/* Copyright (c) 2013, Linaro Limited
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/**
 * @mainpage
 *
 * @section sec_1 Introduction
 *
 * OpenDataPlane (ODP) provides a data plane application programming
 * environment that is easy to use, high performance, and portable
 * between networking SoCs. This documentation is both a user guide
 * for developers who wish to use ODP and a detailed reference for ODP
 * programmers covering APIs, data structures, files, etc.  It should
 * also be useful for those wishing to implement ODP on other
 * platforms.
 *
 *  @image html overview.png
 *
 * ODP consists of a common layer and an implementation layer.
 * Applications written to the common layer are portable across all
 * ODP implementations.  To compile and run an ODP application, it is
 * compiled against a specific ODP implementation layer.  The purpose
 * of the implementation layer is to provide an optimal mapping of ODP
 * APIs to the underlying capabilities (including hardware
 * co-processing and acceleration support) of of SoCs hosting ODP
 * implementations.  As a bootstrapping mechanism for applications, as
 * well as to provide a model for ODP implementers, ODP provides a
 * 'linux-generic' reference implementation designed to run on any SoC
 * which has a Linux kernel.  While linux-generic is not a performance
 * target, it does provide a starting point for ODP implementers and
 * application programmers alike.  As a pure software implementation
 * of ODP, linux-generic is designed to provide best-in-class performance
 * for general Linux data plane support.
 *
 * @section contact Contact Details
 * - The main web site is http://www.opendataplane.org/
 * - The git repo is https://git.linaro.org/lng/odp.git
 * - Bug tracking is https://bugs.linaro.org/buglist.cgi?product=OpenDataPlane
 *
 */

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 * @verbinclude CONTRIBUTING
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