From: Jerin Jacob <jer...@marvell.com>
Documented the role of RTE_ARM_EAL_RDTSC_USE_PMU to enable
PMU based rte_rdtsc().
Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jer...@marvell.com>
---
doc/guides/prog_guide/profile_app.rst | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/profile_app.rst
b/doc/guides/prog_guide/profile_app.rst
index 52f85bb9e0..bd6700ef85 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/profile_app.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/profile_app.rst
@@ -94,7 +94,16 @@ an ARMv8 machine.
make
sudo insmod pmu_el0_cycle_counter.ko
-Please refer to :doc:`../linux_gsg/build_dpdk` for details on compiling DPDK
with meson.
+Please refer to :doc:`../linux_gsg/build_dpdk` for generic details on
compiling DPDK with meson.
+
+In order to enable ``PMU`` based ``rte_rdtsc()``, user needs to configure the
+build with ``-Dc_args='-DRTE_ARM_EAL_RDTSC_USE_PMU'``.
+
+Example:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ meson --cross config/arm/arm64_armv8_linux_gcc
-Dc_args='-DRTE_ARM_EAL_RDTSC_USE_PMU' build
.. warning::
--
2.32.0
