From d3d48c30b832d9c4d44ece51dcedbd8e297201e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matias Elo Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:26:08 +0200 Subject: DEPENDENCIES: improve netmap installation instructions The latest netmap release version is getting old and no new releases are planned in the near future. Modify netmap installation instructions to prefer the latest netmap master branch commit for the best performance and bug fixes. Signed-off-by: Matias Elo Signed-off-by: Maxim Uvarov --- DEPENDENCIES | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'DEPENDENCIES') diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES b/DEPENDENCIES index fe7df4091..9fee177b6 100644 --- a/DEPENDENCIES +++ b/DEPENDENCIES @@ -82,13 +82,14 @@ Prerequisites for building the OpenDataPlane (ODP) API 3.3.1 Building netmap kernel modules - ODP works (at least) with the latest release version of netmap, which is - currently at API version 11.1. + ODP works at least with the latest release version of netmap, which is + currently 11.1. However, if possible one should try to use the latest netmap + master branch commit for the best performance and the latest bug fixes. # Checkout netmap code $ git clone https://github.com/luigirizzo/netmap.git $ cd netmap - $ git checkout v11.1 + $ git checkout v11.1 (optional) This is enough to build ODP. If you don't want to build netmap kernel modules you can jump to section 3.3.2. -- cgit v1.2.3