2021-10-09 12:38 (UTC-0700), Kadam, Pallavi: > On 10/8/2021 2:11 PM, Dmitry Kozlyuk wrote: > > [...] > > +virt2phys > > +~~~~~~~~~ > > > > -1. From Device Manager, Action menu, select "Add legacy hardware". > > -2. It will launch the "Add Hardware Wizard". Click "Next". > > -3. Select second option "Install the hardware that I manually select > > - from a list (Advanced)". > > -4. On the next screen, "Kernel bypass" will be shown as a device class. > > -5. Select it, and click "Next". > > -6. The previously installed drivers will now be installed for the > > - "Virtual to physical address translator" device. > > +Access to physical addresses is provided by a kernel-mode driver, > > virt2phys. > > +It is mandatory for allocating physically-contiguous memory which is > > required > > +by hardware PMDs. > > Should we add specific link to virt2phys README in this section as well? > > https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/tree/windows/README.rst
This link is given above and I consider it general information for all drivers. However, reading it carefully, I think docs in dpdk-kmods could be restructured as well: * Keep windows/README.rst unchanged, except for Device Manager steps, which are actually specific to virt2phys. * Create windows/virt2phys/README.rst with instructions above. * Change windows/netuio/README.rst: remove the bulk of its content, as it repeats generic instructions, keep netuio-specific Device Manager part. Then a specific link for virt2phys here would make sense and there will be even less duplication in dpdk-kmods. If no one objects, I'll do this in v2. Thanks!
