From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga09.intel.com (mga09.intel.com [134.134.136.24]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA7DA9A9E for ; Tue, 16 Feb 2016 14:40:08 +0100 (CET) Received: from orsmga003.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.27]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 16 Feb 2016 05:40:07 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.22,455,1449561600"; d="scan'208";a="747250067" Received: from sie-lab-212-120.ir.intel.com (HELO silpixa00394367.ir.intel.com) ([10.237.212.120]) by orsmga003.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 16 Feb 2016 05:40:06 -0800 From: Harry van Haaren To: john.mcnamara@intel.com Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:40:03 +0000 Message-Id: <1455630003-13734-1-git-send-email-harry.van.haaren@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.5.0 Cc: dev@dpdk.org Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc/linux gsg: add gcc-multilib as package hint X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:40:09 -0000 When compiling for i686 targets compilation could fail if the 32bit libc6-dev package is not installed. The gcc-multilib packages is a meta-package that will pull in the necessary dependencies, making setup easier for beginners. Reported-by: Weichun Chen Signed-off-by: Harry van Haaren --- doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst index a20a407..7f7e866 100644 --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst @@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ Compilation of the DPDK default and affect performance (``-fstack-protector``, for example). Please refer to the documentation of your distribution and to ``gcc -dumpspecs``. -* libc headers (glibc-devel.i686 / libc6-dev-i386; glibc-devel.x86_64 for 64-bit compilation on Intel - architecture; glibc-devel.ppc64 for 64 bit IBM Power architecture;) +* libc headers, often packaged as ``gcc-multilib`` (``glibc-devel.i686`` / ``libc6-dev-i386``; ``glibc-devel.x86_64`` / ``libc6-dev`` for 64-bit compilation on Intel architecture; ``glibc-devel.ppc64`` for 64 bit IBM Power architecture;) * Linux kernel headers or sources required to build kernel modules. (kernel - devel.x86_64; kernel - devel.ppc64) -- 2.5.0