Hi Jay, On 10/29/2015 09:19 AM, Jay Rolette wrote: > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 7:16 AM, Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at > 6wind.com> > wrote: > >> 2015-10-29 06:59, Jay Rolette: >>> Less than 2 mins looking at the docs and you can answer that yourself. >> >> NO >> This answer is useless. >> Please provide pointers to the docs and give a quick answer. >> > > So you don't expect users to make ANY effort? > > If it required someone to go look at the code, I'd agree with you. In this > case, you don't even have to get past the table of contents of the User's > Guide. > > Based on his signature, he's a grad student. I'd say my answer to RTFM > (said in a much nicer way) is one of the better things that will help him > in his career, so no, definitely not a useless answer.
I agree with Thomas, a naked RTFM is not helpful or welcoming. A better answer would be "The supported platforms are listed in our documentation - see here: http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/rel_notes/supported_os.html"; Incidentally, I spent more than 2 mins to find that information, it's not immediately obvious where to find the information in the documentation - after browsing the docs links, I resorted to a Google search for "site:dpdk.org supported operating systems" to find that link. Thanks, Dave. -- Dave Neary - NFV/SDN Community Strategy Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com Ph: +1-978-399-2182 / Cell: +1-978-799-3338
