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-Compiling the Intel® DPDK Target from Source
-============================================
+.. _building_from_source:
-Install the Intel® DPDK and Browse Sources
-------------------------------------------
+Compiling the DPDK Target from Source
+=====================================
-First, uncompress the archive and move to the Intel® DPDK source directory:
+.. note::
+
+ Testing has been performed using FreeBSD* 10.0-RELEASE (x86_64) and requires the
+ installation of the kernel sources, which should be included during the
+ installation of FreeBSD*. The DPDK also requires the use of FreeBSD*
+ ports to compile and function.
+
+System Requirements
+-------------------
+
+The DPDK and its applications require the GNU make system (gmake)
+to build on FreeBSD*. Optionally, gcc may also be used in place of clang
+to build the DPDK, in which case it too must be installed prior to
+compiling the DPDK. The installation of these tools is covered in this
+section.
+
+Compiling the DPDK requires the FreeBSD kernel sources, which should be
+included during the installation of FreeBSD* on the development platform.
+The DPDK also requires the use of FreeBSD* ports to compile and function.
+
+To use the FreeBSD* ports system, it is required to update and extract the FreeBSD*
+ports tree by issuing the following commands:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ root@host:~ # portsnap fetch
+ root@host:~ # portsnap extract
+
+If the environment requires proxies for external communication, these can be set
+using:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ root@host:~ # setenv http_proxy <my_proxy_host>:<port>
+ root@host:~ # setenv ftp_proxy <my_proxy_host>:<port>
+
+The FreeBSD* ports below need to be installed prior to building the DPDK.
+In general these can be installed using the following set of commands:
+
+#. cd /usr/ports/<port_location>
+
+#. make config-recursive
+
+#. make install
+
+#. make clean
+
+Each port location can be found using:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ user@host:~ # whereis <port_name>
+
+The ports required and their locations are as follows:
+
+dialog4ports
+ /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/dialog4ports
+
+GNU make(gmake)
+ /usr/ports/devel/gmake
+
+coreutils
+ /usr/ports/sysutils/coreutils
+
+For compiling and using the DPDK with gcc, it too must be installed
+from the ports collection:
+
+gcc: version 4.8 is recommended
+ /usr/ports/lang/gcc48
+ (Ensure that CPU_OPTS is selected (default is OFF))
+
+When running the make config-recursive command, a dialog may be presented to the
+user. For the installation of the DPDK, the default options were used.
+
+.. note::
+
+ To avoid multiple dialogs being presented to the user during make install,
+ it is advisable before running the make install command to re-run the
+ make config -recursive command until no more dialogs are seen.
+
+
+Install the DPDK and Browse Sources
+-----------------------------------
+
+First, uncompress the archive and move to the DPDK source directory:
.. code-block:: console
user@host:~/DPDK # ls
app/ config/ examples/ lib/ LICENSE.GPL LICENSE.LGPL Makefile mk/ scripts/ tools/
-The Intel® DPDK is composed of several directories:
+The DPDK is composed of several directories:
-* lib: Source code of Intel® DPDK libraries
+* lib: Source code of DPDK libraries
-* app: Source code of Intel® DPDK applications (automatic tests)
+* app: Source code of DPDK applications (automatic tests)
-* examples: Source code of Intel® DPDK applications
+* examples: Source code of DPDK applications
* config, tools, scripts, mk: Framework-related makefiles, scripts and configuration
-Installation of the Intel® DPDK Target Environments
----------------------------------------------------
+Installation of the DPDK Target Environments
+--------------------------------------------
-The format of an Intel® DPDK target is:
+The format of a DPDK target is:
ARCH-MACHINE-EXECENV-TOOLCHAIN
* EXECENV is: bsdapp
-* TOOLCHAIN is: gcc
+* TOOLCHAIN is: gcc | clang
-The configuration files for the Intel® DPDK targets can be found in the DPDK/config
+The configuration files for the DPDK targets can be found in the DPDK/config
directory in the form of:
::
Within the configuration files, the RTE_MACHINE configuration value is set
to native, which means that the compiled software is tuned for the platform
on which it is built. For more information on this setting, and its
- possible values, see the *Intel® DPDK Programmers Guide*.
+ possible values, see the *DPDK Programmers Guide*.
-To install and make the target, use gmake install T=<target> CC=gcc48.
+To install and make the target, use "gmake install T=<target>".
For example to compile for FreeBSD* use:
.. code-block:: console
- gmake install T=x86_64-native-bsdapp-gcc CC=gcc48
-
-To prepare a target without building it, for example, if the configuration
-changes need to be made before compilation, use the gmake config T=<target> command:
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
- gmake config T=x86_64-native-bsdapp-gcc CC=gcc48
+ gmake install T=x86_64-native-bsdapp-clang
-To build after configuration, change directory to ./x86_64-native-bsdapp-gcc and use:
-
-.. code-block:: console
+.. note::
- gmake CC=gcc48
+ If the compiler binary to be used does not correspond to that given in the
+ TOOLCHAIN part of the target, the compiler command may need to be explicitly
+ specified. For example, if compiling for gcc, where the gcc binary is called
+ gcc4.8, the command would need to be "gmake install T=<target> CC=gcc4.8".
-Browsing the Installed Intel® DPDK Environment Target
------------------------------------------------------
+Browsing the Installed DPDK Environment Target
+----------------------------------------------
Once a target is created, it contains all the libraries and header files for the
-Intel® DPDK environment that are required to build customer applications.
+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 the kernel modules to install:
user@host:~/DPDK # ls x86_64-native-bsdapp-gcc
app build hostapp include kmod lib Makefile
-Loading the Intel® DPDK contigmem Module
-----------------------------------------
-To run any Intel® DPDK application, the contigmem module must be loaded into the
-running kernel. The module is found in the kmod sub-directory of the Intel® DPDK
-target directory. The module can be loaded using kldload (assuming that the
-current directory is the Intel® DPDK target directory):
+.. _loading_contigmem:
+
+Loading the DPDK contigmem Module
+---------------------------------
+
+To run a DPDK application, physically contiguous memory is required.
+In the absence of non-transparent superpages, the included sources for the
+contigmem kernel module provides the ability to present contiguous blocks of
+memory for the DPDK to use. The contigmem module must be loaded into the
+running kernel before any DPDK is run. The module is found in the kmod
+sub-directory of the DPDK target directory.
+
+The amount of physically contiguous memory along with the number of physically
+contiguous blocks to be reserved by the module can be set at runtime prior to
+module loading using:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ root@host:~ # kenv hw.contigmem.num_buffers=n
+ root@host:~ # kenv hw.contigmem.buffer_size=m
+
+The kernel environment variables can also be specified during boot by placing the
+following in /boot/loader.conf:
+
+::
+
+ hw.contigmem.num_buffers=n hw.contigmem.buffer_size=m
+
+The variables can be inspected using the following command:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ root@host:~ # sysctl -a hw.contigmem
+
+Where n is the number of blocks and m is the size in bytes of each area of
+contiguous memory. A default of two buffers of size 1073741824 bytes (1 Gigabyte)
+each is set during module load if they are not specified in the environment.
+
+The module can then be loaded using kldload (assuming that the current directory
+is the DPDK target directory):
.. code-block:: console
hw.contigmem.num_buffers and hw.contigmem.buffer_size if the default values
are not to be used.
-An error such as kldload: can't load ./x86_64-native-bsdapp-gcc/kmod/contigmem.ko:
-Exec format error, is generally attributed to not having enough contiguous memory
+An error such as:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ kldload: can't load ./x86_64-native-bsdapp-gcc/kmod/contigmem.ko: Exec format error
+
+is generally attributed to not having enough contiguous memory
available and can be verified via dmesg or /var/log/messages:
.. code-block:: console
To avoid this error, reduce the number of buffers or the buffer size.
-Loading the Intel® DPDK nic_uio Module
---------------------------------------
+.. _loading_nic_uio:
+
+Loading the DPDK nic_uio Module
+-------------------------------
After loading the contigmem module, the nic_uio must also be loaded into the
-running kernel prior to running any Intel® DPDK application. This module must
+running kernel prior to running any DPDK application. This module must
be loaded using the kldload command as shown below (assuming that the current
-directory is the Intel® DPDK target directory).
+directory is the DPDK target directory).
.. code-block:: console
.. note::
- Currently loaded modules can be seen by using the kldstat command. A module
- can be removed from the running kernel by using kldunload <module_name>.
- While the nic_uio module can be loaded during boot, the module load order
- cannot be guaranteed and in the case where only some ports are bound to
- nic_uio and others remain in use by the original driver, it is necessary to
- load nic_uio after booting into the kernel, specifically after the original
- driver has been loaded.
+ If the ports to be used are currently bound to a existing kernel driver
+ then the hw.nic_uio.bdfs sysctl value will need to be set before loading the
+ module. Setting this value is described in the next section below.
+
+Currently loaded modules can be seen by using the "kldstat" command and a module
+can be removed from the running kernel by using "kldunload <module_name>".
-To load the module during boot, copy the nic_uio module to /boot/kernel and place the following into /boot/loader.conf:
+To load the module during boot, copy the nic_uio module to /boot/kernel
+and place the following into /boot/loader.conf:
::
nic_uio_load="YES" must appear after the contigmem_load directive, if it exists.
-Binding Network Ports to the nic_uio Module
--------------------------------------------
-
By default, the nic_uio module will take ownership of network ports if they are
-recognized Intel® DPDK devices and are not owned by another module.
+recognized DPDK devices and are not owned by another module. However, since
+the FreeBSD kernel includes support, either built-in, or via a separate driver
+module, for most network card devices, it is likely that the ports to be used are
+already bound to a driver other than nic_uio. The following sub-section describe
+how to query and modify the device ownership of the ports to be used by
+DPDK applications.
+
+.. _binding_network_ports:
-Device ownership can be viewed using the pciconf -l command.
+Binding Network Ports to the nic_uio Module
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The example below shows four Intel® 82599 network ports under if_ixgbe module ownership.
+Device ownership can be viewed using the pciconf -l command. The example below shows
+four Intel® 82599 network ports under "if_ixgbe" module ownership.
.. code-block:: console
Where a comma separated list of selectors is set, the list must not contain any
whitespace.
-For example to re-bind ix2@pci0:2:0:0 and ix3@pci0:2:0: to the nic_uio module
+For example to re-bind "ix2\@pci0:2:0:0" and "ix3\@pci0:2:0:1" to the nic_uio module
upon loading, use the following command:
.. code-block:: console
kenv hw.nic_uio.bdfs="2:0:0,2:0:1"
The variable can also be specified during boot by placing the following into
-/boot/loader.conf:
+"/boot/loader.conf", before the previously-described "nic_uio_load" line - as
+shown.
::
hw.nic_uio.bdfs="2:0:0,2:0:1"
+ nic_uio_load="YES"
-To restore the original device binding, it is necessary to reboot FreeBSD* if the
-original driver has been compiled into the kernel.
-
-For example to rebind some or all ports to the original driver:
-
-Update or remove the hw.nic_uio.bdfs entry in /boot/loader.conf if specified there
-for persistency, then;
-
-.. code-block:: console
+Binding Network Ports Back to their Original Kernel Driver
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- reboot
+If the original driver for a network port has been compiled into the kernel,
+it is necessary to reboot FreeBSD* to restore the original device binding. Before
+doing so, update or remove the "hw.nic_uio.bdfs" in "/boot/loader.conf".
If rebinding to a driver that is a loadable module, the network port binding can
-be reset without rebooting. This requires the unloading of the nic_uio module
-and the original driver.
+be reset without rebooting. To do so, unload both the target kernel module and the
+nic_uio module, modify or clear the "hw.nic_uio.bdfs" kernel environment (kenv)
+value, and reload the two drivers - first the original kernel driver, and then
+the nic_uio driver. [The latter does not need to be reloaded unless there are
+ports that are still to be bound to it].
-Update or remove the hw.nic_uio.bdfs entry from /boot/loader.conf if specified
-there for persistency.
+Example commands to perform these steps are shown below:
.. code-block:: console
kldunload nic_uio
+ kldunload <original_driver>
-kldunload <original_driver>
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
- kenv -u hw.nic_uio.bdfs
-
-to remove all network ports from nic_uio and undefined this system variable OR
+ kenv -u hw.nic_uio.bdfs # to clear the value completely
-.. code-block:: console
-
- kenv hw.nic_uio.bdfs="b:d:f,b:d:f,..."
-
-(to update nic_uio ports)
-
-.. code-block:: console
+ kenv hw.nic_uio.bdfs="b:d:f,b:d:f,..." # to update the list of ports to bind
kldload <original_driver>
- kldload nic_uio
-(if updating the list of associated network ports)
+ kldload nic_uio # optional
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