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4dacdbfa4SBernard IremongerIntroduction
5dacdbfa4SBernard Iremonger============
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79c587847SSiobhan ButlerThis document contains instructions for installing and configuring the
89c587847SSiobhan ButlerData Plane Development Kit (DPDK) software. It is designed to get customers
99c587847SSiobhan Butlerup and running quickly and describes how to compile and run a
10218c4e68SBruce RichardsonDPDK application in a FreeBSD application (freebsd) environment, without going
11f9e2411aSBruce Richardsondeeply into detail.
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13728c9e54SJohn McNamaraFor a comprehensive guide to installing and using FreeBSD, the following
14728c9e54SJohn McNamarahandbook is available from the FreeBSD Documentation Project:
15728c9e54SJohn McNamara`FreeBSD Handbook <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html>`_.
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173e7b87ddSBruce Richardson.. note::
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19be76aa58SBruce Richardson   DPDK is now available as part of the FreeBSD ports collection and as a pre-built package.
20be76aa58SBruce Richardson   Installing via the ports collection or FreeBSD `pkg` infrastructure is now the recommended
21be76aa58SBruce Richardson   way to install DPDK on FreeBSD, and is documented in the next chapter, :ref:`install_from_ports`.
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23dacdbfa4SBernard IremongerDocumentation Roadmap
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26*5cfaa3c3SBruce Richardson.. include:: ../linux_gsg/doc_roadmap.include.rst
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