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**Part 2: Development Environment**
This section describes the organization of sources in the DPDK framework.
-Makefiles and Config
---------------------
-
-.. 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 <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 the options.
-The config file is also used to create a header file, which will be located in the new build directory.
-
Libraries
---------
-Libraries are located in subdirectories of $(RTE_SDK)/lib.
-By convention, we call a library any code that provides an API to an application.
-Typically, it generates an archive file (.a), but a kernel module should also go in the same directory.
-
-The lib directory contains::
-
- lib
- +-- librte_cmdline # command line interface helper
- +-- librte_distributor # packet distributor
- +-- librte_eal # environment abstraction layer
- +-- librte_ether # generic interface to poll mode driver
- +-- librte_hash # hash library
- +-- librte_ip_frag # IP fragmentation library
- +-- librte_ivshmem # QEMU IVSHMEM library
- +-- librte_kni # kernel NIC interface
- +-- librte_kvargs # argument parsing library
- +-- librte_lpm # longest prefix match library
- +-- librte_malloc # malloc-like functions
- +-- librte_mbuf # packet and control mbuf manipulation library
- +-- librte_mempool # memory pool manager (fixedsized objects)
- +-- librte_meter # QoS metering library
- +-- librte_net # various IP-related headers
- +-- librte_pmd_pcap # PCAP poll mode driver
- +-- librte_pmd_ring # ring poll mode driver
- +-- librte_pmd_virtio # virtio poll mode driver
- +-- librte_pmd_vmxnet3 # VMXNET3 poll mode driver
- +-- librte_pmd_xenvirt # Xen virtio poll mode driver
- +-- librte_power # power management library
- +-- librte_ring # software rings (act as lockless FIFOs)
- +-- librte_sched # QoS scheduler and dropper library
- +-- librte_timer # timer library
+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
-------
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.
+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_X_Y.a`` where ``X`` is the device class
+name and ``Y`` is the driver name.
-The drivers directory has a net subdirectory which contains::
+.. note::
+
+ Several of the ``driver/net`` directories contain a ``base``
+ sub-directory. The ``base`` directory generally contains code the shouldn't
+ be modified directly by the user. Any enhancements should be done via the
+ ``X_osdep.c`` and/or ``X_osdep.h`` files in that directory. Refer to the
+ local README in the base directories for driver specific instructions.
- drivers/net
- +-- af_packet # poll mode driver based on linux af_packet
- +-- bonding # bonding poll mode driver
- +-- e1000 # 1GbE poll mode drivers (igb and em)
- +-- enic # Cisco VIC Ethernet NIC Poll-mode Driver
- +-- fm10k # Host interface PMD driver for FM10000 Series
- +-- i40e # 40GbE poll mode driver
- +-- ixgbe # 10GbE poll mode driver
- +-- mlx4 # Mellanox ConnectX-3 poll mode driver
- +-- null # NULL poll mode driver for testing
Applications
------------
-Applications are sources that contain a main() function.
-They are located in the $(RTE_SDK)/app and $(RTE_SDK)/examples directories.
-
-The app directory contains sample applications that are used to test the DPDK (autotests).
-The examples directory contains sample applications that show how libraries can be used.
+Applications are source files that contain a ``main()`` function.
+They are located in the ``dpdk/app`` and ``dpdk/examples`` directories.
-::
-
- app
- +-- chkincs # test prog to check include depends
- +-- test # autotests, to validate DPDK features
- `-- test-pmd # test and bench poll mode driver examples
-
- examples
- +-- cmdline # Example of using cmdline library
- +-- dpdk_qat # Example showing integration with Intel QuickAssist
- +-- exception_path # Sending packets to and from Linux Ethernet device (TAP)
- +-- helloworld # Helloworld basic example
- +-- ip_reassembly # Example showing IP Reassembly
- +-- ip_fragmentation # Example showing IPv4 Fragmentation
- +-- ipv4_multicast # Example showing IPv4 Multicast
- +-- kni # Kernel NIC Interface example
- +-- l2fwd # L2 Forwarding example with and without SR-IOV
- +-- l3fwd # L3 Forwarding example
- +-- l3fwd-power # L3 Forwarding example with power management
- +-- l3fwd-vf # L3 Forwarding example with SR-IOV
- +-- link_status_interrupt # Link status change interrupt example
- +-- load_balancer # Load balancing across multiple cores/sockets
- +-- multi_process # Example applications with multiple DPDK processes
- +-- qos_meter # QoS metering example
- +-- qos_sched # QoS scheduler and dropper example
- +-- timer # Example of using librte_timer library
- +-- vmdq_dcb # Intel 82599 Ethernet Controller VMDQ and DCB receiving
- +-- vmdq # Example of VMDQ receiving for both Intel 10G (82599) and 1G (82576, 82580 and I350) Ethernet Controllers
- `-- vhost # Example of userspace vhost and switch
-
-.. note::
+The app directory contains sample applications that are used to test DPDK (such as autotests)
+or the Poll Mode Drivers (test-pmd).
- The actual examples directory may contain additional sample applications to those shown above.
- Check the latest DPDK source files for details.
+The examples directory contains :doc:`Sample applications<../sample_app_ug/index>` that show how libraries can be used.