> -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:tho...@monjalon.net] > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2019 9:00 PM > To: Mcnamara, John <john.mcnam...@intel.com>; Rami Rosen > <ramir...@gmail.com> > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Trahe, Fiona <fiona.tr...@intel.com>; > akhil.go...@nxp.com; Kovacevic, Marko <marko.kovace...@intel.com>; > sta...@dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH V3] doc: add guideines for initial PMD > submission > > 02/05/2019 17:59, Mcnamara, John: > > From: Rami Rosen [mailto:ramir...@gmail.com] > > > > > > This patch for DPDK Contributor's Guidelines indicates the repos > > > against which a new PMD should be prepared; for example, for new > > > network ethernet PMDs it should be dpdk-next-net, and for new crypto > > > PMDs it should be dpdk-next-crypto. For other new PMDs, the > > > contributor should refer to the MAINTAINERS file. Though this may > > > seem obvious, it is not mentioned in DPDK documentation. > > > > > > > Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnam...@intel.com> > > The MAINTAINERS file is already part of the documentation: > http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/contributing/patches.html#dpdk- > maintainers > Should we add a reference to this chapter? I don't think there is any need to include a link. There are lots of similar references to the `MAINTAINERS` file in the same doc section. I think the patch is fine as it is. John
