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{ type: install
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message: <<EOM
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The Intel(R) DPDK requires two kernel modules to be loaded in order to run.
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To load these modules add loading lines to /boot/loader.conf
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contigmem_load="YES"
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nic_uio_load="YES"
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The modules each take a number of parameters. These should be set in loader.conf
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before the above two lines to load the module.
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* The "contigmem" module is used to reserve contiguous blocks of physical memory
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for packet buffer use. It takes parameters for the number and size of blocks
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to be reserved. An example is below, reserving a single 1G block:
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hw.contigmem.num_buffers=1
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hw.contigmem.buffer_size=1073741824
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* The "nic_uio" module is used to expose the network card (NIC) hardware
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directly to userspace for use with the Intel(R) DPDK. If the NIC ports to be
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used are in use by an existing driver, the nic_uio module can unbind the port
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from its existing driver when requested to do so. This is done by passing the
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relevant PCI bus, device and function settings to the driver as parameters.
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For example:
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hw.nic_uio.bdfs="2:0:0,2:0:1"
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}
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]
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