doc: replace hugepages commands with dedicated tool

The tool dpdk-hugepages.py, added in DPDK 20.11,
is referenced in the guides instead of more complicate commands.

The original Linux commands are

doc: replace hugepages commands with dedicated tool

The tool dpdk-hugepages.py, added in DPDK 20.11,
is referenced in the guides instead of more complicate commands.

The original Linux commands are kept in linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
and nics/build_and_test.rst.

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

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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 howto guides

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

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

doc: remove references to make from howto guides

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: Kevin Laatz <kevin.laatz@intel.com>

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doc: fix spelling reported by aspell in guides

Fix spelling errors in the guide docs.

Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
Acked-by: Rami Rosen <ramirose@gmail.com>

mk: use linux and freebsd in config names

Rather than using linuxapp and bsdapp everywhere, we can change things to
use the, more readable, terms "linux" and "freebsd" in our build configs.
Rather t

mk: use linux and freebsd in config names

Rather than using linuxapp and bsdapp everywhere, we can change things to
use the, more readable, terms "linux" and "freebsd" in our build configs.
Rather than renaming the configs we can just duplicate the existing ones
with the new names using symlinks, and use the new names exclusively
internally. ["make showconfigs" also only shows the new names to keep the
list short] The result is that backward compatibility is kept fully but any
new builds or development can be done using the newer names, i.e. both
"make config T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc" and "T=x86_64-native-linux-gcc"
work.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>

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doc: convert Intel license headers to SPDX tags

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

app/testpmd: disable Rx VLAN offloads by default

Removed the hardcoded preconfigured Rx VLAN offload configuration
from testpmd and changed the Rx offload command line parameters from
disable to ena

app/testpmd: disable Rx VLAN offloads by default

Removed the hardcoded preconfigured Rx VLAN offload configuration
from testpmd and changed the Rx offload command line parameters from
disable to enable.

It has been decided by the Technical Board that testers who wish to
use these offloads will now have to explicitly write them in the
command-line when running testpmd.
The agreement is to keep two exceptions enabled by default in 18.02:
Rx CRC strip and Tx fast free.

Motivation:
Some PMDs such at the mlx4 may not implement all the offloads.
After the offload API rework assuming no offload is enabled by default,
commit ce17eddefc20 ("ethdev: introduce Rx queue offloads API")
commit cba7f53b717d ("ethdev: introduce Tx queue offloads API") trying
to enable a not supported offload is clearly an error which will cause
configuration failing.

Considering that testpmd is an application to test the PMD, it should
not fail on a configuration which was not explicitly requested.
The behavior of this test application is then turned to an opt-in
model.

Signed-off-by: Moti Haimovsky <motih@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>

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doc: use corelist instead of coremask

The coremask option in DPDK is difficult to use and we should be
promoting the use of the corelist (-l) option. The patch
adjusts the docs to use -l EAL option

doc: use corelist instead of coremask

The coremask option in DPDK is difficult to use and we should be
promoting the use of the corelist (-l) option. The patch
adjusts the docs to use -l EAL option instead of the -c option.

The patch only changes the docs and not the code as the -c option
will continue to exist unless it is removed in the future. The -c
option should be kept to maintain backward compatibility.

Signed-off-by: Keith Wiles <keith.wiles@intel.com>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>

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tools: move to usertools

Rename tools/ into usertools/ to differentiate from buildtools/
and devtools/ while making clear these scripts are part of
DPDK runtime.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <tho

tools: move to usertools

Rename tools/ into usertools/ to differentiate from buildtools/
and devtools/ while making clear these scripts are part of
DPDK runtime.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
Tested-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>

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doc: fix references to old binding script

dpdk-nic-bind.py script has been renamed to dpdk-devbind.py,
but some references to the old script have remained.
This commit completes the renaming.

Fixes

doc: fix references to old binding script

dpdk-nic-bind.py script has been renamed to dpdk-devbind.py,
but some references to the old script have remained.
This commit completes the renaming.

Fixes: a5d7a3f77ddc ("unify tools naming")

Signed-off-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>
Acked-by: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>

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doc: add VM live migration image

This patch adds an image of the Live Migration of a VM using vhost_user
on the host, test configuration.

Signed-off-by: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremonger@intel.c

doc: add VM live migration image

This patch adds an image of the Live Migration of a VM using vhost_user
on the host, test configuration.

Signed-off-by: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremonger@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>

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doc: add VM live migration howto with vhost-user

This patch describes the procedure to be be followed to perform
Live Migration of a VM with Virtio PMD running on a host which
is running the vhost_u

doc: add VM live migration howto with vhost-user

This patch describes the procedure to be be followed to perform
Live Migration of a VM with Virtio PMD running on a host which
is running the vhost_user sample application (vhost-switch).

It includes sample host and VM scripts used in the procedure.

Signed-off-by: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremonger@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>

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