This patch add requirements about compiler and distribution support.
v2:
spelling fixes
Signed-off-by: Daniel Mrzyglod <danielx.t.mrzyglod at intel.com>
---
doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 11 +++++++++--
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
index 8e2307b..ef4196e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
* coreutils: cmp, sed, grep, arch
* gcc: versions 4.5.x or later is recommended for i686/x86_64. versions
4.8.x or later is recommanded
- for ppc_64. On some distributions, some specific compiler flags and linker
flags are enabled by
+ for ppc_64 and x86_x32 ABI. On some distributions, some specific compiler
flags and linker flags are enabled by
default and affect performance (- fstack-protector, for example). Please
refer to the documentation
of your distribution and to gcc -dumpspecs.
@@ -78,7 +78,14 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
glibc.ppc64, libgcc.ppc64, libstdc++.ppc64 and glibc-devel.ppc64 for IBM
ppc_64;
-* Python, version 2.6 or 2.7, to use various helper scripts included in the
DPDK package
+.. note::
+
+ x86_x32 ABI is currently supported with distribution packages only on
Ubuntu
+ higher than 13.10 or recent debian distribution. The only supported
compiler is gcc 4.8+.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Python, version 2.6 or 2.7, to use various helper scripts included in the
DPDK package
**Optional Tools:**
--
2.1.0
