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+..  BSD LICENSE
+    Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+    All rights reserved.
+
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+
+Introduction
+============
+
+This document contains instructions for installing and configuring the
+Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) software. It is designed to get customers
+up and running quickly and describes how to compile and run a
+DPDK application in a FreeBSD application (bsdapp) environment, without going
+deeply into detail.
+
+For a comprehensive guide to installing and using FreeBSD, the following
+handbook is available from the FreeBSD Documentation Project:
+`FreeBSD Handbook <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html>`_.
+
+.. note::
+
+   The DPDK is now available as part of the FreeBSD ports collection.
+   Installing via the ports collection infrastructure is now the recommended
+   way to install the DPDK on FreeBSD, and is documented in the
+   next chapter, :ref:`install_from_ports`.
+
+Documentation Roadmap
+---------------------
+
+The following is a list of DPDK documents in the suggested reading order:
+
+*   **Release Notes** : Provides release-specific information, including supported
+    features, limitations, fixed issues, known issues and so on.  Also, provides the
+    answers to frequently asked questions in FAQ format.
+
+*   **Getting Started Guide** (this document): Describes how to install and
+    configure the DPDK; designed to get users up and running quickly with the
+    software.
+
+*   **Programmer's Guide**: Describes:
+
+    *   The software architecture and how to use it (through examples),
+        specifically in a Linux* application (linuxapp) environment
+
+    *   The content of the DPDK, the build system (including the commands
+        that can be used in the root DPDK Makefile to build the development
+        kit and an application) and guidelines for porting an application
+
+    *   Optimizations used in the software and those that should be considered
+        for new development
+
+    A glossary of terms is also provided.
+
+*   **API Reference**: Provides detailed information about DPDK functions,
+    data structures and other programming constructs.
+
+*   **Sample Applications User Guide**: Describes a set of sample applications.
+    Each chapter describes a sample application that showcases specific functionality
+    and provides instructions on how to compile, run and use the sample application.