On 26-Sep-18 4:19 PM, Kovacevic, Marko wrote:

quoted

Add a short chapter on usage of external memory in DPDK to the
Programmer's Guide.

Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <redacted>
---
  .../prog_guide/env_abstraction_layer.rst      | 37 +++++++++++++++++++
  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)

quoted

+The expected workflow is as follows:
+
+* Get a pointer to memory area
+* Create a named heap
+* Add memory area(s) to the heap
+  * If IOVA table is not specified, IOVA addresses will be assumed to be
+    unavailable, and DMA mappings will not be performed
+  * Other processes must attach to the memory area before they can use
+it
+* Get socket ID used for the heap
+* Use normal DPDK allocation procedures, using supplied socket ID
+* If memory area is no longer needed, it can be removed from the heap
+  * Other processes must detach from this memory area before it can be
+removed
+* If heap is no longer needed, remove it
+  * Socket ID will become invalid and will not be reused

Hi Anatoly,

Im getting an error when doing

make-doc-guides-html

/dpdk/doc/guides/prog_guide/env_abstraction_layer.rst:241: WARNING: Unexpected indentation.
/dpdk/doc/guides/prog_guide/env_abstraction_layer.rst:242: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.

This is due to the indentation of your inner bullet points instead of two spaces put 4
For all four that you have.

Thanks,
Marko K

Hi Marko,

Those are supposed to be sub-bullet points, i.e. 2nd level. Does it have 
to be six?

-- 
Thanks,
Anatoly