[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc/linux gsg: add gcc-multilib as package hint

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc/linux gsg: add gcc-multilib as package hint

[Harry van Haaren]

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 <weichunx.chen@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Harry van Haaren <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>
---
 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

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc/linux gsg: add gcc-multilib as package hint

[Mrzyglod, DanielX T]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Harry van Haaren
>Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 2:40 PM
>To: Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
>Cc: dev@dpdk.org
>Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc/linux gsg: add gcc-multilib as package hint
>
>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 <weichunx.chen@intel.com>
>Signed-off-by: Harry van Haaren <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>

Acked-by: Daniel Mrzyglod <danielx.t.mrzyglod@intel.com>

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc/linux gsg: add gcc-multilib as package hint

[Mcnamara, John]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Van Haaren, Harry
> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 1:40 PM
> To: Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Van Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] doc/linux gsg: add gcc-multilib as package hint
> 
> 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 <weichunx.chen@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Harry van Haaren <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>

We have a soft limit of 120 chars for a line length but apart from that.

Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc/linux gsg: add gcc-multilib as package hint

[Thomas Monjalon]

> > 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 <weichunx.chen@intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Harry van Haaren <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>
> 
> We have a soft limit of 120 chars for a line length but apart from that.
> 
> Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>

Wrapped and applied, thanks