numam-dpdk/doc/guides/linux_gsg
Anatoly Burakov e39d9b6366 doc: clarify libnuma requirement for NUMA systems
Since 18.05, libnuma is pretty much required on Linux when using
non-legacy mode, because without it, we cannot know where our
hugepages are located [1].

In legacy mode, libnuma is not required because we can still sort
pages by sockets, as we use pagemap lookup method to figure out
socket ID's for pages.

So, document libnuma as required for NUMA systems and non-legacy
mode.

[1] https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2018-December/120490.html

Fixes: 6b42f75632 ("eal: enable non-legacy memory mode")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
Acked-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>
2019-02-01 11:50:33 +01:00
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build_dpdk.rst doc: convert Intel license headers to SPDX tags 2018-02-06 23:27:08 +01:00
build_sample_apps.rst eal: add option to limit memory allocation on sockets 2018-07-13 11:44:15 +02:00
cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst doc: add cross compiling guide 2018-07-11 21:13:32 +02:00
eal_args.include.rst doc: document all EAL parameters in one place 2018-11-23 11:50:11 +01:00
enable_func.rst doc: convert Intel license headers to SPDX tags 2018-02-06 23:27:08 +01:00
index.rst doc: document all EAL parameters in one place 2018-11-23 11:50:11 +01:00
intro.rst doc: convert Intel license headers to SPDX tags 2018-02-06 23:27:08 +01:00
linux_drivers.rst doc: improve Mellanox bifurcated model description 2019-01-31 18:41:07 +01:00
linux_eal_parameters.rst malloc: add option --match-allocations 2018-12-20 13:01:08 +01:00
nic_perf_intel_platform.rst doc: update recommended BIOS settings in Linux guide 2019-01-20 13:14:38 +01:00
quick_start.rst doc: convert Intel license headers to SPDX tags 2018-02-06 23:27:08 +01:00
sys_reqs.rst doc: clarify libnuma requirement for NUMA systems 2019-02-01 11:50:33 +01:00