DPDK: Update documentation and travis build for vhost.

DPDK vhost support is mandatory to compile OVS with DPDK. This commit updates INSTALL.DPDK.md and the travis build procedure to reflect that. Signed-off-by: Daniele Di Proietto <[email protected]> Acked-by: Pravin B Shelar <[email protected]>
zhaoxx063 · Mar 20, 2015 · 777cb78 · 777cb78
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diff --git a/.travis/build.sh b/.travis/build.sh
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ function install_dpdk()
     fi
     find ./ -type f | xargs sed -i 's/max-inline-insns-single=100/max-inline-insns-single=400/'
     sed -ri 's,(CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_COMBINE_LIBS=).*,\1y,' config/common_linuxapp
+    sed -ri 's,(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST=).*,\1y,' config/common_linuxapp
     sed -ri '/CONFIG_RTE_LIBNAME/a CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_FPIC=y' config/common_linuxapp
     sed -ri '/EXECENV_CFLAGS  = -pthread -fPIC/{s/$/\nelse ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_FPIC),y)/;s/$/\nEXECENV_CFLAGS  = -pthread -fPIC/}' mk/exec-env/linuxapp/rte.vars.mk
     make config CC=gcc T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc

diff --git a/.travis/prepare.sh b/.travis/prepare.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 sudo apt-get update -qq
 sudo apt-get install -qq libssl-dev llvm-dev
 sudo apt-get install -qq gcc-multilib
+if [ "$DPDK" ]; then
+    sudo apt-get install -qq libfuse-dev
+fi
 
 git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/sparse/chrisl/sparse.git
 cd sparse && make && sudo make install PREFIX=/usr && cd ..
diff --git a/INSTALL.DPDK.md b/INSTALL.DPDK.md
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ OVS needs a system with 1GB hugepages support.
 Building and Installing:
 ------------------------
 
-Required DPDK 1.8.0
-Optional `fuse`, `fuse-devel`
+Required DPDK 1.8.0, `fuse`, `fuse-devel` (`libfuse-dev` on Debian/Ubuntu)
 
 1. Configure build & install DPDK:
   1. Set `$DPDK_DIR`
@@ -32,7 +31,12 @@ Optional `fuse`, `fuse-devel`
 
      `CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_COMBINE_LIBS=y`
 
-     Then run `make install` to build and isntall the library.
+     Update `config/common_linuxapp` so that DPDK is built with vhost
+     libraries:
+
+     `CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST=y`
+
+     Then run `make install` to build and install the library.
      For default install without IVSHMEM:
 
      `make install T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc`
@@ -300,18 +304,11 @@ in future releases when supported in DPDK and that vhost-cuse will eventually
 be deprecated. See [DPDK Docs] for more info on vhost.
 
 Prerequisites:
-1.  DPDK 1.8 with vhost support enabled and recompile OVS as above.
-
-     Update `config/common_linuxapp` so that DPDK is built with vhost
-     libraries:
-
-     `CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST=y`
-
-2.  Insert the Cuse module:
+1.  Insert the Cuse module:
 
       `modprobe cuse`
 
-3.  Build and insert the `eventfd_link` module:
+2.  Build and insert the `eventfd_link` module:
 
      `cd $DPDK_DIR/lib/librte_vhost/eventfd_link/`
      `make`