doc: add required python versions

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / linux_gsg / sys_reqs.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
index a20a407..61222c6 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
@@ -61,13 +61,14 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
 
 *   coreutils: ``cmp``, ``sed``, ``grep``, ``arch``, etc.
 
-*   gcc: versions 4.5.x or later is recommended for ``i686/x86_64``. Versions 4.8.x or later is recommended
-    for ``ppc_64`` and ``x86_x32`` ABI. On some distributions, some specific compiler flags and linker flags are enabled by
+*   gcc: versions 4.9 or later is recommended for all platforms.
+    On some distributions, some specific compiler flags and linker flags are enabled by
     default and affect performance (``-fstack-protector``, for example). Please refer to the documentation
     of your distribution and to ``gcc -dumpspecs``.
 
-*   libc headers (glibc-devel.i686 / libc6-dev-i386; glibc-devel.x86_64 for 64-bit compilation on Intel
-    architecture; glibc-devel.ppc64 for 64 bit IBM Power architecture;)
+*   libc headers, often packaged as ``gcc-multilib`` (``glibc-devel.i686`` / ``libc6-dev-i386``;
+    ``glibc-devel.x86_64`` / ``libc6-dev`` for 64-bit compilation on Intel architecture;
+    ``glibc-devel.ppc64`` for 64 bit IBM Power architecture;)
 
 *   Linux kernel headers or sources required to build kernel modules. (kernel - devel.x86_64;
     kernel - devel.ppc64)
@@ -78,14 +79,12 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
 
     * glibc.ppc64, libgcc.ppc64, libstdc++.ppc64 and glibc-devel.ppc64 for IBM ppc_64;
 
-.. note::
-
-    x86_x32 ABI is currently supported with distribution packages only on Ubuntu
-    higher than 13.10 or recent Debian distribution. The only supported  compiler is gcc 4.8+.
+    .. note::
 
-.. note::
+       x86_x32 ABI is currently supported with distribution packages only on Ubuntu
+       higher than 13.10 or recent Debian distribution. The only supported  compiler is gcc 4.9+.
 
-    Python, version 2.6 or 2.7, to use various helper scripts included in the DPDK package.
+*   Python, version 2.7+ or 3.2+, to use various helper scripts included in the DPDK package.
 
 
 **Optional Tools:**
@@ -100,6 +99,9 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
 *   libpcap headers and libraries (libpcap-devel) to compile and use the libpcap-based poll-mode driver.
     This driver is disabled by default and can be enabled by setting ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_PCAP=y`` in the build time config file.
 
+*   libarchive headers and library are needed for some unit tests using tar to get their resources.
+
+
 Running DPDK Applications
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