Software/Driver Installation - Chelsio Communications DPDK Installation And User Manual

Chapter 3. Software/Driver Installation

3. Software/Driver Installation

Please ensure that any existing version of DPDK driver is uninstalled before
Important
proceeding.
i. If you haven't done already, download the driver package Chelsio-DPDK-x.x.x.x.tar.gz.
ii. Untar the tar ball:
[root@host~]# tar zxvf Chelsio-DPDK-x.x.x.x.tar.gz
iii. Change your working directory to Chelsio-DPDK -x.x.x.x directory:
[root@host~]# cd Chelsio-DPDK-x.x.x.x
iv. Compile and install the driver using one of the following options:

To install DPDK source, testpmd and Pktgen tool only:
[root@host~]# make dpdk_install

To install DPDK source and all the tools provided in the DPDK repository:
[root@host~]# make install
The above commands will
Note

install the driver with the following build configuration:
arch: x86_64/ppc_64
machine: native/power8
execenv: linuxapp
toolchain: gcc

create a target environment directory "x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/ppc_64-
power8-linuxapp-gcc" in the driver package directory.
The pktgen application has been modified to disable packet classification, to reflect
Note
correct Rx rate as packet classification is an expensive operation. It will not be
installed on POWERPC64 architecture.
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