[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 20.11 14/19] doc: remove references to make in NIC guides

[Ciara Power <ciara.power@intel.com>]

Make is no longer supported for compiling DPDK, references are now
removed in the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Ciara Power <ciara.power@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/ark.rst         | 26 ---------------
 doc/guides/nics/atlantic.rst    |  4 ---
 doc/guides/nics/axgbe.rst       | 15 ---------
 doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst       | 27 ---------------
 doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst        |  3 --
 doc/guides/nics/cxgbe.rst       | 13 --------
 doc/guides/nics/dpaa.rst        | 25 --------------
 doc/guides/nics/dpaa2.rst       | 24 --------------
 doc/guides/nics/ena.rst         | 16 ---------
 doc/guides/nics/enic.rst        |  9 -----
 doc/guides/nics/fail_safe.rst   | 12 -------
 doc/guides/nics/fm10k.rst       |  4 ---
 doc/guides/nics/hinic.rst       |  9 -----
 doc/guides/nics/hns3.rst        | 10 ------
 doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst        | 28 ++--------------
 doc/guides/nics/ice.rst         | 17 ----------
 doc/guides/nics/igc.rst         | 14 --------
 doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst    | 14 ++------
 doc/guides/nics/ionic.rst       |  8 -----
 doc/guides/nics/ipn3ke.rst      |  8 -----
 doc/guides/nics/liquidio.rst    | 27 ---------------
 doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst        | 51 -----------------------------
 doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst        | 58 ---------------------------------
 doc/guides/nics/mvneta.rst      | 19 +----------
 doc/guides/nics/mvpp2.rst       | 29 +----------------
 doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst         | 17 +---------
 doc/guides/nics/nfp.rst         |  4 ---
 doc/guides/nics/null.rst        |  6 ++--
 doc/guides/nics/octeontx.rst    | 19 +----------
 doc/guides/nics/octeontx2.rst   | 11 -------
 doc/guides/nics/pcap_ring.rst   | 22 ++++++-------
 doc/guides/nics/qede.rst        | 17 ++--------
 doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst     | 15 ---------
 doc/guides/nics/softnic.rst     |  9 -----
 doc/guides/nics/szedata2.rst    | 18 +---------
 doc/guides/nics/thunderx.rst    | 20 ------------
 doc/guides/nics/vdev_netvsc.rst |  6 ----
 37 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 608 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ark.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ark.rst
index 06e8c33746..d7d679b452 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/ark.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/ark.rst
@@ -119,32 +119,6 @@ Data Path Interface
 Ingress RX and Egress TX operation is by the nominal DPDK API .
 The driver supports single-port, multi-queue for both RX and TX.
 
-Configuration Information
--------------------------
-
-**DPDK Configuration Parameters**
-
-  The following configuration options are available for the ARK PMD:
-
-   * **CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ARK_PMD** (default y): Enables or disables inclusion
-     of the ARK PMD driver in the DPDK compilation.
-
-   * **CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ARK_PAD_TX** (default y):  When enabled TX
-     packets are padded to 60 bytes to support downstream MACS.
-
-   * **CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ARK_DEBUG_RX** (default n): Enables or disables debug
-     logging and internal checking of RX ingress logic within the ARK PMD driver.
-
-   * **CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ARK_DEBUG_TX** (default n): Enables or disables debug
-     logging and internal checking of TX egress logic within the ARK PMD driver.
-
-   * **CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ARK_DEBUG_STATS** (default n): Enables or disables debug
-     logging of detailed packet and performance statistics gathered in
-     the PMD and FPGA.
-
-   * **CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ARK_DEBUG_TRACE** (default n): Enables or disables debug
-     logging of detailed PMD events and status.
-
 
 Building DPDK
 -------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/atlantic.rst b/doc/guides/nics/atlantic.rst
index 3f3f2949f3..605f6dc3ab 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/atlantic.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/atlantic.rst
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ Experimental API features
 
 - MACSEC PMD API is considered as experimental and is subject to change/removal in next DPDK releases.
 
-Configuration Information
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ATLANTIC_PMD`` (default ``y``)
 
 Application Programming Interface
 ---------------------------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/axgbe.rst b/doc/guides/nics/axgbe.rst
index 9b270a4226..10bf86fa54 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/axgbe.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/axgbe.rst
@@ -27,21 +27,6 @@ AXGBE PMD has support for:
 - Jumbo Frame up to 9K
 
 
-Configuration Information
--------------------------
-
-The following options can be modified in the ``.config`` file. Please note that
-enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_AXGBE_PMD`` (default **y**)
-
-  Toggle compilation of axgbe PMD.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_AXGBE_PMD_DEBUG`` (default **n**)
-
-  Toggle display for PMD debug related messages.
-
-
 Building DPDK
 -------------
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst b/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst
index ab90d8ae5e..3c163df7a8 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst
@@ -72,33 +72,6 @@ Prerequisites
   `linux-firmware git repository <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/plain/bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.11.0.fw>`_
   to get the required firmware.
 
-Pre-Installation Configuration
-------------------------------
-
-Config File Options
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-The following options can be modified in the ``.config`` file. Please note that
-enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_BNX2X_PMD`` (default **n**)
-
-  Toggle compilation of bnx2x driver. To use bnx2x PMD set this config parameter
-  to 'y'. Also, in order for firmware binary to load user will need zlib devel
-  package installed.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_BNX2X_DEBUG_TX`` (default **n**)
-
-  Toggle display of transmit fast path run-time messages.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_BNX2X_DEBUG_RX`` (default **n**)
-
-  Toggle display of receive fast path run-time messages.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_BNX2X_DEBUG_PERIODIC`` (default **n**)
-
-  Toggle display of register reads and writes.
-
 
 .. _bnx2x_driver-compilation:
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst b/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst
index 129a16cfc7..8c0d60f154 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst
@@ -565,9 +565,6 @@ The BNXT PMD supports a PTP client application to communicate with a PTP master
 clock using DPDK IEEE1588 APIs. Note that the PTP client application needs to
 run on PF and vector mode needs to be disabled.
 
-For the PTP time synchronization support, the BNXT PMD must be compiled with
-``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IEEE1588=y`` (this compilation flag is currently pending).
-
 .. code-block:: console
 
     testpmd> set fwd ieee1588 // enable IEEE 1588 mode
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/cxgbe.rst b/doc/guides/nics/cxgbe.rst
index 54a4c13899..628e8063c2 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/cxgbe.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/cxgbe.rst
@@ -90,19 +90,6 @@ Prerequisites
 Pre-Installation Configuration
 ------------------------------
 
-Config File Options
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-The following options can be modified in the ``.config`` file. Please note that
-enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CXGBE_PMD`` (default **y**)
-
-  Toggle compilation of librte_pmd_cxgbe driver.
-
-  .. note::
-
-     This controls compilation of both CXGBE and CXGBEVF PMD.
 
 Runtime Options
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/dpaa.rst b/doc/guides/nics/dpaa.rst
index 17839a920e..ae3fa7b8a6 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/dpaa.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/dpaa.rst
@@ -195,31 +195,6 @@ See :doc:`../platform/dpaa` for setup information
 Pre-Installation Configuration
 ------------------------------
 
-Config File Options
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file.
-Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA_BUS`` (default ``y``)
-
-  Toggle compilation of the ``librte_bus_dpaa`` driver.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA_PMD`` (default ``y``)
-
-  Toggle compilation of the ``librte_pmd_dpaa`` driver.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA_DEBUG_DRIVER`` (default ``n``)
-
-  Toggles display of bus configurations and enables a debugging queue
-  to fetch error (Rx/Tx) packets to driver. By default, packets with errors
-  (like wrong checksum) are dropped by the hardware.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA_HWDEBUG`` (default ``n``)
-
-  Enables debugging of the Queue and Buffer Manager layer which interacts
-  with the DPAA hardware.
-
 
 Environment Variables
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/dpaa2.rst b/doc/guides/nics/dpaa2.rst
index fdfa6fdd5a..8cd417f6f0 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/dpaa2.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/dpaa2.rst
@@ -432,30 +432,6 @@ Currently supported by DPDK:
    Some part of fslmc bus code (mc flib - object library) routines are
    dual licensed (BSD & GPLv2), however they are used as BSD in DPDK in userspace.
 
-Pre-Installation Configuration
-------------------------------
-
-Config File Options
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file.
-Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_FSLMC_BUS`` (default ``y``)
-
-  Toggle compilation of the ``librte_bus_fslmc`` driver.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA2_PMD`` (default ``y``)
-
-  Toggle compilation of the ``librte_pmd_dpaa2`` driver.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA2_DEBUG_DRIVER`` (default ``n``)
-
-  Toggle display of debugging messages/logic
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA2_USE_PHYS_IOVA`` (default ``n``)
-
-  Toggle to use physical address vs virtual address for hardware accelerators.
 
 Driver compilation and testing
 ------------------------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ena.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ena.rst
index bec97c3326..4bdc3182fc 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/ena.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/ena.rst
@@ -79,22 +79,6 @@ The driver supports multi-queue for both Tx and Rx.
 Configuration information
 -------------------------
 
-**DPDK Configuration Parameters**
-
-  The following configuration options are available for the ENA PMD:
-
-   * **CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ENA_PMD** (default y): Enables or disables inclusion
-     of the ENA PMD driver in the DPDK compilation.
-
-   * **CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ENA_DEBUG_RX** (default n): Enables or disables debug
-     logging of RX logic within the ENA PMD driver.
-
-   * **CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ENA_DEBUG_TX** (default n): Enables or disables debug
-     logging of TX logic within the ENA PMD driver.
-
-   * **CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ENA_COM_DEBUG** (default n): Enables or disables debug
-     logging of low level tx/rx logic in ena_com(base) within the ENA PMD driver.
-
 **Runtime Configuration Parameters**
 
    * **large_llq_hdr** (default 0)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/enic.rst b/doc/guides/nics/enic.rst
index a28a7f4e47..be6a034279 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/enic.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/enic.rst
@@ -20,13 +20,6 @@ should be downloaded from https://core.dpdk.org/download/
 Configuration information
 -------------------------
 
-- **DPDK Configuration Parameters**
-
-  The following configuration options are available for the ENIC PMD:
-
-  - **CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ENIC_PMD** (default y): Enables or disables inclusion
-    of the ENIC PMD driver in the DPDK compilation.
-
 - **vNIC Configuration Parameters**
 
   - **Number of Queues**
@@ -583,8 +576,6 @@ The value depends on the memory configuration of the application, DPDK and
 PMD.  Typically, the limit has to be raised to higher than 2GB.
 e.g., 2621440
 
-The compilation of any unused drivers can be disabled using the
-configuration file in config/ directory (e.g., config/common_linux).
 This would help in bringing down the time taken for building the
 libraries and the initialization time of the application.
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/fail_safe.rst b/doc/guides/nics/fail_safe.rst
index b4a92f663b..579a1fcdf8 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/fail_safe.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/fail_safe.rst
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ Additionally to the Seamless Hotplug feature, the Fail-safe PMD offers the
 ability to redirect operations to a secondary device when the primary has been
 removed from the system.
 
-.. note::
-
-   The library is enabled by default. You can enable it or disable it manually
-   by setting the ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_FAILSAFE`` configuration option.
 
 Features
 --------
@@ -33,14 +29,6 @@ automatically by detecting capable devices and registering the relevant handler.
 
 Check the feature matrix for the complete set of supported features.
 
-Compilation option
-------------------
-
-Available options within the ``$RTE_TARGET/build/.config`` file:
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_FAILSAFE`` (default **y**)
-
-  This option enables or disables compiling librte_pmd_failsafe.
 
 Using the Fail-safe PMD from the EAL command line
 -------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/fm10k.rst b/doc/guides/nics/fm10k.rst
index 4e178c2cc6..0f7c91bbd1 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/fm10k.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/fm10k.rst
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ There is no change to the PMD API. The RX/TX handlers are the only two entries f
 vPMD packet I/O. They are transparently registered at runtime RX/TX execution
 if all required conditions are met.
 
-1.  To date, only an SSE version of FM10K vPMD is available.
-    To ensure that vPMD is in the binary code, set
-    ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_FM10K_INC_VECTOR=y`` in the configure file.
-
 Some constraints apply as pre-conditions for specific optimizations on bulk
 packet transfers. The following sections explain RX and TX constraints in the
 vPMD.
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/hinic.rst b/doc/guides/nics/hinic.rst
index f765060641..fe13c582e7 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/hinic.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/hinic.rst
@@ -46,15 +46,6 @@ Prerequisites
 
 - Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux <linux_gsg>` to setup the basic DPDK environment.
 
-Pre-Installation Configuration
-------------------------------
-
-Config File Options
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_HINIC_PMD`` (default ``y``)
 
 Driver compilation and testing
 ------------------------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/hns3.rst b/doc/guides/nics/hns3.rst
index a62fcfdede..d96ad5d445 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/hns3.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/hns3.rst
@@ -44,16 +44,6 @@ Prerequisites
 
 - Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux <linux_gsg>` to setup the basic DPDK environment.
 
-Pre-Installation Configuration
-------------------------------
-
-Config File Options
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file.
-Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_HNS3_PMD`` (default ``y``)
 
 Driver compilation and testing
 ------------------------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
index b7430f6c4e..19f0b06885 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
@@ -156,34 +156,12 @@ Config File Options
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file.
-Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
 
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_PMD`` (default ``y``)
-
-  Toggle compilation of the ``librte_pmd_i40e`` driver.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_DEBUG_*`` (default ``n``)
-
-  Toggle display of generic debugging messages.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_RX_ALLOW_BULK_ALLOC`` (default ``y``)
-
-  Toggle bulk allocation for RX.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_INC_VECTOR`` (default ``n``)
-
-  Toggle the use of Vector PMD instead of normal RX/TX path.
-  To enable vPMD for RX, bulk allocation for Rx must be allowed.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_16BYTE_RX_DESC`` (default ``n``)
-
-  Toggle to use a 16-byte RX descriptor, by default the RX descriptor is 32 byte.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_QUEUE_NUM_PER_PF`` (default ``64``)
+- ``RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_QUEUE_NUM_PER_PF`` (default ``64``)
 
   Number of queues reserved for PF.
 
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_QUEUE_NUM_PER_VM`` (default ``4``)
+- ``RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_QUEUE_NUM_PER_VM`` (default ``4``)
 
   Number of queues reserved for each VMDQ Pool.
 
@@ -760,7 +738,7 @@ Use 16 Bytes RX Descriptor Size
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 As i40e PMD supports both 16 and 32 bytes RX descriptor sizes, and 16 bytes size can provide helps to high performance of small packets.
-Configuration of ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_16BYTE_RX_DESC`` in config files can be changed to use 16 bytes size RX descriptors.
+Configuration of ``RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_16BYTE_RX_DESC`` in config files can be changed to use 16 bytes size RX descriptors.
 
 Input set requirement of each pctype for FDIR
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
index 9a9f4a6bb0..9b3bd5d593 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
@@ -23,23 +23,6 @@ Prerequisites
 Pre-Installation Configuration
 ------------------------------
 
-Config File Options
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file.
-Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ICE_PMD`` (default ``y``)
-
-  Toggle compilation of the ``librte_pmd_ice`` driver.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ICE_DEBUG_*`` (default ``n``)
-
-  Toggle display of generic debugging messages.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ICE_16BYTE_RX_DESC`` (default ``n``)
-
-  Toggle to use a 16-byte RX descriptor, by default the RX descriptor is 32 byte.
 
 Runtime Config Options
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/igc.rst b/doc/guides/nics/igc.rst
index 4c5e626759..3dabbdcc6a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/igc.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/igc.rst
@@ -11,20 +11,6 @@ I225 Series Network Adapters.
   `https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/series/184686/
   intel-ethernet-controller-i225-series.html`
 
-Config File Options
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file.
-Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IGC_PMD`` (default ``y``)
-
-  Toggle compilation of the ``librte_pmd_igc`` driver.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IGC_DEBUG_*`` (default ``n``)
-
-  Toggle display of generic debugging messages.
-
 
 Driver compilation and testing
 ------------------------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst b/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst
index ade5152595..6a8fe0f02c 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Intel® X710/XL710 Gigabit Ethernet Controller VF Infrastructure
 
 In a virtualized environment, the programmer can enable a maximum of *128 Virtual Functions (VF)*
 globally per Intel® X710/XL710 Gigabit Ethernet Controller NIC device.
-The number of queue pairs of each VF can be configured by ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_QUEUE_NUM_PER_VF`` in ``config`` file.
+The number of queue pairs of each VF can be configured by ``RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_QUEUE_NUM_PER_VF`` in ``config`` file.
 The Physical Function in host could be either configured by the Linux* i40e driver
 (in the case of the Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine [KVM]) or by DPDK PMD PF driver.
 When using both DPDK PMD PF/VF drivers, the whole NIC will be taken over by DPDK based application.
@@ -521,20 +521,12 @@ The setup procedure is as follows:
 
     .. code-block:: console
 
-        make install T=x86_64-native-linux-gcc
-        ./x86_64-native-linux-gcc/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 -- -i
+        ./{build_dir}/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 -- -i
 
 #.  Finally, access the Guest OS using vncviewer with the localhost:5900 port and check the lspci command output in the Guest OS.
     The virtual functions will be listed as available for use.
 
-#.  Configure and install the DPDK with an x86_64-native-linux-gcc configuration on the Guest OS as normal,
-    that is, there is no change to the normal installation procedure.
-
-    .. code-block:: console
-
-        make config T=x86_64-native-linux-gcc O=x86_64-native-linux-gcc
-        cd x86_64-native-linux-gcc
-        make
+#.  Configure and install the DPDK on the Guest OS as normal, that is, there is no change to the normal installation procedure.
 
 .. note::
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ionic.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ionic.rst
index 787123df5d..fd32926bf4 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/ionic.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/ionic.rst
@@ -24,14 +24,6 @@ on the host, check for the PCI devices:
       b5:00.0 Ethernet controller: Device 1dd8:1002
       b6:00.0 Ethernet controller: Device 1dd8:1002
 
-Pre-Installation Configuration
-------------------------------
-
-The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IONIC_PMD`` (default ``y``)
-
-  Toggle compilation of ionic PMD.
 
 Building DPDK
 -------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ipn3ke.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ipn3ke.rst
index c6c1552f66..857ae87ca6 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/ipn3ke.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/ipn3ke.rst
@@ -31,14 +31,6 @@ Prerequisites
 Pre-Installation Configuration
 ------------------------------
 
-Config File Options
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IPN3KE_PMD`` (default ``y``)
-
-  Toggle compilation of the ``librte_pmd_ipn3ke`` driver.
 
 Runtime Config Options
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/liquidio.rst b/doc/guides/nics/liquidio.rst
index 0534146720..65c7d2d0b0 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/liquidio.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/liquidio.rst
@@ -20,33 +20,6 @@ Supported LiquidIO Adapters
 - LiquidIO II CN2360 210SVPT
 
 
-Pre-Installation Configuration
-------------------------------
-
-The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file.
-Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_LIO_PMD`` (default ``y``)
-
-  Toggle compilation of LiquidIO PMD.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_LIO_DEBUG_RX`` (default ``n``)
-
-  Toggle display of receive fast path run-time messages.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_LIO_DEBUG_TX`` (default ``n``)
-
-  Toggle display of transmit fast path run-time messages.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_LIO_DEBUG_MBOX`` (default ``n``)
-
-  Toggle display of mailbox messages.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_LIO_DEBUG_REGS`` (default ``n``)
-
-  Toggle display of register reads and writes.
-
-
 SR-IOV: Prerequisites and Sample Application Notes
 --------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst
index 1f1e2f6c77..96c1015658 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ the `Mellanox community <http://community.mellanox.com/welcome>`_.
 There is also a `section dedicated to this poll mode driver
 <http://www.mellanox.com/page/products_dyn?product_family=209&mtag=pmd_for_dpdk>`_.
 
-.. note::
-
-   Due to external dependencies, this driver is disabled by default. It must
-   be enabled manually by setting ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_PMD=y`` and
-   recompiling DPDK.
 
 Implementation details
 ----------------------
@@ -56,42 +51,6 @@ Configuration
 Compilation options
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-These options can be modified in the ``.config`` file.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_PMD`` (default **n**)
-
-  Toggle compilation of librte_pmd_mlx4 itself.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_IBVERBS_LINK_DLOPEN`` (default **n**)
-
-  Build PMD with additional code to make it loadable without hard
-  dependencies on **libibverbs** nor **libmlx4**, which may not be installed
-  on the target system.
-
-  In this mode, their presence is still required for it to run properly,
-  however their absence won't prevent a DPDK application from starting (with
-  ``CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_SHARED_LIB`` disabled) and they won't show up as
-  missing with ``ldd(1)``.
-
-  It works by moving these dependencies to a purpose-built rdma-core "glue"
-  plug-in which must either be installed in a directory whose name is based
-  on ``CONFIG_RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH`` suffixed with ``-glue`` if set, or in a
-  standard location for the dynamic linker (e.g. ``/lib``) if left to the
-  default empty string (``""``).
-
-  This option has no performance impact.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_IBVERBS_LINK_STATIC`` (default **n**)
-
-  Embed static flavor of the dependencies **libibverbs** and **libmlx4**
-  in the PMD shared library or the executable static binary.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_DEBUG`` (default **n**)
-
-  Toggle debugging code and stricter compilation flags. Enabling this option
-  adds additional run-time checks and debugging messages at the cost of
-  lower performance.
-
 This option is available in meson:
 
 - ``ibverbs_link`` can be ``static``, ``shared``, or ``dlopen``.
@@ -104,9 +63,6 @@ Environment variables
   A list of directories in which to search for the rdma-core "glue" plug-in,
   separated by colons or semi-colons.
 
-  Only matters when compiled with ``CONFIG_RTE_IBVERBS_LINK_DLOPEN``
-  enabled and most useful when ``CONFIG_RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH`` is also set,
-  since ``LD_LIBRARY_PATH`` has no effect in this case.
 
 Run-time configuration
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -245,13 +201,6 @@ Current RDMA core package and Linux kernel (recommended)
 
 .. _`RDMA core installation documentation`: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core/master/README.md
 
-If rdma-core libraries are built but not installed, DPDK makefile can link them,
-thanks to these environment variables:
-
-   - ``EXTRA_CFLAGS=-I/path/to/rdma-core/build/include``
-   - ``EXTRA_LDFLAGS=-L/path/to/rdma-core/build/lib``
-   - ``PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/path/to/rdma-core/build/lib/pkgconfig``
-
 .. _Mellanox_OFED_as_a_fallback:
 
 Mellanox OFED as a fallback
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index 211c0c5a6c..4daab00643 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ Information and documentation about these adapters can be found on the
 There is also a `section dedicated to this poll mode driver
 <http://www.mellanox.com/page/products_dyn?product_family=209&mtag=pmd_for_dpdk>`__.
 
-.. note::
-
-   Due to external dependencies, this driver is disabled in default configuration
-   of the "make" build. It can be enabled with ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD=y``
-   or by using "meson" build system which will detect dependencies.
 
 Design
 ------
@@ -328,49 +323,6 @@ Configuration
 Compilation options
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-These options can be modified in the ``.config`` file.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD`` (default **n**)
-
-  Toggle compilation of librte_pmd_mlx5 itself.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_IBVERBS_LINK_DLOPEN`` (default **n**)
-
-  Build PMD with additional code to make it loadable without hard
-  dependencies on **libibverbs** nor **libmlx5**, which may not be installed
-  on the target system.
-
-  In this mode, their presence is still required for it to run properly,
-  however their absence won't prevent a DPDK application from starting (with
-  ``CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_SHARED_LIB`` disabled) and they won't show up as
-  missing with ``ldd(1)``.
-
-  It works by moving these dependencies to a purpose-built rdma-core "glue"
-  plug-in which must either be installed in a directory whose name is based
-  on ``CONFIG_RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH`` suffixed with ``-glue`` if set, or in a
-  standard location for the dynamic linker (e.g. ``/lib``) if left to the
-  default empty string (``""``).
-
-  This option has no performance impact.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_IBVERBS_LINK_STATIC`` (default **n**)
-
-  Embed static flavor of the dependencies **libibverbs** and **libmlx5**
-  in the PMD shared library or the executable static binary.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_DEBUG`` (default **n**)
-
-  Toggle debugging code and stricter compilation flags. Enabling this option
-  adds additional run-time checks and debugging messages at the cost of
-  lower performance.
-
-.. note::
-
-   For BlueField, target should be set to ``arm64-bluefield-linux-gcc``. This
-   will enable ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD`` and set ``RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE`` to
-   64. Default armv8a configuration of make build and meson build set it to 128
-   then brings performance degradation.
-
 This option is available in meson:
 
 - ``ibverbs_link`` can be ``static``, ``shared``, or ``dlopen``.
@@ -383,10 +335,6 @@ Environment variables
   A list of directories in which to search for the rdma-core "glue" plug-in,
   separated by colons or semi-colons.
 
-  Only matters when compiled with ``CONFIG_RTE_IBVERBS_LINK_DLOPEN``
-  enabled and most useful when ``CONFIG_RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH`` is also set,
-  since ``LD_LIBRARY_PATH`` has no effect in this case.
-
 - ``MLX5_SHUT_UP_BF``
 
   Configures HW Tx doorbell register as IO-mapped.
@@ -1109,12 +1057,6 @@ RDMA Core with Linux Kernel
 .. _`Linux installation documentation`: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/plain/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
 .. _`RDMA Core installation documentation`: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core/master/README.md
 
-If rdma-core libraries are built but not installed, DPDK makefile can link them,
-thanks to these environment variables:
-
-   - ``EXTRA_CFLAGS=-I/path/to/rdma-core/build/include``
-   - ``EXTRA_LDFLAGS=-L/path/to/rdma-core/build/lib``
-   - ``PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/path/to/rdma-core/build/lib/pkgconfig``
 
 Mellanox OFED/EN
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mvneta.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mvneta.rst
index c8b00ddf22..7cd7bea499 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mvneta.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mvneta.rst
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@ Detailed information about SoCs that use PPv2 can be obtained here:
 
 * https://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/armada-3700/
 
-.. Note::
-
-   Due to external dependencies, this driver is disabled by default. It must
-   be enabled manually by setting relevant configuration option manually.
-   Please refer to `Config File Options`_ section for further details.
-
 
 Features
 --------
@@ -84,14 +78,6 @@ Prerequisites
 Pre-Installation Configuration
 ------------------------------
 
-Config File Options
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MVNETA_PMD`` (default ``n``)
-
-    Toggle compilation of the librte_pmd_mvneta driver.
 
 Runtime options
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -132,10 +118,7 @@ the path to the MUSDK installation directory needs to be exported.
 .. code-block:: console
 
    export LIBMUSDK_PATH=<musdk>/usr/local
-   export CROSS=aarch64-linux-gnu-
-   make config T=arm64-armv8a-linux-gcc
-   sed -ri 's,(MVNETA_PMD=)n,\1y,' build/.config
-   make
+
 
 Usage Example
 -------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mvpp2.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mvpp2.rst
index 19cab1cbcc..3b134ca301 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mvpp2.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mvpp2.rst
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@ Detailed information about SoCs that use PPv2 can be obtained here:
 * https://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/armada-70xx/
 * https://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/armada-80xx/
 
-.. Note::
-
-   Due to external dependencies, this driver is disabled by default. It must
-   be enabled manually by setting relevant configuration option manually.
-   Please refer to `Config File Options`_ section for further details.
-
 
 Features
 --------
@@ -114,20 +108,6 @@ Prerequisites
   DPDK environment.
 
 
-Config File Options
--------------------
-
-The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MVPP2_PMD`` (default ``n``)
-
-    Toggle compilation of the librte mvpp2 driver.
-
-    .. Note::
-
-       When MVPP2 PMD is enabled ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MVNETA_PMD`` must be disabled
-
-
 Building DPDK
 -------------
 
@@ -151,14 +131,7 @@ For additional instructions regarding DPDK cross compilation please refer to :do
 .. code-block:: console
 
    export LIBMUSDK_PATH=<musdk>/usr/local
-   export CROSS=<toolchain>/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-
-   export RTE_KERNELDIR=<kernel-dir>
-   export RTE_TARGET=arm64-armv8a-linux-gcc
-
-   make config T=arm64-armv8a-linux-gcc
-   sed -i "s/MVNETA_PMD=y/MVNETA_PMD=n/" build/.config
-   sed -i "s/MVPP2_PMD=n/MVPP2_PMD=y/" build/.config
-   make
+
 
 Usage Example
 -------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst b/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst
index 10f33a025e..d4e04179f6 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst
@@ -16,13 +16,6 @@ and used technology
 (`Netcope Development Kit <http://www.netcope.com/en/products/fpga-development-kit>`_)
 can be found on the `Netcope Technologies website <http://www.netcope.com/>`_.
 
-.. note::
-
-   This driver has external dependencies.
-   Therefore it is disabled in default configuration files.
-   It can be enabled by setting ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_NFB_PMD=y``
-   and recompiling.
-
 .. note::
 
    Currently the driver is supported only on x86_64 architectures.
@@ -62,14 +55,6 @@ The minimum version of the provided packages:
 Configuration
 -------------
 
-These configuration options can be modified before compilation in the
-``.config`` file:
-
-*  ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_NFB_PMD`` default value: **n**
-
-   Value **y** enables compilation of nfb PMD.
-
-
 Timestamps
 
 The PMD supports hardware timestamps of frame receipt on physical network interface. In order to use
@@ -78,7 +63,7 @@ products) and the device argument `timestamp=1` must be used.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -w b3:00.0,timestamp=1 <other EAL params> -- <testpmd params>
+    ./{build_dir}/app/testpmd -w b3:00.0,timestamp=1 <other EAL params> -- <testpmd params>
 
 When the timestamps are enabled with the *devarg*, a timestamp validity flag is set in the MBUFs
 containing received frames and timestamp is inserted into the `rte_mbuf` struct.
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/nfp.rst b/doc/guides/nics/nfp.rst
index 5f2a0698f6..6aa58f4358 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/nfp.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/nfp.rst
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@ compile it along with other DPDK PMDs even if no BSP was installed previously.
 Of course, a DPDK app will require such a BSP installed for using the
 NFP PMD, along with a specific NFP firmware application.
 
-Default PMD configuration is at the **common_linux configuration** file:
-
-- **CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_NFP_PMD=y**
-
 Once the DPDK is built all the DPDK apps and examples include support for
 the NFP PMD.
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/null.rst b/doc/guides/nics/null.rst
index c68d0d6051..bf25402637 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/null.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/null.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Usage
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-   $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 --vdev net_null0 --vdev net_null1 -- -i
+   ./{build_dir}/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 --vdev net_null0 --vdev net_null1 -- -i
 
 
 Runtime Config Options
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Runtime Config Options
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-   $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 --vdev "net_null0,copy=1" -- -i
+   ./{build_dir}/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 --vdev "net_null0,copy=1" -- -i
 
 - ``size`` [optional, default=64 bytes]
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Runtime Config Options
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-   $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 --vdev "net_null0,size=256" -- -i
+   ./{build_dir}/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 --vdev "net_null0,size=256" -- -i
 
 - ``no-rx`` [optional, default disabled]
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/octeontx.rst b/doc/guides/nics/octeontx.rst
index c8655bf375..cb4c52e7de 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/octeontx.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/octeontx.rst
@@ -52,15 +52,6 @@ See :doc:`../platform/octeontx` for setup information.
 Pre-Installation Configuration
 ------------------------------
 
-Config File Options
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file.
-Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_OCTEONTX_PMD`` (default ``y``)
-
-  Toggle compilation of the ``librte_pmd_octeontx`` driver.
 
 Driver compilation and testing
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -68,14 +59,6 @@ Driver compilation and testing
 Refer to the document :ref:`compiling and testing a PMD for a NIC <pmd_build_and_test>`
 for details.
 
-To compile the OCTEON TX PMD for Linux arm64 gcc target, run the
-following ``make`` command:
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-   cd <DPDK-source-directory>
-   make config T=arm64-thunderx-linux-gcc install
-
 #. Running testpmd:
 
    Follow instructions available in the document
@@ -86,7 +69,7 @@ following ``make`` command:
 
    .. code-block:: console
 
-      ./arm64-thunderx-linux-gcc/app/testpmd -c 700 \
+      ./{build_dir}/app/testpmd -c 700 \
                 --base-virtaddr=0x100000000000 \
                 --mbuf-pool-ops-name="octeontx_fpavf" \
                 --vdev='event_octeontx' \
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/octeontx2.rst b/doc/guides/nics/octeontx2.rst
index bb591a8b7e..0036fdf70d 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/octeontx2.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/octeontx2.rst
@@ -46,14 +46,6 @@ Prerequisites
 
 See :doc:`../platform/octeontx2` for setup information.
 
-Compile time Config Options
----------------------------
-
-The following options may be modified in the ``config`` file.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_OCTEONTX2_PMD`` (default ``y``)
-
-  Toggle compilation of the ``librte_pmd_octeontx2`` driver.
 
 Driver compilation and testing
 ------------------------------
@@ -61,9 +53,6 @@ Driver compilation and testing
 Refer to the document :ref:`compiling and testing a PMD for a NIC <pmd_build_and_test>`
 for details.
 
-To compile the OCTEON TX2 PMD for Linux arm64 gcc,
-use arm64-octeontx2-linux-gcc as target.
-
 #. Running testpmd:
 
    Follow instructions available in the document
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/pcap_ring.rst b/doc/guides/nics/pcap_ring.rst
index cf230ae40a..4257f3db85 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/pcap_ring.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/pcap_ring.rst
@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@ the DPDK also includes pure-software PMDs, two of these drivers are:
 
 .. note::
 
-    The libpcap -based PMD is disabled by default in the build configuration files,
-    owing to an external dependency on the libpcap development files which must be installed on the board.
-    Once the libpcap development files are installed,
-    the library can be enabled by setting CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_PCAP=y and recompiling the DPDK.
+    The libpcap -based PMD has an external dependency on the libpcap development files which must
+    be installed on the board.
 
 Using the Drivers from the EAL Command Line
 -------------------------------------------
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ Device name and stream options must be separated by commas as shown below:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-   $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 \
+   {build_dir}/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 \
        --vdev 'net_pcap0,stream_opt0=..,stream_opt1=..' \
        --vdev='net_pcap1,stream_opt0=..'
 
@@ -141,7 +139,7 @@ Read packets from one pcap file and write them to another:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 \
+    {build_dir}/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 \
         --vdev 'net_pcap0,rx_pcap=file_rx.pcap,tx_pcap=file_tx.pcap' \
         -- --port-topology=chained
 
@@ -149,7 +147,7 @@ Read packets from a network interface and write them to a pcap file:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 \
+    {build_dir}/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 \
         --vdev 'net_pcap0,rx_iface=eth0,tx_pcap=file_tx.pcap' \
         -- --port-topology=chained
 
@@ -157,7 +155,7 @@ Read packets from a pcap file and write them to a network interface:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 \
+    {build_dir}/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 \
         --vdev 'net_pcap0,rx_pcap=file_rx.pcap,tx_iface=eth1' \
         -- --port-topology=chained
 
@@ -165,14 +163,14 @@ Forward packets through two network interfaces:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 \
+    {build_dir}/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 \
         --vdev 'net_pcap0,iface=eth0' --vdev='net_pcap1;iface=eth1'
 
 Enable 2 tx queues on a network interface:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 \
+    {build_dir}/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 \
         --vdev 'net_pcap0,rx_iface=eth1,tx_iface=eth1,tx_iface=eth1' \
         -- --txq 2
 
@@ -180,7 +178,7 @@ Read only incoming packets from a network interface and write them back to the s
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 \
+    {build_dir}/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 \
         --vdev 'net_pcap0,rx_iface_in=eth1,tx_iface=eth1'
 
 Using libpcap-based PMD with the testpmd Application
@@ -205,7 +203,7 @@ Otherwise, the first 512 packets from the input pcap file will be discarded by t
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 \
+    {build_dir}/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4 \
         --vdev 'net_pcap0,rx_pcap=file_rx.pcap,tx_pcap=file_tx.pcap' \
         -- --port-topology=chained --no-flush-rx
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst b/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst
index 5b2f868952..cfa1b46ee2 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst
@@ -111,22 +111,9 @@ Performance note
 Config File Options
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-The following options can be modified in the ``.config`` file. Please note that
-enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
+The following option can be modified in the ``rte_config.h`` file.
 
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_PMD`` (default **y**)
-
-  Toggle compilation of QEDE PMD driver.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_DEBUG_TX`` (default **n**)
-
-  Toggle display of transmit fast path run-time messages.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_DEBUG_RX`` (default **n**)
-
-  Toggle display of receive fast path run-time messages.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_FW`` (default **""**)
+- ``RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_FW`` (default **""**)
 
   Gives absolute path of firmware file.
   ``Eg: "/lib/firmware/qed/qed_init_values-8.40.33.0.bin"``
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst b/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst
index be1c2fe1d6..6ee5190f3c 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst
@@ -271,21 +271,6 @@ Pre-Installation Configuration
 ------------------------------
 
 
-Config File Options
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-The following options can be modified in the ``.config`` file.
-Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_SFC_EFX_PMD`` (default **y**)
-
-  Enable compilation of Solarflare libefx-based poll-mode driver.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_SFC_EFX_DEBUG`` (default **n**)
-
-  Enable compilation of the extra run-time consistency checks.
-
-
 Per-Device Parameters
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/softnic.rst b/doc/guides/nics/softnic.rst
index 8f0dd53eac..21030e4371 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/softnic.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/softnic.rst
@@ -51,15 +51,6 @@ Any Linux distribution fulfilling the conditions described in ``System Requireme
 section of :ref:`the DPDK documentation <linux_gsg>` or refer to *DPDK
 Release Notes*.
 
-Build options
--------------
-
-The default PMD configuration available in the common_linux configuration file:
-
-CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_SOFTNIC=y
-
-Once the DPDK is built, all the DPDK applications include support for the
-Soft NIC PMD.
 
 Soft NIC PMD arguments
 ----------------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/szedata2.rst b/doc/guides/nics/szedata2.rst
index 30710a80b8..d1dcee971f 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/szedata2.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/szedata2.rst
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@ and used technology
 (`Netcope Development Kit <http://www.netcope.com/en/products/fpga-development-kit>`_)
 can be found on the `Netcope Technologies website <http://www.netcope.com/>`_.
 
-.. note::
-
-   This driver has external dependencies.
-   Therefore it is disabled in default configuration files.
-   It can be enabled by setting ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_SZEDATA2=y``
-   and recompiling.
-
 .. note::
 
    Currently the driver is supported only on x86_64 architectures.
@@ -63,15 +56,6 @@ The minimum version of the provided packages:
 
 * for DPDK up to 18.02 (including): **3.0.5**
 
-Configuration
--------------
-
-These configuration options can be modified before compilation in the
-``.config`` file:
-
-*  ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_SZEDATA2`` default value: **n**
-
-   Value **y** enables compilation of szedata2 PMD.
 
 Using the SZEDATA2 PMD
 ----------------------
@@ -129,7 +113,7 @@ transmit channel:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-   $RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 2 \
+   ./{build_dir}/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 2 \
    -- --port-topology=chained --rxq=2 --txq=2 --nb-cores=2 -i -a
 
 Example output:
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/thunderx.rst b/doc/guides/nics/thunderx.rst
index b1ef9eba59..464c934add 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/thunderx.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/thunderx.rst
@@ -43,26 +43,6 @@ Prerequisites
 -------------
 - Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux <linux_gsg>` to setup the basic DPDK environment.
 
-Pre-Installation Configuration
-------------------------------
-
-Config File Options
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file.
-Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_THUNDERX_NICVF_PMD`` (default ``y``)
-
-  Toggle compilation of the ``librte_pmd_thunderx_nicvf`` driver.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_THUNDERX_NICVF_DEBUG_RX`` (default ``n``)
-
-  Toggle asserts of receive fast path.
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_THUNDERX_NICVF_DEBUG_TX`` (default ``n``)
-
-  Toggle asserts of transmit fast path.
 
 Driver compilation and testing
 ------------------------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/vdev_netvsc.rst b/doc/guides/nics/vdev_netvsc.rst
index d1da071187..d9f6319b9f 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/vdev_netvsc.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/vdev_netvsc.rst
@@ -61,12 +61,6 @@ This driver implementation may be temporary and should be improved or removed
 either when hot-plug will be fully supported in EAL and bus drivers or when
 a new NetVSC driver will be integrated.
 
-Build options
--------------
-
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VDEV_NETVSC_PMD`` (default ``y``)
-
-   Toggle compilation of this driver.
 
 Run-time parameters
 -------------------
-- 
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