dpdk: add configure option

Ticket: #5859
2 years ago · d0bf3ba638
parent a331726eef
commit d0bf3ba638
2 changed files with 9 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/doc/userguide/configuration/suricata-yaml.rst
+++ b/doc/userguide/configuration/suricata-yaml.rst
@ -1945,6 +1945,12 @@ processes packets via passed packet descriptors.

    `High-level overview of DPDK application`

+To use DPDK capture module, Suricata must be compiled with DPDK option enabled.
+Support for DPDK can be enabled in configure step of the build process such as:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    ./configure --enable-dpdk

 Suricata makes use of DPDK for packet acquisition in workers runmode.
 The whole DPDK configuration resides in the `dpdk:` node. This node encapsulates
--- a/doc/userguide/install.rst
+++ b/doc/userguide/install.rst
@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ Common configure options

    Enables GeoIP support for detection.

+.. option:: --enable-dpdk
+
+    Enables `DPDK <https://www.dpdk.org/>` packet capture method.

 Dependencies
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^