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[v2] net/af_xdp: document 32-bit OS kernel requirement

Message ID 20201117140741.16622-1-ciara.loftus@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: Ferruh Yigit
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Series [v2] net/af_xdp: document 32-bit OS kernel requirement |

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Loftus, Ciara Nov. 17, 2020, 2:07 p.m. UTC 
  AF_XDP will not work on 32-bit kernels before version 5.4.
Document this restriction in the driver guide.

Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus@intel.com>
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 doc/guides/nics/af_xdp.rst | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Comments

Ferruh Yigit Nov. 18, 2020, 1:13 p.m. UTC | #1 
On 11/17/2020 2:07 PM, Ciara Loftus wrote:
> AF_XDP will not work on 32-bit kernels before version 5.4.
> Document this restriction in the driver guide.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus@intel.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/main, thanks.
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diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/af_xdp.rst b/doc/guides/nics/af_xdp.rst
index 052e59a3ae..5ed24374f8 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/af_xdp.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/af_xdp.rst
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@  This is a Linux-specific PMD, thus the following prerequisites apply:
 *  For PMD zero copy, it requires kernel version later than v5.4-rc1;
 *  For shared_umem, it requires kernel version v5.10 or later and libbpf version
    v0.2.0 or later.
+*  For 32-bit OS, a kernel with version 5.4 or later is required.
 
 Set up an af_xdp interface
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