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John DeNiscoc64ba6d2018-08-02 15:03:15 -04007The Developers section covers the following areas:
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John DeNisco2ba9dcf2018-08-23 14:04:22 -04009* Describes how to build different types of VPP images
10* Explains how to run VPP with and without GDB, with some GDB examples
11* Describes the steps required to get a patch reviewed and merged
12* Describes the VPP software architecture and identifies the associated four VPP layers
13* Describes the different components that are associated with each VPP layer
14* Explains how to Create, Add, Enable/Disable different ARC features
15* Discusses different aspects of Bounded-index Extensible Hashing (bihash), and how it is used in database lookups
16* Describes the different types of API support and how to integrate a plugin
John DeNiscoc64ba6d2018-08-02 15:03:15 -040017
John DeNisco06dcd452018-07-26 12:45:10 -040018.. toctree::
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21 building
andrewa38d0012018-08-06 00:25:33 -040022 running_vpp
23 gdb_examples
John DeNisco758dc462018-08-13 17:00:06 -040024 gitreview
John DeNisco06dcd452018-07-26 12:45:10 -040025 softwarearchitecture
26 infrastructure
27 vlib
28 plugins
29 vnet
30 featurearcs
John DeNiscoce96dda2018-08-14 16:04:09 -040031 multiarch/index.rst
John DeNisco06dcd452018-07-26 12:45:10 -040032 bihash
andrew74030262018-08-05 21:18:45 -040033 vpp_api_module
34 binary_api_support
John DeNiscoce96dda2018-08-14 16:04:09 -040035 buildsystem/index.rst
John DeNisco2ba9dcf2018-08-23 14:04:22 -040036 eventviewer
andrew74030262018-08-05 21:18:45 -040037 sample_plugin
jdenisco0923a232018-08-29 13:19:43 -040038 fib20/index.rst