[dpdk-dev] Pcap question

[Meir Tseitlin]

Hi guys,

I am experiencing problem with compiling libpcap extension with all recent
versions:

Versions after 1.5.2r2 (1.5.2r2 up to 1.6.0r1) I get the following error
compilation error:
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== Build lib/librte_pmd_pcap
  CC rte_eth_pcap.o
/home/ubuntu/libs/dpdk-1.5.2r2/lib/librte_pmd_pcap/rte_eth_pcap.c: In
function 'rte_pmd_init_internals':
/home/ubuntu/libs/dpdk-1.5.2r2/lib/librte_pmd_pcap/rte_eth_pcap.c:559:30:
error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/ubuntu/libs/dpdk-1.5.2r2/lib/librte_pmd_pcap/rte_eth_pcap.c:560:15:
error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/ubuntu/libs/dpdk-1.5.2r2/lib/librte_pmd_pcap/rte_eth_pcap.c:561:18:
error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/ubuntu/libs/dpdk-1.5.2r2/lib/librte_pmd_pcap/rte_eth_pcap.c:603:47:
error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/ubuntu/libs/dpdk-1.5.2r2/lib/librte_pmd_pcap/rte_eth_pcap.c: In
function 'rte_pmd_pcap_init':
/home/ubuntu/libs/dpdk-1.5.2r2/lib/librte_pmd_pcap/rte_eth_pcap.c:732:73:
error: 'dict' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/ubuntu/libs/dpdk-1.5.2r2/lib/librte_pmd_pcap/rte_eth_pcap.c:732:73:
note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it
appears in
/home/ubuntu/libs/dpdk-1.5.2r2/lib/librte_pmd_pcap/rte_eth_pcap.c:778:1:
error: control reaches end of non-void function [-Werror=return-type]


Versions 1.5.1r1 - 1.5.2r1 I get the following error:
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  LD testpmd
/usr/bin/ld: unrecognized option '-Wl'
/usr/bin/ld: use the --help option for usage information
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [testpmd] Error 1
make[2]: *** [test-pmd] Error 2


My environment:
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I am running Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit:
I tried GCC 4.6 and 4.7.3
I tried binutils (ld) 2.22 and 2.24
I tried libpcap 1.4.0 and 1.5.3

With libpcap 0.8 (12.04 original repository) version prior 1.5.2r2 does
compile successfully, but as mentioned in documentation it does not support
packet sending

Without libpcap enabled everything compiles fine


Help will be highly appreciated!
Meir Tseitlin


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