[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 18/19] doc: update GSG doc for new drivers subdirectory

Bruce Richardson bruce.richardson at intel.com
Fri May 15 17:57:02 CEST 2015


Update the directory list in the GSG to reflect recent changes of PMDs
to the drivers directory

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
index e3a0b46..2680e66 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
@@ -45,12 +45,14 @@ First, uncompress the archive and move to the uncompressed DPDK source directory
    user at host:~$ unzip DPDK-<version>.zip
    user at host:~$ cd DPDK-<version>
    user at host:~/DPDK-<version>$ ls
-   app/   config/   examples/   lib/   LICENSE.GPL   LICENSE.LGPL   Makefile   mk/   scripts/   tools/
+   app/   config/   drivers/   examples/   lib/   LICENSE.GPL   LICENSE.LGPL   Makefile   mk/   scripts/   tools/
 
 The DPDK is composed of several directories:
 
 *   lib: Source code of DPDK libraries
 
+*   drivers: Source code of DPDK poll-mode drivers
+
 *   app: Source code of DPDK applications (automatic tests)
 
 *   examples: Source code of DPDK application examples
@@ -153,9 +155,9 @@ In addition, the make clean command can be used to remove any existing compiled
 Browsing the Installed DPDK Environment Target
 ----------------------------------------------
 
-Once a target is created it contains all libraries and header files for the DPDK environment that are required to build customer applications.
+Once a target is created it contains all libraries, including poll-mode drivers, and header files for the DPDK environment that are required to build customer applications.
 In addition, the test and testpmd applications are built under the build/app directory, which may be used for testing.
-A kmod  directory is also present that contains kernel modules which may be loaded if needed:
+A kmod  directory is also present that contains kernel modules which may be loaded if needed.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
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2.1.0



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