From d3aa5274ca46faacf08934d285bb4b4f2cd6d115 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Mrzyglod Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 17:27:14 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: add requirements for x32 ABI Add requirements about compiler and distribution support. Signed-off-by: Daniel Mrzyglod Acked-by: Pablo de Lara --- doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst index 8e2307b9b5..7cc214f2b4 100644 --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Compilation of the DPDK * 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. @@ -78,7 +78,14 @@ Compilation of the DPDK 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:** -- 2.20.1