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| author |   Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com> | 2017-11-13 10:38:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com> | 2017-11-13 10:38:39 +0000 |
| commit | 976be7358289d46cd5ed8131bbf2e2c5a6838d3c (patch) | |
| tree | 5e6f873dd1658446539f9d4621e2d16f559c867d /doc/guides/nics/octeontx.rst | |
| parent | 055c52583a2794da8ba1e85a48cce3832372b12f (diff) | |
New upstream version 17.11~rc4
Change-Id: I5cc288310eaa28cb8c2e475afce5e19f8c08ba1e
Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/octeontx.rst b/doc/guides/nics/octeontx.rst index a6631cd0..90bb9e5d 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/octeontx.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/octeontx.rst @@ -71,34 +71,7 @@ The features supported by the device and not yet supported by this PMD include: Prerequisites ------------- -There are three main pre-perquisites for executing OCTEONTX PMD on a OCTEONTX -compatible board: - -1. **OCTEONTX Linux kernel PF driver for Network acceleration HW blocks** - - The OCTEONTX Linux kernel drivers (including the required PF driver for the - all network acceleration blocks) are available on GitHub at - `octeontx-kmod <https://github.com/caviumnetworks/octeontx-kmod>`_ - along with build, install and dpdk usage instructions. - -2. **ARM64 Tool Chain** - - For example, the *aarch64* Linaro Toolchain, which can be obtained from - `here <https://releases.linaro.org/components/toolchain/binaries/4.9-2017.01/aarch64-linux-gnu>`_. - -3. **Rootfile system** - - Any *aarch64* supporting filesystem can be used. For example, - Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily) or 16.04 LTS (Xenial) userland which can be obtained - from `<http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-base/releases/16.04/release/ubuntu-base-16.04.1-base-arm64.tar.gz>`_. - - As an alternative method, OCTEONTX PMD can also be executed using images provided - as part of SDK from Cavium. The SDK includes all the above prerequisites necessary - to bring up a OCTEONTX board. - - SDK and related information can be obtained from: `Cavium support site <https://support.cavium.com/>`_. - -Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux <linux_gsg>` to setup the basic DPDK environment. +See :doc:`../platform/octeontx` for setup information. Pre-Installation Configuration ------------------------------ @@ -222,7 +195,7 @@ Example: .. code-block:: console - ./your_dpdk_application --mbuf-pool-ops="octeontx_fpavf" \ + ./your_dpdk_application --mbuf-pool-ops-name="octeontx_fpavf" \ --vdev='event_octeontx' \ --vdev="eth_octeontx,nr_port=2" |