[PATCH 2/3] doc: cleanup UIO hard requirement
From: Shahaf Shuler <hidden>
Date: 2017-07-26 17:18:05
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
UIO is not a must for all PMDs. Cleaning up the Linux Getting Started Guide from this hard requirement. Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <redacted> --- 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
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