[dpdk-dev] DPDK with Ubuntu 14.04?

Matt Laswell laswell at infiniteio.com
Fri Jul 11 15:17:36 CEST 2014


Thanks Roger,

We saw similar issues with regard to kcompat.h.  Can I ask if you've done
anything beyond the example applications under 14.04?

--
Matt Laswell
infinite io


On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Wiles, Roger Keith <
keith.wiles at windriver.com> wrote:

>  The one problem I had with 14.04 was the kcompat.h file. It looks like a
> hash routine has changed its arguments. I edited the kcompat.h file and was
> about to change the code to allow DPDK to build. It is not affix but it
> worked for me.
>
>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/kcompat.h
>
>  /* #### Changed the next line to use (3,13,8) instead of (3,14,0) KeithW
> */
> #if ( LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3,13,8) )
> #if (!(RHEL_RELEASE_CODE && RHEL_RELEASE_CODE >=
> RHEL_RELEASE_VERSION(7,0)))
> #ifdef NETIF_F_RXHASH
> #define PKT_HASH_TYPE_L3 0
>
>  *Hope that works.*
>
>  *Keith **Wiles*, Principal Technologist with CTO office, *Wind River*
> mobile 972-213-5533
>
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>
>  On Jul 10, 2014, at 5:56 PM, Matt Laswell <laswell at infiniteio.com> wrote:
>
> Hey Folks,
>
> I know that official support hasn't moved past Ubuntu 12.04 LTS yet, but
> does anybody have any practical experience running with 14.04 LTS?  My team
> has run into one compilation error so far with 1.7, but other than that
> things look OK at first blush.  I'd like to move my product to 14.04 for a
> variety of reasons, but would hate to spend time chasing down subtle
> incompatibilities.  I'm guessing we're not the first ones to try this...
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Matt Laswell
> infinite io
>
>
>


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