- echo 1024 > /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages/nr_hugepages
-
-#. Mount huge pages:
-
- .. code-block:: console
-
- mkdir /mnt/huge
- mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/huge
-
-#. Load igb_uio or vfio-pci driver:
-
- .. code-block:: console
-
- insmod ./x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/kmod/igb_uio.ko
-
- or
-
- .. code-block:: console
-
- modprobe vfio-pci
-
-#. Bind the Chelsio T5 adapters to igb_uio or vfio-pci loaded in the previous
- step:
-
- .. code-block:: console
-
- ./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py --bind igb_uio 0000:02:00.4
-
- or
-
- Setup VFIO permissions for regular users and then bind to vfio-pci:
-
- .. code-block:: console
-
- sudo chmod a+x /dev/vfio
-
- sudo chmod 0666 /dev/vfio/*
-
- ./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py --bind vfio-pci 0000:02:00.4
+ Follow instructions available in the document
+ :ref:`compiling and testing a PMD for a NIC <pmd_build_and_test>`
+ to run testpmd.