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diff --git a/host/docs/transport.rst b/host/docs/transport.rst index 30fc1d78f..432db4bb5 100644 --- a/host/docs/transport.rst +++ b/host/docs/transport.rst @@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ UHD - Transport Application Notes .. contents:: Table of Contents +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +Introduction +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +A transport is the layer between the packet interface and a device IO interface. The advanced user can pass optional parameters into the underlying transport layer through the device address. These optional parameters control how the transport object allocates memory, @@ -32,6 +36,9 @@ The following parameters can be used to alter the transport's default behavior: * **num_send_frames:** The number of send buffers to allocate * **concurrency_hint:** The number of threads to run the IO service +**Note:** num_send_frames and concurrency_hint will not have an effect +as the asynchronous send implementation is currently disabled. + ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Resize socket buffers ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -67,8 +74,7 @@ The USB transport is implemented with libusb. Libusb provides an asynchronous API for USB bulk transfers. The transport implementation allocates a number of buffers and submits asynchronous requests through libusb. -A single thread runs in the background -and executes the libusb event handler to process these requests. +Event handler threads run in the background to process these requests. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Transport parameters |