From: Reshma Pattan Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 15:57:39 +0000 (+0100) Subject: doc: add pcap dependency note to pdump guide X-Git-Tag: spdx-start~6143 X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bc6294218da057e88d4cc6229264a84ef47618c8;p=dpdk.git doc: add pcap dependency note to pdump guide Added a missing note about dependencies on libpcap and CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_PCAP flag that pdump tool has. Signed-off-by: Reshma Pattan Acked-by: John McNamara --- diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/pdump.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/pdump.rst index 9da6542408..ceb038ec0d 100644 --- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/pdump.rst +++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/pdump.rst @@ -33,14 +33,23 @@ dpdk_pdump Application ====================== -The ``dpdk_pdump`` application is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) application that runs as a DPDK secondary process and -is capable of enabling packet capture on dpdk ports. +The ``dpdk_pdump`` tool is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) tool that runs as +a DPDK secondary process and is capable of enabling packet capture on dpdk ports. + + .. Note:: + + * The ``dpdk_pdump`` tool depends on libpcap based PMD which is disabled + by default in the build configuration files, + owing to an external dependency on the libpcap development files + which must be installed on the board. + Once the libpcap development files are installed, the libpcap based PMD + can be enabled by setting CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_PCAP=y and recompiling the DPDK. Running the Application ----------------------- -The application has a number of command line options: +The tool has a number of command line options: .. code-block:: console