This section describes the organization of sources in the DPDK framework.
-Makefiles and Config
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-
-.. note::
-
- In the following descriptions,
- ``RTE_SDK`` is the environment variable that points to the base directory into which the tarball was extracted.
- See
- :ref:`Useful_Variables_Provided_by_the_Build_System`
- for descriptions of other variables.
-
-Makefiles that are provided by the DPDK libraries and applications are located in ``$(RTE_SDK)/mk``.
-
-Config templates are located in ``$(RTE_SDK)/config``. The templates describe the options that are enabled for each target.
-The config file also contains items that can be enabled and disabled for many of the DPDK libraries,
-including debug options.
-The user should look at the config file and become familiar with these options.
-The config file is also used to create a header file, which will be located in the new build directory.
-
Libraries
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-Libraries are located in subdirectories of ``$(RTE_SDK)/lib``.
+Libraries are located in subdirectories of ``dpdk/lib``.
By convention a library refers to any code that provides an API to an application.
Typically, it generates an archive file (``.a``), but a kernel module would also go in the same directory.
Drivers are special libraries which provide poll-mode driver implementations for
devices: either hardware devices or pseudo/virtual devices. They are contained
in the *drivers* subdirectory, classified by type, and each compiles to a
-library with the format ``librte_pmd_X.a`` where ``X`` is the driver name.
+library with the format ``librte_X_Y.a`` where ``X`` is the device class
+name and ``Y`` is the driver name.
.. note::
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Applications are source files that contain a ``main()`` function.
-They are located in the ``$(RTE_SDK)/app`` and ``$(RTE_SDK)/examples`` directories.
+They are located in the ``dpdk/app`` and ``dpdk/examples`` directories.
The app directory contains sample applications that are used to test DPDK (such as autotests)
or the Poll Mode Drivers (test-pmd).