.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation.
+.. include:: <isonum.txt>
+
.. _Enabling_Additional_Functionality:
Enabling Additional Functionality
Power Management and Power Saving Functionality
-----------------------------------------------
-Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology must be enabled in the platform BIOS if the power management feature of DPDK is to be used.
+Enhanced Intel SpeedStep\ |reg| Technology must be enabled in the platform BIOS if the power management feature of DPDK is to be used.
Otherwise, the sys file folder ``/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq`` will not exist, and the CPU frequency- based power management cannot be used.
Consult the relevant BIOS documentation to determine how these settings can be accessed.
-For example, on some Intel reference platform BIOS variants, the path to Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology is::
+For example, on some Intel reference platform BIOS variants, the path to Enhanced Intel SpeedStep\ |reg| Technology is::
Advanced
-> Processor Configuration
- -> Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Tech
+ -> Enhanced Intel SpeedStep\ |reg| Tech
In addition, C3 and C6 should be enabled as well for power management. The path of C3 and C6 on the same platform BIOS is::
Copyright 2017 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
All rights reserved.
+.. include:: <isonum.txt>
+
.. _linux_gsg_linux_drivers:
Linux Drivers
To make use of full VFIO functionality,
both kernel and BIOS must support and be configured
-to use IO virtualization (such as Intel® VT-d).
+to use IO virtualization (such as Intel\ |reg| VT-d).
.. note::
correctly for your system.
If the kernel is configured correctly, one also has to make sure that
-the BIOS configuration has virtualization features (such as Intel® VT-d).
+the BIOS configuration has virtualization features (such as Intel\ |reg| VT-d).
There is no standard way to check if the platform is configured correctly,
so please check with your platform documentation to see if it has such features,
and how to enable them.
.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation.
+.. include:: <isonum.txt>
+
System Requirements
===================
**Optional Tools:**
-* Intel® C++ Compiler (icc). For installation, additional libraries may be required.
+* Intel\ |reg| C++ Compiler (icc). For installation, additional libraries may be required.
See the icc Installation Guide found in the Documentation directory under the compiler installation.
-* IBM® Advance ToolChain for Powerlinux. This is a set of open source development tools and runtime libraries
+* IBM\ |reg| Advance ToolChain for Powerlinux. This is a set of open source development tools and runtime libraries
which allows users to take leading edge advantage of IBM's latest POWER hardware features on Linux. To install
it, see the IBM official installation document.