On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 01:32:42PM -0800, Alan Perry wrote: > > > On 12/23/20 12:19 AM, Leon Romanovsky wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 08:47:51PM -0800, Alan Perry wrote: > > > Add a description section with basic info about the rdma command for users > > > unfamiliar with it. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Alan Perry <al...@snowmoose.com> > > > --- > > > man/man8/rdma.8 | 6 +++++- > > > 1 file changed, 5 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/man/man8/rdma.8 b/man/man8/rdma.8 > > > index c9e5d50d..d68d0cf6 100644 > > > --- a/man/man8/rdma.8 > > > +++ b/man/man8/rdma.8 > > > @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ > > > -.TH RDMA 8 "28 Mar 2017" "iproute2" "Linux" > > > +.TH RDMA 8 "22 Dec 2020" "iproute2" "Linux" > > > .SH NAME > > > rdma \- RDMA tool > > > .SH SYNOPSIS > > > @@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ rdma \- RDMA tool > > > \fB\-j\fR[\fIson\fR] } > > > \fB\-p\fR[\fIretty\fR] } > > > > > > +.SH DESCRIPTION > > > +.B rdma > > > +is a tool for querying and setting the configuration for RDMA, direct > > > memory access between the memory of two computers without use of the > > > operating system on either computer. > > > + > > > > Thanks, it is too close to the Wikipedia description that can be written > > slightly differently (without "two computers"), what about the following > > description from Mellanox site? > > > > "is a tool for querying and setting the configuration for RDMA-capable > > devices. Remote direct memory access (RDMA) is the ability of accessing > > (read, write) memory on a remote machine without interrupting the processing > > of the CPU(s) on that system." > > > > Thanks, > > Acked-by: Leon Romanovsky <leo...@nvidia.com> > > > > I noticed that the rdma man page has not been changed. I am unfamiliar with > the process. Should I have submitted an updated patch with the alternate > wording after this exchange?
Yes, please. Thanks > > alan
