From 16126326b3e706c714d3f45492736a3c0acd2373 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vipin Varghese <vipin.varghese@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 23:49:59 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] doc: add note for shared library in NICs guide

Add note information to intimate about use of option '-d' for shared
library in DPDK application.

Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese <vipin.varghese@intel.com>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/build_and_test.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/build_and_test.rst b/doc/guides/nics/build_and_test.rst
index 62ac52cf84..d9a78eef0d 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/build_and_test.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/build_and_test.rst
@@ -151,3 +151,7 @@ This section demonstrates how to setup and run ``testpmd`` in Linux.
 
    Refer to the :ref:`testpmd runtime functions <testpmd_runtime>` for a list
    of available commands.
+
+   .. note::
+      When ``testpmd`` is built with shared library, use option ``-d`` to load
+      the dynamic PMD for ``rte_eal_init``.
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