From 4f295af96c09ec0d1c413a4aaa204c5e376c6ce7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marc Bonnici Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 17:33:30 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc/index: Update intro description of WA. --- doc/source/index.rst | 26 ++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst index a070859c..ff7deb57 100644 --- a/doc/source/index.rst +++ b/doc/source/index.rst @@ -4,10 +4,19 @@ Welcome to Documentation for Workload Automation ================================================ -Workload Automation (WA) is a framework for running workloads on real hardware devices. WA -supports a number of output formats as well as additional instruments (such as Streamline -traces). A number of workloads are included with the framework. +Workload Automation (WA) is a framework for executing workloads and collecting +measurements on Android and Linux devices. WA includes automation for nearly 30 +workloads, some common instrumentation (ftrace, hwmon). A number of output +formats are supported. +Workload Automation is designed primarily as a developer tool/framework to +facilitate data driven development by providing a method of collecting +measurements from a device in a repeatable way. + +Workload Automation is highly extensible. Most of the concrete functionality is +implemented via :ref:`plug-ins `, and it is easy to +:ref:`write new plug-ins ` to support new device types, +workloads, instruments or output processing. .. contents:: Contents @@ -52,14 +61,6 @@ FAQ faq -.. User Reference -.. =============== - -.. .. toctree:: -.. :maxdepth: 2 - - - .. _in-depth: Developer Information @@ -82,9 +83,6 @@ References plugins -.. :ref:`FAQ ` -.. ================ - .. Indices and tables .. ==================