[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/6] doc: Update BNX2X PMD documentation

Rasesh Mody rasesh.mody at qlogic.com
Thu Oct 8 18:54:04 CEST 2015


Signed-off-by: Rasesh Mody <rasesh.mody at qlogic.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst b/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst
index 613a2b7..d3912ed 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ Prerequisites
   `QLogic Driver Download Center <http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com>`
   to get the required firmware.
 
+- This driver relies on external zlib library for unzipping the firmware image.
+  The zlib library is not part of DPDK and must be installed separately. The
+  minimum version of zlib library required is v1.2.5.2.
+
 Pre-Installation Configuration
 ------------------------------
 
@@ -141,6 +145,14 @@ command:
    cd <DPDK-source-directory>
    make config T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-clang install
 
+To compile BNX2X PMD for Linux i686 gcc target, run the following "make"
+command:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   cd <DPDK-source-directory>
+   make config T=i686-native-linuxapp-gcc install
+
 To compile BNX2X PMD for FreeBSD x86_64 clang target, run the following "gmake"
 command:
 
@@ -149,6 +161,14 @@ command:
    cd <DPDK-source-directory>
    gmake config T=x86_64-native-bsdapp-clang install
 
+To compile BNX2X PMD for FreeBSD x86_64 gcc target, run the following "gmake"
+command:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   cd <DPDK-source-directory>
+   gmake config T=x86_64-native-bsdapp-gcc install -Wl,-rpath=/usr/local/lib/gcc48 CC=gcc48
+
 Linux
 -----
 
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1.7.10.3



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