* coreutils: cmp, sed, grep, arch
* gcc: versions 4.5.x or later is recommended for i686/x86_64. versions 4.8.x or later is recommanded
- for ppc_64. On some distributions, some specific compiler flags and linker flags are enabled by
+ for ppc_64 and x86_x32 ABI. On some distributions, some specific compiler flags and linker flags are enabled by
default and affect performance (- fstack-protector, for example). Please refer to the documentation
of your distribution and to gcc -dumpspecs.
glibc.ppc64, libgcc.ppc64, libstdc++.ppc64 and glibc-devel.ppc64 for IBM ppc_64;
-* Python, version 2.6 or 2.7, to use various helper scripts included in the DPDK package
+.. note::
+
+ x86_x32 ABI is currently supported with distribution packages only on Ubuntu
+ higher than 13.10 or recent debian distribution. The only supported compiler is gcc 4.8+.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Python, version 2.6 or 2.7, to use various helper scripts included in the DPDK package
**Optional Tools:**