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diff --git a/doc/book-enea-nfv-access-release-info/doc/system_requirements_prerequisites.xml b/doc/book-enea-nfv-access-release-info/doc/system_requirements_prerequisites.xml index f4a815f..3217339 100644 --- a/doc/book-enea-nfv-access-release-info/doc/system_requirements_prerequisites.xml +++ b/doc/book-enea-nfv-access-release-info/doc/system_requirements_prerequisites.xml | |||
@@ -10,20 +10,10 @@ | |||
10 | <section id="enea-nfv-access-sysreq"> | 10 | <section id="enea-nfv-access-sysreq"> |
11 | <title>System Requirements</title> | 11 | <title>System Requirements</title> |
12 | 12 | ||
13 | <para>The host requirements listed below are extensive to allow for the | 13 | <para>The host requirements listed below are extensive to allow getting |
14 | building of Linux images via the Yocto system, and not just | 14 | Enea NFV Access to be booted on target machines and for building |
15 | applications.</para> | 15 | applications.</para> |
16 | 16 | ||
17 | <para>Please also see the system requirements in the Yocto 2.1 documents: | ||
18 | Yocto Project Start <ulink | ||
19 | url="http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.1/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html#yp-resources"> | ||
20 | http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.1/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html#yp-resources</ulink> | ||
21 | and the Yocto Project Reference Manual <ulink | ||
22 | url="http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.1/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#intro-requirements"> | ||
23 | http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.1/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#intro-requirements</ulink>. | ||
24 | If needed, replace the Yocto version in the link(s) provided with a more | ||
25 | recent version.</para> | ||
26 | |||
27 | <informaltable> | 17 | <informaltable> |
28 | <tgroup cols="2"> | 18 | <tgroup cols="2"> |
29 | <colspec align="left" colname="1" colwidth="1*" /> | 19 | <colspec align="left" colname="1" colwidth="1*" /> |
@@ -34,8 +24,8 @@ | |||
34 | 24 | ||
35 | <tbody> | 25 | <tbody> |
36 | <row> | 26 | <row> |
37 | <entry spanname="onetwo"><emphasis role="bold"> Build host | 27 | <entry spanname="onetwo"><emphasis role="bold"> Build Host |
38 | requirements<indexterm> | 28 | Requirements<indexterm> |
39 | <primary>system requirements</primary> | 29 | <primary>system requirements</primary> |
40 | </indexterm></emphasis></entry> | 30 | </indexterm></emphasis></entry> |
41 | </row> | 31 | </row> |
@@ -43,107 +33,31 @@ | |||
43 | <row> | 33 | <row> |
44 | <entry>Linux distribution</entry> | 34 | <entry>Linux distribution</entry> |
45 | 35 | ||
46 | <entry>The downloaded code shall be built on a Linux host to | 36 | <entry>The downloaded product can installed on the target machine |
47 | generate images for your target or for emulation in QEMU. For | 37 | using a Linux host. For information about the supported hosts and |
48 | information about the supported hosts and targets, see the | 38 | targets, see <xref |
49 | <emphasis role="bold">Enea Linux Release Information</emphasis> in | 39 | linkend="relinfo-supported-host-environment" />.</entry> |
50 | your Enea Linux distribution.</entry> | ||
51 | </row> | ||
52 | |||
53 | <row> | ||
54 | <entry>Internet access</entry> | ||
55 | |||
56 | <entry>Internet access must be available when building an image, | ||
57 | since bitbake downloads source files from various servers during | ||
58 | the build.</entry> | ||
59 | </row> | 40 | </row> |
60 | 41 | ||
61 | <row> | 42 | <row> |
62 | <entry>Packages</entry> | 43 | <entry>Packages</entry> |
63 | 44 | ||
64 | <entry>Depending on the Linux distribution and version on host, | 45 | <entry>Depending on the Linux distribution and version of the |
65 | some packages may be required, by bitbake for example. You will | 46 | host, some packages may be required. See details on what packages |
66 | install any required packages while following the installation | 47 | are needed and how to install, in the following sections.</entry> |
67 | instructions.</entry> | ||
68 | </row> | ||
69 | |||
70 | <row> | ||
71 | <entry>Targets</entry> | ||
72 | |||
73 | <entry>Images can be built or downloaded for any of the targets | ||
74 | supported in this release, as specified in the <emphasis | ||
75 | role="bold">Enea Linux Release Information</emphasis>.</entry> | ||
76 | </row> | 48 | </row> |
77 | 49 | ||
78 | <row> | 50 | <row> |
79 | <entry>Disk space</entry> | 51 | <entry>Disk space</entry> |
80 | 52 | ||
81 | <entry><para>Your system should have at least 50 GB of free disk | 53 | <entry>Your system should have at least 50 GB of free disk space |
82 | space when bitbaking the basic enea-image-name kernel | 54 | for installing the SDK or cross-compiling applications.</entry> |
83 | image.</para> <para>For larger images and to allow for future | ||
84 | package extensions and variations in the build process, a minimum | ||
85 | of 100 GB free disk space is recommended.</para></entry> | ||
86 | </row> | 55 | </row> |
87 | 56 | ||
88 | <row> | 57 | <row> |
89 | <entry>Recommended RAM</entry> | 58 | <entry>Recommended RAM</entry> |
90 | 59 | ||
91 | <entry><para>Your system must have at least 4 GB available | 60 | <entry>Your system must have at least 4 GB available RAM.</entry> |
92 | RAM.</para> <para>It is recommended to have 8 GB RAM available for | ||
93 | parallel build jobs.</para></entry> | ||
94 | </row> | ||
95 | |||
96 | <row> | ||
97 | <entry>Java</entry> | ||
98 | |||
99 | <entry>Java <indexterm> | ||
100 | <primary>java</primary> | ||
101 | </indexterm>is required to run Eclipse. Currenly, Eclipse | ||
102 | generally recommends at least Java 6 JRE/JDK. More information | ||
103 | regarding operating environments for Eclipse, is provided in the | ||
104 | <emphasis>Eclipse Project Release Notes</emphasis> for the version | ||
105 | used. This can usually be found via | ||
106 | http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/readme_eclipse_version. | ||
107 | See the <emphasis role="bold">Enea Linux Release Information | ||
108 | </emphasis>for the Eclipse Version.</entry> | ||
109 | </row> | ||
110 | </tbody> | ||
111 | </tgroup> | ||
112 | </informaltable> | ||
113 | |||
114 | <para>The build time depends on the capacity of the processor and other | ||
115 | hardware, available resources, speed of internet connection, load | ||
116 | situation, etc. E.g: on a fast 16 core machine with 16 GB RAM and SSD | ||
117 | disks, a complete build from source could take about two hours.</para> | ||
118 | |||
119 | <informaltable> | ||
120 | <tgroup cols="2"> | ||
121 | <colspec align="left" colname="1" colwidth="1*" /> | ||
122 | |||
123 | <colspec align="left" colname="2" colwidth="3*" /> | ||
124 | |||
125 | <spanspec nameend="2" namest="1" spanname="onetwo" /> | ||
126 | |||
127 | <tbody> | ||
128 | <row> | ||
129 | <entry spanname="onetwo"><emphasis role="bold">Target | ||
130 | Requirements</emphasis></entry> | ||
131 | </row> | ||
132 | |||
133 | <row> | ||
134 | <entry>External memory</entry> | ||
135 | |||
136 | <entry>To boot a CGL<indexterm> | ||
137 | <primary>CGL</primary> | ||
138 | </indexterm> image, you need at least 16 GB on a hard-disk | ||
139 | drive<indexterm> | ||
140 | <primary>HDD</primary> | ||
141 | </indexterm> on eSATA, USB drive, or SD card.<remark>INFO: | ||
142 | (packed rootfs 4.5 GB + unpacked rootfs 1.5 GB + good | ||
143 | margins)</remark><remark>INFO: NFS does not support SELinux. In | ||
144 | order to have a security-enhanced Linux, one must take off from an | ||
145 | NFS-booted system and proceed with boot from external | ||
146 | memory.</remark></entry> | ||
147 | </row> | 61 | </row> |
148 | </tbody> | 62 | </tbody> |
149 | </tgroup> | 63 | </tgroup> |
@@ -153,7 +67,7 @@ | |||
153 | <section id="ensure-bash"> | 67 | <section id="ensure-bash"> |
154 | <title>System Shell Configuration</title> | 68 | <title>System Shell Configuration</title> |
155 | 69 | ||
156 | <para>Before installing Enea Linux, ensure that bash is the default | 70 | <para>Before installing Enea NFV Access, ensure that bash is the default |
157 | shell.</para> | 71 | shell.</para> |
158 | 72 | ||
159 | <para>If your system runs Ubuntu, you can use ls -l to ensure | 73 | <para>If your system runs Ubuntu, you can use ls -l to ensure |
@@ -182,4 +96,10 @@ | |||
182 | xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" | 96 | xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" |
183 | xpointer="element(eltf-prereq-apt-get-commands-host/1)" /> | 97 | xpointer="element(eltf-prereq-apt-get-commands-host/1)" /> |
184 | </section> | 98 | </section> |
99 | |||
100 | <section id="dns-server"> | ||
101 | <title>Installing and Configuring the DNS server</title> | ||
102 | |||
103 | <para>CONTENT NEEDED</para> | ||
104 | </section> | ||
185 | </chapter> \ No newline at end of file | 105 | </chapter> \ No newline at end of file |