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authorChristian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>2016-12-08 14:07:29 +0100
committerChristian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>2016-12-08 14:10:05 +0100
commit6b3e017e5d25f15da73f7700f7f2ac553ef1a2e9 (patch)
tree1b1fb3f903b2282e261ade69e3c17952b3fd3464 /doc/guides/linux_gsg
parent32e04ea00cd159613e04acef75e52bfca6eeff2f (diff)
Imported Upstream version 16.11
Change-Id: I1944c65ddc88a9ad70f8c0eb6731552b84fbcb77 Signed-off-by: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guides/linux_gsg')
-rw-r--r--doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst12
-rw-r--r--doc/guides/linux_gsg/quick_start.rst14
-rw-r--r--doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst6
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
index f8007b31..527c38dc 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ First, uncompress the archive and move to the uncompressed DPDK source directory
unzip DPDK-<version>.zip
cd DPDK-<version>
- ls
- app/ config/ examples/ lib/ LICENSE.GPL LICENSE.LGPL Makefile
- mk/ scripts/ tools/
-
The DPDK is composed of several directories:
* lib: Source code of DPDK libraries
@@ -75,7 +71,7 @@ where:
* ``ARCH`` can be: ``i686``, ``x86_64``, ``ppc_64``
-* ``MACHINE`` can be: ``native``, ``ivshmem``, ``power8``
+* ``MACHINE`` can be: ``native``, ``power8``
* ``EXECENV`` can be: ``linuxapp``, ``bsdapp``
@@ -148,12 +144,6 @@ Once a target is created it contains all libraries, including poll-mode drivers,
In addition, the test and testpmd applications are built under the build/app directory, which may be used for testing.
A kmod directory is also present that contains kernel modules which may be loaded if needed.
-.. code-block:: console
-
- ls x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
-
- app build include kmod lib Makefile
-
Loading Modules to Enable Userspace IO for DPDK
-----------------------------------------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/quick_start.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/quick_start.rst
index 8789b588..6e858c2a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/quick_start.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/quick_start.rst
@@ -126,19 +126,15 @@ Some options in the script prompt the user for further data before proceeding.
[3] ppc_64-power8-linuxapp-gcc
- [4] x86_64-ivshmem-linuxapp-gcc
+ [4] x86_64-native-bsdapp-clang
- [5] x86_64-ivshmem-linuxapp-icc
+ [5] x86_64-native-bsdapp-gcc
- [6] x86_64-native-bsdapp-clang
+ [6] x86_64-native-linuxapp-clang
- [7] x86_64-native-bsdapp-gcc
+ [7] x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
- [8] x86_64-native-linuxapp-clang
-
- [9] x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
-
- [10] x86_64-native-linuxapp-icc
+ [8] x86_64-native-linuxapp-icc
------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
index b3215448..3d743421 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
* coreutils: ``cmp``, ``sed``, ``grep``, ``arch``, etc.
-* gcc: versions 4.5.x or later is recommended for ``i686/x86_64``. Versions 4.8.x or later is recommended
- for ``ppc_64`` and ``x86_x32`` ABI. On some distributions, some specific compiler flags and linker flags are enabled by
+* gcc: versions 4.9 or later is recommended for all platforms.
+ On some distributions, some specific compiler flags and linker flags are enabled by
default and affect performance (``-fstack-protector``, for example). Please refer to the documentation
of your distribution and to ``gcc -dumpspecs``.
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
.. note::
x86_x32 ABI is currently supported with distribution packages only on Ubuntu
- higher than 13.10 or recent Debian distribution. The only supported compiler is gcc 4.8+.
+ higher than 13.10 or recent Debian distribution. The only supported compiler is gcc 4.9+.
.. note::