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[dpdk-dev,7/7] doc: update software event device

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Pavan Nikhilesh Oct. 11, 2017, 9:09 a.m. UTC 
  Update software event device documentation to include use of service
cores for event distribution.

Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@caviumnetworks.com>
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 doc/guides/eventdevs/sw.rst | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

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John McNamara Oct. 12, 2017, 12:29 p.m. UTC | #1 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Pavan Nikhilesh
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 10:10 AM
> To: jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com; Van Haaren, Harry
> <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>; hemant.agrawal@nxp.com;
> santosh.shukla@caviumnetworks.com
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@caviumnetworks.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 7/7] doc: update software event device
> 
> Update software event device documentation to include use of service cores
> for event distribution.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@caviumnetworks.com>


Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
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diff --git a/doc/guides/eventdevs/sw.rst b/doc/guides/eventdevs/sw.rst
index a3e6624..ec49b3b 100644
--- a/doc/guides/eventdevs/sw.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/eventdevs/sw.rst
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@  Scheduling Quanta
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 The scheduling quanta sets the number of events that the device attempts to
-schedule before returning to the application from the ``rte_event_schedule()``
-function. Note that is a *hint* only, and that fewer or more events may be
-scheduled in a given iteration.
+schedule in a single schedule call performed by the service core. Note that
+is a *hint* only, and that fewer or more events may be scheduled in a given
+iteration.
 
 The scheduling quanta can be set using a string argument to the vdev
 create call:
@@ -140,10 +140,9 @@  eventdev.
 Distributed Scheduler
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-The software eventdev is a centralized scheduler, requiring the
-``rte_event_schedule()`` function to be called by a CPU core to perform the
-required event distribution. This is not really a limitation but rather a
-design decision.
+The software eventdev is a centralized scheduler, requiring a service core to
+perform the required event distribution. This is not really a limitation but
+rather a design decision.
 
 The ``RTE_EVENT_DEV_CAP_DISTRIBUTED_SCHED`` flag is not set in the
 ``event_dev_cap`` field of the ``rte_event_dev_info`` struct for the software