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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
	Nandini Persad <nandinipersad361@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 01/11] doc: correct errors in Linux system requirements guide
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:06:17 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260116211649.104776-2-stephen@networkplumber.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260116211649.104776-1-stephen@networkplumber.org>

Changes:
- Fix capitalization of IBM Advance Toolchain
- Remove double spaces before "support"
- Add missing preposition "in" and article "the"
- Fix hugetlbfs mount command syntax (add -o flag and device)

Signed-off-by: Nandini Persad <nandinipersad361@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
---
 doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
index 52a840fbe9..869584c344 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
 
 *   Intel\ |reg| oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler.
 
-*   IBM\ |reg| Advance ToolChain for Powerlinux. This is a set of open source development tools and runtime libraries
+*   IBM\ |reg| Advance Toolchain for Powerlinux. This is a set of open source development tools and runtime libraries
     which allows users to take leading edge advantage of IBM's latest POWER hardware features on Linux. To install
     it, see the IBM official installation document.
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ e.g. :doc:`../nics/index`
 Running DPDK Applications
 -------------------------
 
-To run a DPDK application, some customization may be required on the target machine.
+To run a DPDK application, customization may be required on the target machine.
 
 System Software
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ System Software
 
     *   HUGETLBFS
 
-    *   PROC_PAGE_MONITOR  support
+    *   PROC_PAGE_MONITOR support
 
-    *   HPET and HPET_MMAP configuration options should also be enabled if HPET  support is required.
+    *   HPET and HPET_MMAP configuration options should also be enabled if HPET support is required.
         See the section on :ref:`High Precision Event Timer (HPET) Functionality <High_Precision_Event_Timer>` for more details.
 
 .. _linux_gsg_hugepages:
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Use of Hugepages in the Linux Environment
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Hugepage support is required for the large memory pool allocation used for packet buffers
-(the HUGETLBFS option must be enabled in the running kernel as indicated the previous section).
+(the HUGETLBFS option must be enabled in the running kernel as indicated in the previous section).
 By using hugepage allocations, performance is increased since fewer pages are needed,
 and therefore less Translation Lookaside Buffers (TLBs, high speed translation caches),
 which reduce the time it takes to translate a virtual page address to a physical page address.
@@ -225,10 +225,10 @@ However, in order to use hugepage sizes other than the default, it is necessary
 to manually create mount points for those hugepage sizes (e.g. 1GB pages).
 
 To make the hugepages of size 1GB available for DPDK use,
-following steps must be performed::
+the following steps must be performed::
 
     mkdir /mnt/huge
-    mount -t hugetlbfs pagesize=1GB /mnt/huge
+    mount -t hugetlbfs -o pagesize=1GB none /mnt/huge
 
 The mount point can be made permanent across reboots, by adding the following line to the ``/etc/fstab`` file::
 
-- 
2.51.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-01-16 21:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-16 21:06 [PATCH 00/11] doc: Linux Getting Started Guide grammar and clarity improvements Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-16 21:06 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2026-01-16 21:06 ` [PATCH 02/11] doc: correct grammar in AMD platform guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-20  9:33   ` Varghese, Vipin
2026-01-16 21:06 ` [PATCH 03/11] doc: correct typos in DPDK build guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-16 21:06 ` [PATCH 04/11] doc: correct grammar in sample applications guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-16 21:06 ` [PATCH 05/11] doc: correct grammar in Intel platform guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-16 21:06 ` [PATCH 06/11] doc: correct word choice and redundant text in intro Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-16 21:06 ` [PATCH 07/11] doc: correct grammar in ARM64 cross-compile guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-16 21:06 ` [PATCH 08/11] doc: remove redundant text in documentation roadmap Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-16 21:06 ` [PATCH 09/11] doc: correct grammar and formatting in EAL arguments Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-16 21:06 ` [PATCH 10/11] doc: correct typos in enabling functionality guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-16 21:06 ` [PATCH 11/11] doc: correct grammar in Linux drivers guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-31 17:31 ` [PATCH 00/11] doc: Linux Getting Started Guide grammar and clarity improvements Thomas Monjalon

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