DPDK patches and discussions
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
* [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: Add requirements for x32 ABI
@ 2015-02-13 15:58 Daniel Mrzyglod
  2015-02-16 16:09 ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
  2015-02-16 16:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] " Daniel Mrzyglod
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Daniel Mrzyglod @ 2015-02-13 15:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: dev

This patch add requirements about compiler and distribution support.

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

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread

end of thread, other threads:[~2015-02-18 19:34 UTC | newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages (download: mbox.gz / follow: Atom feed)
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2015-02-13 15:58 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: Add requirements for x32 ABI Daniel Mrzyglod
2015-02-16 16:09 ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2015-02-16 16:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] " Daniel Mrzyglod
2015-02-16 16:29   ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2015-02-18 19:33     ` Thomas Monjalon

This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).