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diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst index 3a28c9e5..eb8442c6 100644 --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst @@ -43,14 +43,21 @@ BIOS Setting Prerequisite on x86 For the majority of platforms, no special BIOS settings are needed to use basic DPDK functionality. However, for additional HPET timer and power management functionality, -and high performance of small packets on 40G NIC, BIOS setting changes may be needed. +and high performance of small packets, BIOS setting changes may be needed. Consult the section on :ref:`Enabling Additional Functionality <Enabling_Additional_Functionality>` for more information on the required changes. +.. note:: + + If UEFI secure boot is enabled, the Linux kernel may disallow the use of + UIO on the system. Therefore, devices for use by DPDK should be bound to the + ``vfio-pci`` kernel module rather than ``igb_uio`` or ``uio_pci_generic``. + For more details see :ref:`linux_gsg_binding_kernel`. + Compilation of the DPDK ----------------------- -**Required Tools:** +**Required Tools and Libraries:** .. note:: @@ -84,6 +91,8 @@ Compilation of the DPDK 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 4.9+. +* libnuma-devel - library for handling NUMA (Non Uniform Memory Access). + * Python, version 2.7+ or 3.2+, to use various helper scripts included in the DPDK package. @@ -129,8 +138,6 @@ System Software For other kernel builds, options which should be enabled for DPDK include: - * UIO support - * HUGETLBFS * PROC_PAGE_MONITOR support |