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+..  BSD LICENSE
+    Copyright 2017 NXP.
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+
+NXP DPAA2 Eventdev Driver
+=========================
+
+The dpaa2 eventdev is an implementation of the eventdev API, that provides a
+wide range of the eventdev features. The eventdev relies on a dpaa2 hw to
+perform event scheduling.
+
+More information can be found at `NXP Official Website
+<http://www.nxp.com/products/microcontrollers-and-processors/arm-processors/qoriq-arm-processors:QORIQ-ARM>`_.
+
+Features
+--------
+
+The DPAA2 EVENTDEV implements many features in the eventdev API;
+
+- Hardware based event scheduler
+- 8 event ports
+- 8 event queues
+- Parallel flows
+- Atomic flows
+
+Supported DPAA2 SoCs
+--------------------
+
+- LS2080A/LS2040A
+- LS2084A/LS2044A
+- LS2088A/LS2048A
+- LS1088A/LS1048A
+
+Prerequisites
+-------------
+
+There are three main pre-requisities for executing DPAA2 EVENTDEV on a DPAA2
+compatible board:
+
+1. **ARM 64 Tool Chain**
+
+   For example, the `*aarch64* Linaro Toolchain <https://releases.linaro.org/components/toolchain/binaries/4.9-2017.01/aarch64-linux-gnu>`_.
+
+2. **Linux Kernel**
+
+   It can be obtained from `NXP's Github hosting <https://github.com/qoriq-open-source/linux>`_.
+
+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 `here <http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-base/releases/16.04/release/ubuntu-base-16.04.1-base-arm64.tar.gz>`_.
+
+As an alternative method, DPAA2 EVENTDEV can also be executed using images provided
+as part of SDK from NXP. The SDK includes all the above prerequisites necessary
+to bring up a DPAA2 board.
+
+The following dependencies are not part of DPDK and must be installed
+separately:
+
+- **NXP Linux SDK**
+
+  NXP Linux software development kit (SDK) includes support for family
+  of QorIQ® ARM-Architecture-based system on chip (SoC) processors
+  and corresponding boards.
+
+  It includes the Linux board support packages (BSPs) for NXP SoCs,
+  a fully operational tool chain, kernel and board specific modules.
+
+  SDK and related information can be obtained from:  `NXP QorIQ SDK  <http://www.nxp.com/products/software-and-tools/run-time-software/linux-sdk/linux-sdk-for-qoriq-processors:SDKLINUX>`_.
+
+- **DPDK Extra Scripts**
+
+  DPAA2 based resources can be configured easily with the help of ready scripts
+  as provided in the DPDK Extra repository.
+
+  `DPDK Extras Scripts <https://github.com/qoriq-open-source/dpdk-extras>`_.
+
+Currently supported by DPDK:
+
+- NXP SDK **2.0+**.
+- MC Firmware version **10.0.0** and higher.
+- Supported architectures:  **arm64 LE**.
+
+- Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux <linux_gsg>` to setup the basic DPDK environment.
+
+.. note::
+
+   Some part of fslmc bus code (mc flib - object library) routines are
+   dual licensed (BSD & GPLv2).
+
+Pre-Installation Configuration
+------------------------------
+
+Config File Options
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file.
+Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
+
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_DPAA2_EVENTDEV`` (default ``y``)
+
+  Toggle compilation of the ``lrte_pmd_dpaa2_event`` driver.
+
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_DPAA2_EVENTDEV_DEBUG`` (default ``n``)
+
+  Toggle display of generic debugging messages
+
+Driver Compilation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+To compile the DPAA2 EVENTDEV PMD for Linux arm64 gcc target, run the
+following ``make`` command:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   cd <DPDK-source-directory>
+   make config T=arm64-dpaa2-linuxapp-gcc install
+
+Initialization
+--------------
+
+The dpaa2 eventdev is exposed as a vdev device which consists of a set of dpcon
+devices and dpci devices. On EAL initialization, dpcon and dpci devices will be
+probed and then vdev device can be created from the application code by
+
+* Invoking ``rte_vdev_init("event_dpaa2")`` from the application
+
+* Using ``--vdev="event_dpaa2"`` in the EAL options, which will call
+  rte_vdev_init() internally
+
+Example:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    ./your_eventdev_application --vdev="event_dpaa2"
+
+Limitations
+-----------
+
+Platform Requirement
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+DPAA2 drivers for DPDK can only work on NXP SoCs as listed in the
+``Supported DPAA2 SoCs``.
+
+Port-core binding
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+DPAA2 EVENTDEV driver requires event port 'x' to be used on core 'x'.