[spp] [PATCH 1/6] docs: add setting up PCAP
ogawa.yasufumi at lab.ntt.co.jp
ogawa.yasufumi at lab.ntt.co.jp
Tue May 15 03:21:41 CEST 2018
From: Yasufumi Ogawa <ogawa.yasufumi at lab.ntt.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Yasufumi Ogawa <ogawa.yasufumi at lab.ntt.co.jp>
---
docs/guides/setup/getting_started.rst | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/guides/setup/getting_started.rst b/docs/guides/setup/getting_started.rst
index 2b55d77..275e12f 100644
--- a/docs/guides/setup/getting_started.rst
+++ b/docs/guides/setup/getting_started.rst
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ For Linux, see `Getting Started Guide for Linux
DPDK
~~~~
-First, download and compile DPDK in any directory.
+Clone repository and compile DPDK in any directory.
.. code-block:: console
@@ -169,22 +169,35 @@ First, download and compile DPDK in any directory.
SPP provides libpcap-based PMD for dumping packet to a file or retrieve
it from the file.
-You should enable pcap while compiling DPDK because it is disabled as
-default.
-Compiling DPDK takes a few minutes.
+To use PCAP PMD, install ``libpcap-dev`` and enable it.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ $ sudo apt install libpcap-dev
+
+PCAP is disabled by default in DPDK configuration.
+``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_PCAP`` defines the configuration and enabled
+it to ``y``.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ # dpdk/config/common_base
+ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_PCAP=y
+
+Compile DPDK with target environment.
.. code-block:: console
$ cd dpdk
$ export RTE_SDK=$(pwd)
$ export RTE_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc # depends on your env
- $ make install T=$RTE_TARGET CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_PCAP=y
+ $ make install T=$RTE_TARGET
SPP
~~~
-Then, download and compile SPP in any directory.
+Clone repository and compile SPP in any directory.
.. code-block:: console
--
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