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authorLuca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>2017-08-16 18:42:05 +0100
committerLuca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>2017-08-16 18:46:04 +0100
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New upstream version 17.08
Change-Id: I288b50990f52646089d6b1f3aaa6ba2f091a51d7 Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
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@@ -98,12 +98,14 @@ Running a Sample Application
.. warning::
- The UIO drivers and hugepages must be setup prior to running an application.
+ Before running the application make sure:
-.. warning::
+ - Hugepages setup is done.
+ - Any kernel driver being used is loaded.
+ - In case needed, ports being used by the application should be
+ bound to the corresponding kernel driver.
- Any ports to be used by the application must be already bound to an appropriate kernel
- module, as described in :ref:`linux_gsg_binding_kernel`, prior to running the application.
+ refer to :ref:`linux_gsg_linux_drivers` for more details.
The application is linked with the DPDK target environment's Environmental Abstraction Layer (EAL) library,
which provides some options that are generic to every DPDK application.