netdev - Re: [PATCH] rdma.8: Add basic description for users unfamiliar with rdma

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Date:   Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:32:42 -0800
From:   Alan Perry <alanp@...wmoose.com>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rdma.8: Add basic description for users unfamiliar with
 rdma



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 <alanp@...wmoose.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 <leonro@...dia.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?

alan