1196c650bSAnand Rawat.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause 2196c650bSAnand Rawat Copyright(c) 2019 Intel Corporation. 3196c650bSAnand Rawat 4196c650bSAnand RawatIntroduction 5196c650bSAnand Rawat============ 6196c650bSAnand Rawat 7196c650bSAnand RawatThis document contains instructions for installing and configuring the Data 8196c650bSAnand RawatPlane Development Kit (DPDK) software. The document describes how to compile 9196c650bSAnand Rawatand run a DPDK application in a Windows* OS application environment, without 10196c650bSAnand Rawatgoing deeply into detail. 11196c650bSAnand Rawat 12196c650bSAnand Rawat\*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 13196c650bSAnand Rawat 14196c650bSAnand RawatLimitations 15196c650bSAnand Rawat=========== 16196c650bSAnand Rawat 17196c650bSAnand RawatDPDK for Windows is currently a work in progress. Not all DPDK source files 18196c650bSAnand Rawatcompile. Support is being added in pieces so as to limit the overall scope 19196c650bSAnand Rawatof any individual patch series. The goal is to be able to run any DPDK 20196c650bSAnand Rawatapplication natively on Windows. 212f59f3b0SFady Bader 22*2bfd75a6SRay KinsellaThe :doc:`../contributing/abi_policy` does not apply to the Windows build, 23*2bfd75a6SRay Kinsellaas function versioning is not supported on Windows, 24*2bfd75a6SRay Kinsellatherefore minor ABI versions may be incompatible. 25