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doc: add pcap dependency note to pdump guide

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Added a missing note about dependencies on libpcap and
CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_PCAP flag that pdump tool has.

Signed-off-by: Reshma Pattan <reshma.pattan@intel.com>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
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Reshma Pattan 2016-07-06 16:57:39 +01:00 committed by Thomas Monjalon
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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