[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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