From: John McNamara Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 11:07:55 +0000 (+0100) Subject: doc: advise patching third party dependencies X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e090fdb41a200aae0282c53ff8f05e3e5d699532;p=dpdk.git doc: advise patching third party dependencies Added a note to the getting started guides about patching third party libraries/dependencies to avoid any known vulnerabilities. Signed-off-by: John McNamara --- diff --git a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst index 633699e9d0..a895d61806 100644 --- a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst +++ b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst @@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ those below would be added to the file ``/boot/loader.conf``. hw.nic_uio.bdfs="2:0:0,2:0:1" nic_uio_load="YES" +.. note:: + + Please ensure that the latest patches are applied to third party libraries + and software to avoid any known vulnerabilities. + + Compiling and Running the Example Applications ---------------------------------------------- diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst index 10b01e3187..d2359058bf 100644 --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst @@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ Compilation of the DPDK * Python, version 2.7+ or 3.2+, to use various helper scripts included in the DPDK package. +.. note:: + + Please ensure that the latest patches are applied to third party libraries + and software to avoid any known vulnerabilities. + **Optional Tools:**