doc: clarify instructions on running as non-root

The current instructions are slightly out of date when it comes to
providing information about setting up the system for using DPDK as
non-root, so u

doc: clarify instructions on running as non-root

The current instructions are slightly out of date when it comes to
providing information about setting up the system for using DPDK as
non-root, so update them.

Cc: stable@dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>

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doc: add pkg-config requirement for applications

DPDK relies on pkg-config(1) to provide correct parameters for
compiler and linker used in application build. Inaccurate build
parameters, produced

doc: add pkg-config requirement for applications

DPDK relies on pkg-config(1) to provide correct parameters for
compiler and linker used in application build. Inaccurate build
parameters, produced by pkg-config from DPDK .pc files could fail
application build or cause unpredicted results during application
runtime.

Update system requirements doc about a bug in pkg-config v0.27
used in RHEL-7.

Signed-off-by: Gregory Etelson <getelson@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>

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doc: remove Linux headers from requirements

The compilation of the kernel module KNI is optional.
The kernel headers should not be required for DPDK compilation.

Fixes: 91a861e54164 ("config: disab

doc: remove Linux headers from requirements

The compilation of the kernel module KNI is optional.
The kernel headers should not be required for DPDK compilation.

Fixes: 91a861e54164 ("config: disable Linux kernel modules by default")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>

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doc: add SPDX license tag header to Intel performance guide

This document never had any license or copyright on this file, add one.

Fixes: b932ebcb2664 ("doc: add NIC performance guide on Linux IA"

doc: add SPDX license tag header to Intel performance guide

This document never had any license or copyright on this file, add one.

Fixes: b932ebcb2664 ("doc: add NIC performance guide on Linux IA")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Acked-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal@nxp.com>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>

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doc: fix grammar

This patch corrects a grammatical error by changing 'an DPDK' to 'a DPDK',
so that the sentences can become grammatically accurate.

Fixes: 2e486e26328c ("doc: remove Intel referenc

doc: fix grammar

This patch corrects a grammatical error by changing 'an DPDK' to 'a DPDK',
so that the sentences can become grammatically accurate.

Fixes: 2e486e26328c ("doc: remove Intel references from linux guide")
Fixes: 48624fd96e7c ("doc: remove Intel references from prog guide")
Fixes: e0c7c4731957 ("doc: remove Intel references from sample apps guide")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Sarosh Arif <sarosh.arif@emumba.com>
Reviewed-by: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>

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eal: replace blacklist/whitelist options

Replace -w / --pci-whitelist with -a / --allow options
and --pci-blacklist with --block.
The -b short option remains unchanged.

Allow the old options for no

eal: replace blacklist/whitelist options

Replace -w / --pci-whitelist with -a / --allow options
and --pci-blacklist with --block.
The -b short option remains unchanged.

Allow the old options for now, but print a nag
warning since old options are deprecated.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Acked-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>

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doc: add instructions for building 32-bit DPDK

For users with 32-bit applications who wish to use DPDK we need to provide
instructions on creating a 32-bit build of DPDK with meson. Therefore add a

doc: add instructions for building 32-bit DPDK

For users with 32-bit applications who wish to use DPDK we need to provide
instructions on creating a 32-bit build of DPDK with meson. Therefore add a
section with this information to the GSG.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Acked-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>

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eal: rename lcore master and slave

Replace master lcore with main lcore and
replace slave lcore with worker lcore.

Keep the old functions and macros but mark them as deprecated
for this release.

T

eal: rename lcore master and slave

Replace master lcore with main lcore and
replace slave lcore with worker lcore.

Keep the old functions and macros but mark them as deprecated
for this release.

The "--master-lcore" command line option is also deprecated
and any usage will print a warning and use "--main-lcore"
as replacement.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Acked-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>

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eal: control max SIMD bitwidth

This patch adds a max SIMD bitwidth EAL configuration. The API allows
for an app to set this value. It can also be set using EAL argument
--force-max-simd-bitwidth, wh

eal: control max SIMD bitwidth

This patch adds a max SIMD bitwidth EAL configuration. The API allows
for an app to set this value. It can also be set using EAL argument
--force-max-simd-bitwidth, which will lock the value and override any
modifications made by the app.

Each arch has a define for the default SIMD bitwidth value, this is used
on EAL init to set the config max SIMD bitwidth.

Signed-off-by: Ciara Power <ciara.power@intel.com>
Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.wang@arm.com>
Acked-by: Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>

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kernel/linux: remove igb_uio

As decided in the Technical Board in November 2019,
the kernel module igb_uio is moved to the dpdk-kmods repository
in the /linux/igb_uio/ directory.

Minutes of Technic

kernel/linux: remove igb_uio

As decided in the Technical Board in November 2019,
the kernel module igb_uio is moved to the dpdk-kmods repository
in the /linux/igb_uio/ directory.

Minutes of Technical Board meeting:
https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-November/151763.html

Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>
Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>
Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>

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doc: remove references to make from Linux guide

Make is no longer supported for compiling DPDK, references are now
removed in the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Ciara Power <ciara.power@intel.com>
R

doc: remove references to make from Linux guide

Make is no longer supported for compiling DPDK, references are now
removed in the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Ciara Power <ciara.power@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>

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build: remove makefiles

A decision was made [1] to no longer support Make in DPDK, this patch
removes all Makefiles that do not make use of pkg-config, along with
the mk directory previously used by

build: remove makefiles

A decision was made [1] to no longer support Make in DPDK, this patch
removes all Makefiles that do not make use of pkg-config, along with
the mk directory previously used by make.

[1] https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-April/162839.html

Signed-off-by: Ciara Power <ciara.power@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.wang@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>

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