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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
Dave Barachbcfcb8e2019-04-29 17:11:38 -040013* Describes the different components that are associated with each VPP layer
John DeNisco2ba9dcf2018-08-23 14:04:22 -040014* 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
jdenisco390036e2018-10-31 14:24:31 -040024 add_plugin
Nathan Skrzypczakc4781a32020-09-04 18:31:23 +020025 add_plugin_goapi
John DeNisco758dc462018-08-13 17:00:06 -040026 gitreview
John DeNisco06dcd452018-07-26 12:45:10 -040027 softwarearchitecture
28 infrastructure
29 vlib
30 plugins
31 vnet
32 featurearcs
Dave Barachbcfcb8e2019-04-29 17:11:38 -040033 metadata
John DeNiscoce96dda2018-08-14 16:04:09 -040034 multiarch/index.rst
John DeNisco06dcd452018-07-26 12:45:10 -040035 bihash
andrew74030262018-08-05 21:18:45 -040036 vpp_api_module
37 binary_api_support
John DeNiscoce96dda2018-08-14 16:04:09 -040038 buildsystem/index.rst
John DeNisco2ba9dcf2018-08-23 14:04:22 -040039 eventviewer
jdenisco0923a232018-08-29 13:19:43 -040040 fib20/index.rst
Dave Barach01fdbcc2018-12-04 10:29:18 -050041 buildwireshark
Nathan Skrzypczak55c68c92019-07-29 11:18:05 +020042 punt
Nathan Skrzypczak7858d6e2019-07-29 13:51:31 +020043 quic_plugin
Nathan Skrzypczak66f2a882019-07-31 17:57:58 +020044 cross_compile_macos.rst
Nathan Skrzypczak24179ee2020-09-04 16:27:20 +020045 cnat
Nathan Skrzypczakc4781a32020-09-04 18:31:23 +020046 VPPAPI.md