New upstream version 17.11-rc3

Change-Id: I6a5baa40612fe0c20f30b5fa773a6cbbac63a685
Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>

3 files changed, 6 insertions, 59 deletions

diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
index e32afd5f..5452041f 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ The format of a DPDK target is::
 
 where:
 
-* ``ARCH`` can be:  ``i686``, ``x86_64``, ``ppc_64``
+* ``ARCH`` can be:  ``i686``, ``x86_64``, ``ppc_64``, ``arm64``
 
-* ``MACHINE`` can be:  ``native``, ``power8``
+* ``MACHINE`` can be:  ``native``, ``power8``, ``armv8a``
 
 * ``EXECENV`` can be:  ``linuxapp``,  ``bsdapp``
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst
index 0cc5fd17..594cbc59 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ The following is the list of options that can be given to the EAL:
 
     ./rte-app [-c COREMASK | -l CORELIST] [-n NUM] [-b <domain:bus:devid.func>] \
               [--socket-mem=MB,...] [-d LIB.so|DIR] [-m MB] [-r NUM] [-v] [--file-prefix] \
-	      [--proc-type <primary|secondary|auto>] [-- xen-dom0]
+	      [--proc-type <primary|secondary|auto>]
 
 The EAL options are as follows:
 
@@ -157,15 +157,15 @@ The EAL options are as follows:
 * ``--huge-dir``:
   The directory where hugetlbfs is mounted.
 
+* ``mbuf-pool-ops-name``:
+  Pool ops name for mbuf to use.
+
 * ``--file-prefix``:
   The prefix text used for hugepage filenames.
 
 * ``--proc-type``:
   The type of process instance.
 
-* ``--xen-dom0``:
-  Support application running on Xen Domain0 without hugetlbfs.
-
 * ``--vmware-tsc-map``:
   Use VMware TSC map instead of native RDTSC.
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
index eb8442c6..3e7fe637 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
@@ -228,56 +228,3 @@ The mount point can be made permanent across reboots, by adding the following li
 For 1GB pages, the page size must be specified as a mount option::
 
     nodev /mnt/huge_1GB hugetlbfs pagesize=1GB 0 0
-
-Xen Domain0 Support in the Linux Environment
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-The existing memory management implementation is based on the Linux kernel hugepage mechanism.
-On the Xen hypervisor, hugepage support for DomainU (DomU) Guests means that DPDK applications work as normal for guests.
-
-However, Domain0 (Dom0) does not support hugepages.
-To work around this limitation, a new kernel module rte_dom0_mm is added to facilitate the allocation and mapping of memory via
-**IOCTL** (allocation) and **MMAP** (mapping).
-
-Enabling Xen Dom0 Mode in the DPDK
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-By default, Xen Dom0 mode is disabled in the DPDK build configuration files.
-To support Xen Dom0, the CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_XEN_DOM0 setting should be changed to “y”, which enables the Xen Dom0 mode at compile time.
-
-Furthermore, the CONFIG_RTE_EAL_ALLOW_INV_SOCKET_ID setting should also be changed to “y” in the case of the wrong socket ID being received.
-
-Loading the DPDK rte_dom0_mm Module
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-To run any DPDK application on Xen Dom0, the ``rte_dom0_mm`` module must be loaded into the running kernel with rsv_memsize option.
-The module is found in the kmod sub-directory of the DPDK target directory.
-This module should be loaded using the insmod command as shown below (assuming that the current directory is the DPDK target directory)::
-
-    sudo insmod kmod/rte_dom0_mm.ko rsv_memsize=X
-
-The value X cannot be greater than 4096(MB).
-
-Configuring Memory for DPDK Use
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-After the rte_dom0_mm.ko kernel module has been loaded, the user must configure the memory size for DPDK usage.
-This is done by echoing the memory size to a memsize file in the /sys/devices/ directory.
-Use the following command (assuming that 2048 MB is required)::
-
-    echo 2048 > /sys/kernel/mm/dom0-mm/memsize-mB/memsize
-
-The user can also check how much memory has already been used::
-
-    cat /sys/kernel/mm/dom0-mm/memsize-mB/memsize_rsvd
-
-Xen Domain0 does not support NUMA configuration, as a result the ``--socket-mem`` command line option is invalid for Xen Domain0.
-
-.. note::
-
-    The memsize value cannot be greater than the rsv_memsize value.
-
-Running the DPDK Application on Xen Domain0
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-To run the DPDK application on Xen Domain0, an extra command line option ``--xen-dom0`` is required.