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diff --git a/docs/testing/developer/design/vswitchperf_design.rst b/docs/testing/developer/design/vswitchperf_design.rst index a5a99c8a..8111b513 100644 --- a/docs/testing/developer/design/vswitchperf_design.rst +++ b/docs/testing/developer/design/vswitchperf_design.rst @@ -94,11 +94,13 @@ Configuration Procedure and Precedence -------------------------------------- Configuration files follow a strict naming convention that allows them to be -processed in a specific order. All the .conf files are named ``NN_name.conf``, -where NN is a decimal number. The files are processed in order from 00_name.conf -to 99_name.conf so that if the name setting is given in both a lower and higher -numbered conf file then the higher numbered file is the effective setting as it -is processed after the setting in the lower numbered file. +processed in a specific order. All the .conf files are named ``NNx_name.conf``, +where ``NN`` is a decimal number and ``x`` is an optional alphabetical suffix. +The files are processed in order from ``00_name.conf`` to ``99_name.conf`` +(and from ``00a_name`` to ``00z_name``), so that if the name setting is given +in both a lower and higher numbered conf file then the higher numbered file +is the effective setting as it is processed after the setting in the lower +numbered file. The values in the file specified by ``--conf-file`` takes precedence over all the other configuration files and does not have to follow the naming |