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The 1.7 DPDK_FreeBSD_GSG document in MSWord has been converted to rst format for use with Sphinx. There is an rst file for each chapter and an index.rst file which contains the table of contents. The top level index file has been modified to include this guide. This is the second document from a set of 6 documents. Signed-off-by: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremonger@intel.com>
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.. BSD LICENSE
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Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
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All rights reserved.
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Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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are met:
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* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
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the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
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distribution.
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* Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
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contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
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from this software without specific prior written permission.
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THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
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"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
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A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
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OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
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SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
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THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
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(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
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OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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Compiling and Running Sample Applications
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=========================================
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The chapter describes how to compile and run applications in an Intel® DPDK environment.
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It also provides a pointer to where sample applications are stored.
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Compiling a Sample Application
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------------------------------
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Once an Intel® DPDK target environment directory has been created (such as x86_64-native-bsdapp-gcc),
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it contains all libraries and header files required to build an application.
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When compiling an application in the FreeBSD* environment on the Intel® DPDK,
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the following variables must be exported:
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* RTE_SDK - Points to the Intel® DPDK installation directory.
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* RTE_TARGET - Points to the Intel® DPDK target environment directory.
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For FreeBSD*, this is the x86_64-native-bsdapp-gcc directory.
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The following is an example of creating the helloworld application,
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which runs in the Intel® DPDK FreeBSD* environment.
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This example may be found in the ${RTE_SDK}/examples directory.
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The directory contains the main.c file.
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This file, when combined with the libraries in the Intel® DPDK target environment,
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calls the various functions to initialize the Intel® DPDK environment,
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then launches an entry point (dispatch application) for each core to be utilized.
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By default, the binary is generated in the build directory.
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.. code-block:: console
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user@host:~/DPDK$ cd examples/helloworld/
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user@host:~/DPDK/examples/helloworld$ setenv RTE_SDK $HOME/DPDK
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user@host:~/DPDK/examples/helloworld$ setenv RTE_TARGET x86_64-native-bsdapp-gcc
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user@host:~/DPDK/examples/helloworld$ gmake CC=gcc48
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CC main.o
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LD helloworld
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INSTALL-APP helloworld
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INSTALL-MAP helloworld.map
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user@host:~/DPDK/examples/helloworld$ ls build/app
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helloworld helloworld.map
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.. note::
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In the above example, helloworld was in the directory structure of the Intel® DPDK.
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However, it could have been located outside the directory structure to keep the Intel® DPDK structure intact.
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In the following case, the helloworld application is copied to a new directory as a new starting point.
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.. code-block:: console
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user@host:~$ setenv RTE_SDK /home/user/DPDK
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user@host:~$ cp -r $(RTE_SDK)/examples/helloworld my_rte_app
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user@host:~$ cd my_rte_app/
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user@host:~$ setenv RTE_TARGET x86_64-native-bsdapp-gcc
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user@host:~/my_rte_app$ gmake CC=gcc48
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CC main.o
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LD helloworld
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INSTALL-APP helloworld
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INSTALL-MAP helloworld.map
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Running a Sample Application
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#. The contigmem and nic_uio modules must be set up prior to running an application.
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#. Any ports to be used by the application must be already bound to the nic_uio module,
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as described in section Section 3.6, “ , ” prior to running the application.
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The application is linked with the Intel® DPDK target environment's Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL) library,
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which provides some options that are generic to every Intel® DPDK application.
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The following is the list of options that can be given to the EAL:
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./rte-app -c COREMASK -n NUM [-b <domain:bus:devid.func>] [-m MB] [-r NUM] [-v] [--file-prefix] [--proc-type <primary|secondary|auto>]
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.. note::
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EAL has a common interface between all operating systems and is based on the Linux* notation for PCI devices.
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The device and function separator used is a ":" rather than "." as seen with pciconf on FreeBSD*.
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For example, a FreeBSD* device selector of pci0:2:0:1 is referred to as 02:00.1 in EAL.
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The EAL options for FreeBSD* are as follows:
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* -c COREMASK
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: A hexadecimal bit mask of the cores to run on.
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Note that core numbering can change between platforms and should be determined beforehand.
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* -n NUM
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: Number of memory channels per processor socket.
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* -b <domain:bus:devid.func>
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: blacklisting of ports; prevent EAL from using specified PCI device (multiple -b options are allowed).
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* --use-device
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: use the specified ethernet device(s) only.
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Use comma-separate <[domain:]bus:devid.func> values. Cannot be used with -b option.
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* -r NUM
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: Number of memory ranks.
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* -v
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: Display version information on startup.
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* --proc-type
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: The type of process instance.
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Other options, specific to Linux* and are not supported under FreeBSD* are as follows:
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* socket-mem
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: Memory to allocate from hugepages on specific sockets.
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* --huge-dir
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: The directory where hugetlbfs is mounted.
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* --file-prefix
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: The prefix text used for hugepage filenames.
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* -m MB
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: Memory to allocate from hugepages, regardless of processor socket.
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It is recommended that --socket-mem be used instead of this option.
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The -c and the -n options are mandatory; the others are optional.
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Copy the Intel® DPDK application binary to your target,
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then run the application as follows (assuming the platform has four memory channels,
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and that cores 0-3 are present and are to be used for running the application):
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root@target:~$ ./helloworld -c f -n 4
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.. note::
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The --proc-type and --file-prefix EAL options are used for running multiple Intel® DPDK processes.
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See the “Multi-process Sample Application” chapter in the
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*Intel® DPDK Sample Applications User Guide and the Intel® DPDK Programmers Guide* for more details.
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Running Intel®DPDK Applications Without Root Privileges
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-------------------------------------------------------
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Although applications using the Intel® DPDK use network ports and other hardware resources directly,
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with a number of small permission adjustments,
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it is possible to run these applications as a user other than “root”.
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To do so, the ownership, or permissions, on the following file system objects should be adjusted to ensure
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that the user account being used to run the Intel® DPDK application has access to them:
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* The userspace-io device files in /dev, for example, /dev/uio0, /dev/uio1, and so on
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* The userspace contiguous memory device: /dev/contigmem
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.. note::
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Please refer to the Intel® DPDK Release Notes for supported applications.
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