+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ Copyright 2018 The DPDK contributors
+
DPDK Release 18.02
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A set of northbound APIs have been defined which encompass a generic set of
operations by allowing applications to interact with device using opaque
structures/buffers. Also, southbound APIs provide a means of integrating devices
- either as as part of a physical bus (PCI, FSLMC etc) or through ``vdev``.
+ either as part of a physical bus (PCI, FSLMC etc) or through ``vdev``.
See the :doc:`../prog_guide/rawdev` programmer's guide for more details.