From patchwork Mon Apr 10 14:15:07 2017 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Stephen Finucane X-Patchwork-Id: 749033 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org (mail.linuxfoundation.org [140.211.169.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3w1sf72FQ1z9sNG for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2017 00:15:27 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: ozlabs.org; dkim=fail reason="key not found in DNS" (0-bit key; unprotected) header.d=that.guru header.i=@that.guru header.b="KLR/TuGZ"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from mail.linux-foundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C9B1958; Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:15:24 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-To: dev@openvswitch.org Delivered-To: ovs-dev@mail.linuxfoundation.org Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5AC0E40F for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:15:22 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: delayed 02:02:35 by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from burlywood.ash.relay.mailchannels.net (burlywood.ash.relay.mailchannels.net [23.83.222.26]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E2F2914F for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:15:20 +0000 (UTC) X-Sender-Id: mxroute|x-authuser|stephen@that.guru Received: from relay.mailchannels.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47E8D204E67 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:15:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from one.mxroute.com (unknown [100.96.137.101]) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id C1AA02045D6 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:15:15 +0000 (UTC) X-Sender-Id: mxroute|x-authuser|stephen@that.guru Received: from one.mxroute.com (one-outgoing.mxroute.com [172.20.120.92]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384) by 0.0.0.0:2500 (trex/5.7.37); Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:15:16 +0000 X-MC-Relay: Neutral X-MailChannels-SenderId: mxroute|x-authuser|stephen@that.guru X-MailChannels-Auth-Id: mxroute X-Scare-Eight: 7fe5786368cf0491_1491833716070_3297001765 X-MC-Loop-Signature: 1491833716070:2916485835 X-MC-Ingress-Time: 1491833716070 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=that.guru; s=default; h=Message-Id:Date:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:MIME-Version :Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=d8jVTXyNoA7mPOd4fFBoZ4cwB90uRmYwe0T9FXYSEmk=; b=KLR/TuGZ3o6Yjsvsi1iUvYUAm5 BQcSa+Eckr0xE6Zg931MrkdTL1AMeiKK8WLJUAQprUYEvdZUggJT4bikXz6tDRVQrh2q40Lpt9kw+ vlIuryYkyxVWsrvf9LlAA4MVjnEmg63RgxlInTM+tzseFDaivkhu7VzBXdb2x7mLOdQaKEKvTvUcX K6cyvaMC+NSkabnNyYdSgZywaJm22lRfxxi8TVBTedn1RNW/uMlM59Xl648MqoPx2sdkI6Biz/e8L oKtYmxZJeJ0y6IaX6Yubp5LyK+Ns3Wa1xiGG/MOL5ANVZiM/IkNkebZJCRnAOCXQdqRM4EOCy9WX1 urkTm2uA==; From: Stephen Finucane To: dev@openvswitch.org Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 15:15:07 +0100 Message-Id: <20170410141507.13711-1-stephen@that.guru> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.9.3 X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-10.0 X-AuthUser: stephen@that.guru X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Subject: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: Link to release FAQ from DPDK install guide X-BeenThere: ovs-dev@openvswitch.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: ovs-dev-bounces@openvswitch.org Errors-To: ovs-dev-bounces@openvswitch.org I wanted to find the mappings of DPDK versions to OVS versions. This was a little more difficult than expected. Resolve the issue by linking to it from the DPDK install guide. Signed-off-by: Stephen Finucane --- v2: - Add a link to the releases FAQ from the installation section of the index page --- Documentation/index.rst | 3 ++- Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/index.rst b/Documentation/index.rst index d81e9ba..5210a56 100644 --- a/Documentation/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/index.rst @@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ vSwitch? Start here. :doc:`intro/install/netbsd` | :doc:`intro/install/windows` | :doc:`intro/install/xenserver` | - :doc:`intro/install/dpdk` + :doc:`intro/install/dpdk` | + :doc:`Installation FAQs ` - **Tutorials:** :doc:`tutorials/ovs-advanced` | :doc:`tutorials/ovn-sandbox` diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst index b947bd5..f29ac05 100644 --- a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst +++ b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst @@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ This document describes how to build and install Open vSwitch using a DPDK datapath. Open vSwitch can use the DPDK library to operate entirely in userspace. +.. seealso:: + + The :doc:`releases FAQ ` lists support for the required + versions of DPDK for each version of Open vSwitch. + Build requirements ------------------