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| author |   John DeNisco <jdenisco@cisco.com> | 2018-08-14 16:04:09 -0400 |
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| committer |   Dave Barach <openvpp@barachs.net> | 2018-08-14 20:13:21 +0000 |
| commit | ce96dda4478d8a9ee3e3a6646c3367eb20263e3f (patch) | |
| tree | 3bb1ae4f4485d2002f4f747cae3959806fcd6bcf /docs/gettingstarted/developers/plugins.rst | |
| parent | 9f0c02053fede4c975e928111cad73d97dff501d (diff) | |
DOCS: Moved multiarch and build system, Incorprated Scott's changes
Change-Id: I5a57846db2d4faac1aa24db4629b612657f59afb
Signed-off-by: John DeNisco <jdenisco@cisco.com>
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diff --git a/docs/gettingstarted/developers/plugins.rst b/docs/gettingstarted/developers/plugins.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..d18a5a879d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/gettingstarted/developers/plugins.rst @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +.. _dplugins: + +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. + +For more on plugins please refer to :ref:`sample_plugin`. |