Signed-off-by: Rasesh Mody <rasesh.mody at qlogic.com> --- doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst b/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst index 613a2b7..d3912ed 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/bnx2x.rst @@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ Prerequisites `QLogic Driver Download Center <http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com>` to get the required firmware. +- This driver relies on external zlib library for unzipping the firmware image. + The zlib library is not part of DPDK and must be installed separately. The + minimum version of zlib library required is v1.2.5.2. + Pre-Installation Configuration ------------------------------ @@ -141,6 +145,14 @@ command: cd <DPDK-source-directory> make config T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-clang install +To compile BNX2X PMD for Linux i686 gcc target, run the following "make" +command: + +.. code-block:: console + + cd <DPDK-source-directory> + make config T=i686-native-linuxapp-gcc install + To compile BNX2X PMD for FreeBSD x86_64 clang target, run the following "gmake" command: @@ -149,6 +161,14 @@ command: cd <DPDK-source-directory> gmake config T=x86_64-native-bsdapp-clang install +To compile BNX2X PMD for FreeBSD x86_64 gcc target, run the following "gmake" +command: + +.. code-block:: console + + cd <DPDK-source-directory> + gmake config T=x86_64-native-bsdapp-gcc install -Wl,-rpath=/usr/local/lib/gcc48 CC=gcc48 + Linux ----- -- 1.7.10.3
