[dpdk-stable] [PATCH 19.11] doc: add NASM installation steps
Pablo de Lara
pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com
Thu May 28 13:18:25 CEST 2020
[ upstream commit dede694cd58f6ee9c53f1e7d8d5960835bdc8fff ]
The intel-ipsec-mb library requires NASM as a dependency.
Steps on how to get and install NASM are added on the documentation
of the crypto PMDs which requires the library.
Signed-off-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com>
---
doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_gcm.rst | 13 +++++++++++++
doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_mb.rst | 13 +++++++++++++
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_gcm.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_gcm.rst
index 151aa30..a8ea320 100644
--- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_gcm.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_gcm.rst
@@ -45,6 +45,19 @@ can be downloaded in `<https://github.com/01org/intel-ipsec-mb/archive/v0.53.zip
make
make install
+The library requires NASM to be built. Depending on the library version, it might require a minimum NASM version (e.g. v0.53 requires at least NASM 2.13.03).
+
+NASM is packaged for different OS. However, on some OS the version is too old, so a manual installation is required.
+In that case, NASM can be downloaded from
+`NASM website <https://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/?C=M;O=D>`_.
+Once it is downloaded, extract it and follow these steps:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ ./configure
+ make
+ make install
+
As a reference, the following table shows a mapping between the past DPDK versions
and the external crypto libraries supported by them:
diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_mb.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_mb.rst
index 5d8fb46..ca6c169 100644
--- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_mb.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_mb.rst
@@ -72,6 +72,19 @@ can be downloaded from `<https://github.com/01org/intel-ipsec-mb/archive/v0.53.z
make
make install
+The library requires NASM to be built. Depending on the library version, it might require a minimum NASM version (e.g. v0.53 requires at least NASM 2.13.03).
+
+NASM is packaged for different OS. However, on some OS the version is too old, so a manual installation is required.
+In that case, NASM can be downloaded from
+`NASM website <https://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/?C=M;O=D>`_.
+Once it is downloaded, extract it and follow these steps:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ ./configure
+ make
+ make install
+
As a reference, the following table shows a mapping between the past DPDK versions
and the Multi-Buffer library version supported by them:
--
2.7.5
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