From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga02.intel.com (mga02.intel.com [134.134.136.20]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8306FB4FD for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2015 16:59:41 +0100 (CET) Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 13 Feb 2015 07:59:38 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.09,571,1418112000"; d="scan'208";a="685352163" Received: from unknown ([10.217.248.106]) by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with SMTP; 13 Feb 2015 07:59:30 -0800 Received: by (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 13 Feb 2015 16:58:25 +0200 From: Daniel Mrzyglod To: dev@dpdk.org Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 16:58:18 +0100 Message-Id: <1423843098-17640-1-git-send-email-danielx.t.mrzyglod@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.1 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: Add requirements for x32 ABI 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: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 15:59:42 -0000 This patch add requirements about compiler and distribution support. Signed-off-by: Daniel Mrzyglod --- doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst index 8e2307b..ef4196e 100644 --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Compilation of the DPDK * coreutils: cmp, sed, grep, arch * gcc: versions 4.5.x or later is recommended for i686/x86_64. versions 4.8.x or later is recommanded - for ppc_64. On some distributions, some specific compiler flags and linker flags are enabled by + for ppc_64 and x86_x32 ABI. On some distributions, some specific compiler flags and linker flags are enabled by default and affect performance (- fstack-protector, for example). Please refer to the documentation of your distribution and to gcc -dumpspecs. @@ -78,7 +78,14 @@ Compilation of the DPDK glibc.ppc64, libgcc.ppc64, libstdc++.ppc64 and glibc-devel.ppc64 for IBM ppc_64; -* Python, version 2.6 or 2.7, to use various helper scripts included in the DPDK package +.. note:: + + x86_x32 ABI is currently supported with distribution packages only on Ubuntu + higher then 13.10 or recent debian distribution. The only supported compiler is gcc 4.8+. + +.. note:: + + Python, version 2.6 or 2.7, to use various helper scripts included in the DPDK package **Optional Tools:** -- 2.1.0