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Prerequisites for building the OpenDataPlane (ODP) API

1. Linux kernel >= 2.6.32

   Earlier versions may or may not work.

2. autotools

   automake
   autoconf
   libtool

   On Debian/Ubuntu systems:
   $ sudo apt-get install automake autoconf libtool

   On CentOS/RedHat/Fedora systems:
   $ sudo yum install automake autoconf libtool libtoolize

3. Required libraries

   Libraries currently required to link: openssl

3.1 OpenSSL native compile

   For native compilation, simply load the necessary libraries using the appropriate
   tool set.

   On Debian/Ubuntu systems:
   $ sudo apt-get install libssl-dev

   On CentOS/RedHat/Fedora systems:
   $ sudo yum install openssl-devel

3.2 OpenSSL cross compilation

   Cross compilation requires cross compiling the individual libraries.  In order for
   a cross compiled executable to run on a target system, one must build the same
   version as that which is installed on the target rootfs.

   For example, to build openssl for both 32 and 64 bit compilation:

   # Clone openssl repository
   $ git clone git://git.openssl.org/openssl.git
   $ cd openssl

   # The command "git tag" will list all tags available in the repo.
   $ git tag

   # Checkout the specific tag to match openssl library in your target rootfs
   $ git checkout <tag name>

   # Build and install 32 bit version of openssl
   $ ./Configure linux-generic32 --cross-compile-prefix=arm-linux-gnueabihf- \
     --prefix=/home/user/src/install-openssl shared
   $ make
   $ make install

   # Build and install 64 bit version of openssl
   $ ./Configure linux-generic64 --cross-compile-prefix=aarch64-linux-gnu- \
     --prefix=/home/user/src/install-openssl-aarch64 shared
   $ make
   $ make install

   # You may now build either 32 or 64 bit ODP
   $ git clone git://git.linaro.org/lng/odp.git odp
   $ cd odp
   $ ./bootstrap

   # Build 32 bit version of ODP
   $ ./configure --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf \
     --with-openssl-path=/home/user/src/install-openssl
   $ make

   # Or build 64 bit version of ODP
   $ ./configure --host=aarch64-linux-gnu \
     --with-openssl-path=/home/user/src/install-openssl-aarch64
   $ make

3.3 Netmap (optional)

   Netmap accelerated ODP packet I/O.

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.

   # Checkout netmap code
   $ git clone https://github.com/luigirizzo/netmap.git
   $ cd netmap
   $ git checkout v11.1

   This is enough to build ODP. If you don't want to build netmap kernel
   modules you can jump to section 3.3.2.

   Netmap consists of a core kernel module (netmap.ko), optional modified
   device drivers and user space API headers to access the netmap
   functionality. It is recommended to build both the core module and modified
   device drivers for optimal performance.

   Netmap builds as an out-of-tree kernel module, you need matching kernel
   sources to compile it. General build instructions can be found in the packet
   README: https://github.com/luigirizzo/netmap/blob/master/LINUX/README.

   If you are running Ubuntu/Debian with the stock kernel and you want to
   compile both netmap.ko and modified drivers, these steps will guide you
   through it.

   # Download kernel headers
   $ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

   # Download kernel source matching to the headers
   $ sudo apt-get install linux-source
   # or
   $ apt-get source linux-image-$(uname -r)

   The source archive will be placed in /usr/src/linux-source-<kernel-version>
   (or in the current directory if using apt-get source). You will need to
   locate it and extract it to a convenient place.

   # Compile netmap
   $ cd <netmap_dir>/LINUX
   $ ./configure --kernel-sources=<path_to_kernel_src>
   $ make

3.3.2 Building ODP

   $ cd <odp_dir>
   $ ./bootstrap
   $ ./configure --with-netmap-path=<netmap_dir>
   $ make

3.3.3 Inserting netmap kernel modules

   In order to use netmap I/O you need to insert at least the core netmap
   kernel module.

   $ cd <netmap_dir>/LINUX
   $ sudo insmod netmap.ko

   To insert the optional modified drivers you first need to remove the
   original drivers, if loaded (and if not linked into the kernel). For
   example, if using ixgbe:

   $ cd <netmap_path>/LINUX
   $ sudo rmmod ixgbe
   $ sudo insmod ixgbe/ixgbe.ko

   To restore the original drivers you should be able to use modprobe.

3.3.4 Running ODP with netmap I/O

   ODP applications will use netmap for packet I/O by default as long as the
   netmap kernel module is loaded. If socket I/O is desired instead, it can be
   activated by setting the environment variable ODP_PKTIO_DISABLE_NETMAP.

4.0 Packages needed to build API tests

   Cunit test framework version 2.1-3 is required
   Cunit prvodes a framework to run the API test suite that proves conformance to the
   ODP API. The home page http://cunit.sourceforge.net/doc/introduction.html

4.1 Native Cunit install

   # Debian/Ubuntu check it is 2.1-3
   $ apt-get install libcunit1-dev

4.2 Built from src

   export CUNIT_VERSION=2.1-3
   curl -sSOL http://sourceforge.net/projects/cunit/files/CUnit/${CUNIT_VERSION}/CUnit-${CUNIT_VERSION}.tar.bz2
   tar -jxf *.bz2
   cd CUnit*
   ./bootstrap
   make install
   #In Step 4.4 use --with-cunit-path=/home/${USER}/CUnitHome

4.3 Cross compile of Cunit

   $ git svn clone http://svn.code.sf.net/p/cunit/code/trunk cunit-code
   $ cd cunit-code
   $ ./bootstrap
   $ ./configure --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --prefix=/home/${USER}/src/install-cunit

4.4 Using Cunit with ODP
   $ Add the configuration option to the regular configuration options
   ./configure  --enable-cunit  #if cunit is in the PATH
   ./configure  --with-cunit-path=DIR #only if you need a path to Cunit libs and headers

5.0 Documentation & Doxygen

5.1 API Guide
See http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/manual/install.html

The tested version of doxygen is 1.8.8

5.1.1 HTML
   # Debian/Ubuntu
   $ apt-get install doxygen graphviz

5.1.2 PDF
   # Debian/Ubuntu
   $ apt-get install texlive-latex-recommended texlive-latex-extra texlive-fonts-recommended

5.2 User guides

5.2.1 HTML
   # Ubuntu
   $ apt-get install asciidoc

   # Debian
   $ apt-get install asciidoc source-highlight