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| author |   John DeNisco <jdenisco@cisco.com> | 2018-07-26 12:45:10 -0400 |
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| committer |   Dave Barach <openvpp@barachs.net> | 2018-07-26 18:34:47 +0000 |
| commit | 06dcd45ff81e06bc8cf40ed487c0b2652d346a5a (patch) | |
| tree | 71403f9d422c4e532b2871a66ab909bd6066b10b /docs/gettingstarted/developers/plugins.md | |
| parent | 1d65279ffecd0f540288187b94cb1a6b84a7a0c6 (diff) | |
Initial commit of Sphinx docs
Change-Id: I9fca8fb98502dffc2555f9de7f507b6f006e0e77
Signed-off-by: John DeNisco <jdenisco@cisco.com>
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diff --git a/docs/gettingstarted/developers/plugins.md b/docs/gettingstarted/developers/plugins.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ba3a2446306 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/gettingstarted/developers/plugins.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ + +Plugins +======= + +vlib implements a straightforward plug-in DLL mechanism. VLIB client +applications specify a directory to search for plug-in .DLLs, and a name +filter to apply (if desired). VLIB needs to load plug-ins very early. + +Once loaded, the plug-in DLL mechanism uses dlsym to find and verify a +vlib\_plugin\_registration data structure in the newly-loaded plug-in. + |