doc: add IBM Power description to linux guide

This patch added IBM ppc_64 descriptions, including architecture
support, compiling requirements on Linux.

Signed-off-by: Chao Zhu <chaozhu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremonger@intel.com>

diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
index 2342151..d09c69d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ The format of a DPDK target is:
 
 where:
 
-*   ARCH can be:  i686, x86_64
+*   ARCH can be:  i686, x86_64, ppc_64
 
-*   MACHINE can be:  native, ivshmem
+*   MACHINE can be:  native, ivshmem, power8
 
 *   EXECENV can be:  linuxapp,  bsdapp
 

diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/quick_start.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/quick_start.rst
index 560ee31..a22d994 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/quick_start.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/quick_start.rst
@@ -132,29 +132,31 @@ Some options in the script prompt the user for further data before proceeding.
 
     [7] x86_64-native-linuxapp-icc
 
+    [8] ppc_64-power8-linuxapp-gcc
+
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     Step 2: Setup linuxapp environment
 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    [8] Insert IGB UIO module
+    [9] Insert IGB UIO module
 
-    [9] Insert VFIO module
+    [10] Insert VFIO module
 
-    [10] Insert KNI module
+    [11] Insert KNI module
 
-    [11] Setup hugepage mappings for non-NUMA systems
+    [12] Setup hugepage mappings for non-NUMA systems
 
-    [12] Setup hugepage mappings for NUMA systems
+    [13] Setup hugepage mappings for NUMA systems
 
-    [13] Display current Ethernet device settings
+    [14] Display current Ethernet device settings
 
-    [14] Bind Ethernet device to IGB UIO module
+    [15] Bind Ethernet device to IGB UIO module
 
-    [15] Bind Ethernet device to VFIO module
+    [16] Bind Ethernet device to VFIO module
 
-    [16] Setup VFIO permissions
+    [17] Setup VFIO permissions
 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -162,9 +164,9 @@ Some options in the script prompt the user for further data before proceeding.
 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    [17] Run test application ($RTE_TARGET/app/test)
+    [18] Run test application ($RTE_TARGET/app/test)
 
-    [18] Run testpmd application in interactive mode ($RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd)
+    [19] Run testpmd application in interactive mode ($RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd)
 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -172,7 +174,7 @@ Some options in the script prompt the user for further data before proceeding.
 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    [19] List hugepage info from /proc/meminfo
+    [20] List hugepage info from /proc/meminfo
 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -180,19 +182,19 @@ Some options in the script prompt the user for further data before proceeding.
 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    [20] Uninstall all targets
+    [21] Uninstall all targets
 
-    [21] Unbind NICs from IGB UIO driver
+    [22] Unbind NICs from IGB UIO driver
 
-    [22] Remove IGB UIO module
+    [23] Remove IGB UIO module
 
-    [23] Remove VFIO module
+    [24] Remove VFIO module
 
-    [24] Remove KNI module
+    [25] Remove KNI module
 
-    [25] Remove hugepage mappings
+    [26] Remove hugepage mappings
 
-    [26] Exit Script
+    [27] Exit Script
 
 Option:
 

diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
index 17d1ebf..8e2307b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ This chapter describes the packages required to compile the DPDK.
     If the DPDK is being used on an Intel® Communications Chipset 89xx Series platform,
     please consult the *Intel® Communications Chipset 89xx Series Software for Linux* Getting Started Guide*.
 
-BIOS Setting Prerequisite
--------------------------
+BIOS Setting Prerequisite on x86
+--------------------------------
 
 For the majority of platforms, no special BIOS settings are needed to use basic DPDK functionality.
 However, for additional HPET timer and power management functionality,
@@ -61,18 +61,22 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
 
 *   coreutils:  cmp, sed, grep, arch
 
-*   gcc: versions 4.5.x or later is recommended.
-    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.
+*   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
+    default and affect performance (- fstack-protector, for example). Please refer to the documentation
+    of your distribution and to gcc -dumpspecs.
 
-*   libc headers (glibc-devel.i686 / libc6-dev-i386; glibc-devel.x86_64  for 64-bit compilation)
+*   libc headers (glibc-devel.i686 / libc6-dev-i386; glibc-devel.x86_64 for 64-bit compilation on Intel
+    architecture; glibc-devel.ppc64 for 64 bit IBM Power architecture;)
 
-*   Linux kernel headers or sources required to build kernel modules. (kernel- devel.x86_64)
+*   Linux kernel headers or sources required to build kernel modules. (kernel - devel.x86_64;
+    kernel - devel.ppc64)
 
 *   Additional packages required for 32-bit compilation on 64-bit systems are:
 
-    glibc.i686, libgcc.i686, libstdc++.i686 and glibc-devel.i686
+    glibc.i686, libgcc.i686, libstdc++.i686 and glibc-devel.i686 for Intel i686/x86_64;
+
+    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
 
@@ -83,6 +87,10 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
     See the icc Installation Guide found in the Documentation directory under the compiler installation.
     This release has been tested using version 12.1.
 
+*   IBM® 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.
+
 *   libpcap headers and libraries (libpcap-devel) to compile and use the libpcap-based poll-mode driver.
     This driver is disabled by default and can be enabled by setting CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_PCAP=y in the build time config file.
 
@@ -171,8 +179,9 @@ For example, to reserve 4G of hugepage memory in the form of four 1G pages, the
 
 .. note::
 
-    The hugepage sizes that a CPU supports can be determined from the CPU flags.
+    The hugepage sizes that a CPU supports can be determined from the CPU flags on Intel architecture.
     If pse exists, 2M hugepages are supported; if pdpe1gb exists, 1G hugepages are supported.
+    On IBM Power architecture, the supported hugepage sizes are 16MB and 16GB.
 
 .. note::