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Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com> Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
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Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation.
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Introduction
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This document contains instructions for installing and configuring the
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Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) software. It is designed to get customers
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up and running quickly and describes how to compile and run a
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DPDK application in a FreeBSD application (bsdapp) environment, without going
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deeply into detail.
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For a comprehensive guide to installing and using FreeBSD, the following
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handbook is available from the FreeBSD Documentation Project:
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`FreeBSD Handbook <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html>`_.
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.. note::
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The DPDK is now available as part of the FreeBSD ports collection.
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Installing via the ports collection infrastructure is now the recommended
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way to install the DPDK on FreeBSD, and is documented in the
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next chapter, :ref:`install_from_ports`.
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Documentation Roadmap
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---------------------
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The following is a list of DPDK documents in the suggested reading order:
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* **Release Notes** : Provides release-specific information, including supported
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features, limitations, fixed issues, known issues and so on. Also, provides the
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answers to frequently asked questions in FAQ format.
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* **Getting Started Guide** (this document): Describes how to install and
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configure the DPDK; designed to get users up and running quickly with the
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software.
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* **Programmer's Guide**: Describes:
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* The software architecture and how to use it (through examples),
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specifically in a Linux* application (linuxapp) environment
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* The content of the DPDK, the build system (including the commands
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that can be used in the root DPDK Makefile to build the development
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kit and an application) and guidelines for porting an application
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* Optimizations used in the software and those that should be considered
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for new development
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A glossary of terms is also provided.
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* **API Reference**: Provides detailed information about DPDK functions,
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data structures and other programming constructs.
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* **Sample Applications User Guide**: Describes a set of sample applications.
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Each chapter describes a sample application that showcases specific functionality
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and provides instructions on how to compile, run and use the sample application.
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