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+
+Extending the DPDK
+=========================
+
+This chapter describes how a developer can extend the DPDK to provide a new library,
+a new target, or support a new target.
+
+Example: Adding a New Library libfoo
+------------------------------------
+
+To add a new library to the DPDK, proceed as follows:
+
+#.  Add a new configuration option:
+
+   .. code-block:: bash
+
+        for f in config/\*; do \
+            echo CONFIG_RTE_LIBFOO=y >> $f; done
+
+#.  Create a new directory with sources:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+        mkdir ${RTE_SDK}/lib/libfoo
+        touch ${RTE_SDK}/lib/libfoo/foo.c
+        touch ${RTE_SDK}/lib/libfoo/foo.h
+
+#.  Add a foo() function in libfoo.
+
+    Definition is in foo.c:
+
+    .. code-block:: c
+
+        void foo(void)
+        {
+        }
+
+    Declaration is in foo.h:
+
+    .. code-block:: c
+
+        extern void foo(void);
+
+
+#.  Update lib/Makefile:
+
+    .. code-block:: console
+
+        vi ${RTE_SDK}/lib/Makefile
+        # add:
+        # DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBFOO) += libfoo
+
+#.  Create a new Makefile for this library, for example, derived from mempool Makefile:
+
+    .. code-block:: console
+
+        cp ${RTE_SDK}/lib/librte_mempool/Makefile ${RTE_SDK}/lib/libfoo/
+
+        vi ${RTE_SDK}/lib/libfoo/Makefile
+        # replace:
+        # librte_mempool -> libfoo
+        # rte_mempool -> foo
+
+
+#.  Update mk/DPDK.app.mk, and add -lfoo in LDLIBS variable when the option is enabled.
+    This will automatically add this flag when linking a DPDK application.
+
+
+#.  Build the DPDK with the new library (we only show a specific target here):
+
+    .. code-block:: console
+
+        cd ${RTE_SDK}
+        make config T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
+        make
+
+
+#.  Check that the library is installed:
+
+    .. code-block:: console
+
+        ls build/lib
+        ls build/include
+
+Example: Using libfoo in the Test Application
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The test application is used to validate all functionality of the DPDK.
+Once you have added a library, a new test case should be added in the test application.
+
+*   A new test_foo.c file should be added, that includes foo.h and calls the foo() function from test_foo().
+    When the test passes, the test_foo() function should return 0.
+
+*   Makefile, test.h and commands.c must be updated also, to handle the new test case.
+
+*   Test report generation: autotest.py is a script that is used to generate the test report that is available in the
+    ${RTE_SDK}/doc/rst/test_report/autotests directory. This script must be updated also.
+    If libfoo is in a new test family, the links in ${RTE_SDK}/doc/rst/test_report/test_report.rst must be updated.
+
+*   Build the DPDK with the updated test application (we only show a specific target here):
+
+
+    .. code-block:: console
+
+        cd ${RTE_SDK}
+        make config T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
+        make