> -----Original Message----- > From: Richardson, Bruce <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2022 11:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Maxime Coquelin <[email protected]>; Xia, Chenbo > <[email protected]>; Richardson, Bruce <[email protected]> > Subject: [PATCH v3 4/4] doc/prog_guide: add reference to virtio-user from > KNI doc > > To help encourage use of virtio-user in place of KNI, put a reference to > the relevant howto section at the top of the KNI doc. > > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <[email protected]> > --- > doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst > b/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst > index 5248f9622b..e021cc69b6 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst > @@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ > Kernel NIC Interface > ==================== > > +.. note:: > + > + For an alternative to KNI, that does not require any out-of-tree Linux > kernel modules, > + or a custom library, see :ref:`virtio_user_as_exception_path`. > + > + > The DPDK Kernel NIC Interface (KNI) allows userspace applications access > to the Linux* control plane. > > The benefits of using the DPDK KNI are: > -- > 2.34.1
Acked-by: Chenbo Xia <[email protected]>
