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[dpdk-dev,5/6] doc: Update BNX2X PMD documentation

Message ID 1444323245-2622-6-git-send-email-rasesh.mody@qlogic.com (mailing list archive)
State Changes Requested, archived
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Commit Message

Rasesh Mody Oct. 8, 2015, 4:54 p.m. UTC 
  Signed-off-by: Rasesh Mody <rasesh.mody@qlogic.com>
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 doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

Comments

Thomas Monjalon Oct. 20, 2015, 4:19 p.m. UTC | #1 
This patch can be avoided by updating the documentation with each
code change atomically.
Rasesh Mody Oct. 22, 2015, 12:39 a.m. UTC | #2 
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon@6wind.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 9:20 AM
>
> This patch can be avoided by updating the documentation with each code
> change atomically.

Agreed, will take care in next submission.
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diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst b/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst
index 613a2b7..d3912ed 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@  Prerequisites
   `QLogic Driver Download Center <http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com>`
   to get the required firmware.
 
+- This driver relies on external zlib library for unzipping the firmware image.
+  The zlib library is not part of DPDK and must be installed separately. The
+  minimum version of zlib library required is v1.2.5.2.
+
 Pre-Installation Configuration
 ------------------------------
 
@@ -141,6 +145,14 @@  command:
    cd <DPDK-source-directory>
    make config T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-clang install
 
+To compile BNX2X PMD for Linux i686 gcc target, run the following "make"
+command:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   cd <DPDK-source-directory>
+   make config T=i686-native-linuxapp-gcc install
+
 To compile BNX2X PMD for FreeBSD x86_64 clang target, run the following "gmake"
 command:
 
@@ -149,6 +161,14 @@  command:
    cd <DPDK-source-directory>
    gmake config T=x86_64-native-bsdapp-clang install
 
+To compile BNX2X PMD for FreeBSD x86_64 gcc target, run the following "gmake"
+command:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   cd <DPDK-source-directory>
+   gmake config T=x86_64-native-bsdapp-gcc install -Wl,-rpath=/usr/local/lib/gcc48 CC=gcc48
+
 Linux
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