From: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
To: thomas@monjalon.net
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] doc: cleanup UIO hard requirement
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 20:17:51 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ef2f9dac512446c44f3bcd3efa9ec90de81408d8.1501089309.git.shahafs@mellanox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3b3d256b68f29849c4cc9360fec3b7891bcfcf78.1501089308.git.shahafs@mellanox.com>
UIO is not a must for all PMDs.
Cleaning up the Linux Getting Started Guide from this hard requirement.
Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
---
doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst | 10 ++++++----
doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 2 --
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst
index 12fefffdd..0cc5fd173 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst
@@ -98,12 +98,14 @@ Running a Sample Application
.. warning::
- The UIO drivers and hugepages must be setup prior to running an application.
+ Before running the application make sure:
-.. warning::
+ - Hugepages setup is done.
+ - Any kernel driver being used is loaded.
+ - In case needed, ports being used by the application should be
+ bound to the corresponding kernel driver.
- Any ports to be used by the application must be already bound to an appropriate kernel
- module, as described in :ref:`linux_gsg_binding_kernel`, prior to running the application.
+ refer to :ref:`linux_gsg_linux_drivers` for more details.
The application is linked with the DPDK target environment's Environmental Abstraction Layer (EAL) library,
which provides some options that are generic to every DPDK application.
diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
index af7a93121..375bec8c9 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
@@ -131,8 +131,6 @@ System Software
For other kernel builds, options which should be enabled for DPDK include:
- * UIO support
-
* HUGETLBFS
* PROC_PAGE_MONITOR support
--
2.12.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-07-26 17:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-07-26 17:17 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] doc: move kernel drivers to a new chapter Shahaf Shuler
2017-07-26 17:17 ` Shahaf Shuler [this message]
2017-07-28 10:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] doc: cleanup UIO hard requirement Mcnamara, John
2017-07-26 17:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] doc: move i40e specific to i40e guide Shahaf Shuler
2017-07-28 10:16 ` Mcnamara, John
2017-07-28 10:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] doc: move kernel drivers to a new chapter Mcnamara, John
2017-07-29 16:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 " Shahaf Shuler
2017-07-31 22:10 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-07-29 16:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/3] doc: cleanup UIO hard requirement Shahaf Shuler
2017-07-29 16:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/3] doc: move i40e specific to i40e guide Shahaf Shuler
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