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diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst index 085e47990..2468c641b 100644 --- a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst +++ b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Build requirements In addition to the requirements described in :doc:`general`, building Open vSwitch with DPDK will require the following: -- DPDK 17.11.2 +- DPDK 17.11.3 - A `DPDK supported NIC`_ @@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ Install DPDK #. Download the `DPDK sources`_, extract the file and set ``DPDK_DIR``:: $ cd /usr/src/ - $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-17.11.2.tar.xz - $ tar xf dpdk-17.11.2.tar.xz - $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-17.11.2 + $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-17.11.3.tar.xz + $ tar xf dpdk-17.11.3.tar.xz + $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-17.11.3 $ cd $DPDK_DIR #. (Optional) Configure DPDK as a shared library @@ -170,6 +170,12 @@ Mount the hugepages, if not already mounted by default:: $ mount -t hugetlbfs none /dev/hugepages`` +.. note:: + + The amount of hugepage memory required can be affected by various + aspects of the datapath and device configuration. Refer to + :doc:`/topics/dpdk/memory` for more details. + .. _dpdk-vfio: Setup DPDK devices using VFIO |