string - typically takes the form of eth_<driver_name><x> where - 'driver_name' is a valid virtual DPDK PMD driver name and where 'x' - lies in the range of 0 to RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS-1. - Only supported by the dpdk port type. + typically takes the form of + <code>eth_<var>driver_name</var><var>x</var></code>, where + <var>driver_name</var> is a valid virtual DPDK PMD driver name and + <var>x</var> is a unique identifier of your choice for the given + port. Only supported by the dpdk port type. </p> </column> |