diff --git a/PORTING.md b/PORTING.md index 474a7f583..767d39153 100644 --- a/PORTING.md +++ b/PORTING.md @@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ library interface. The *env* interface provides APIs for drivers to allocate physically contiguous and pinned memory, perform PCI operations (config cycles and mapping BARs), virtual to physical address translation and managing memory pools. The *env* API is -defined in `[include/spdk/env.h](include/spdk/env.h)`. +defined in [include/spdk/env.h](include/spdk/env.h). SPDK includes a default implementation of the *env* library based on the Data Plane Development Kit ([DPDK](http://dpdk.org/)). -This DPDK implementation can be found in `lib/env`. DPDK is -currently supported on Linux and FreeBSD only. +This DPDK implementation can be found in `lib/env`. -Users who want to use SPDK on other operating system, or in +DPDK is currently supported on Linux and FreeBSD only. +Users who want to use SPDK on other operating systems, or in userspace driver frameworks other than DPDK, will need to implement a new version of the *env* library. The new implementation can be integrated into the SPDK build by updating the following line