[dpdk-dev] linking error with dpdk

[gowrishankar]

On Saturday 18 June 2016 01:13 PM, Raja Jayapal wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to install dpdk with ovs, but am getting the linking errors.
> Downloaded and tried with dpdk 2.0/2.2/16.04 and latest ovs.
>
> DPDK : wget http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/snapshot/dpdk-2.0.0.tar.gz and wget http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/snapshot/dpdk-2.2.0.tar.gz
> OVS : git clone https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs.git
>
>   ./configure --with-dpdk=/home/ubuntu/raja2/dpdk-2.2.0
> - - - - - - -
> checking target hint for cgcc... x86_64
> checking whether make has GNU make $(if) extension... yes
> checking whether dpdk datapath is enabled... yes
> checking for /home/ubuntu/raja2/dpdk-2.2.0/include/rte_config.h... no
> checking for /home/ubuntu/raja2/dpdk-2.2.0/include/dpdk/rte_config.h... no
> configure: error: Could not find DPDK libraries in /home/ubuntu/raja2/dpdk-2.2.0/lib

You need to have CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_COMBINE_LIBS=y if you are trying 
dpdk-2.2.0 or less.

As Ferruh replied earlier, refer to dpdk version what INSTALL.DPDK.md 
suggests.

Thanks,
Gowrishankar
> ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --with-dpdk=/home/ubuntu/raja1/dpdk-2.0.0/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/ --enable-ssl
>   - - - - - - - - - -
> checking whether gcc -std=gnu99 accepts -Wno-unused-parameter... yes
> checking target hint for cgcc... x86_64
> checking whether make has GNU make $(if) extension... yes
> checking whether dpdk datapath is enabled... yes
> checking for /home/ubuntu/raja1/dpdk-2.0.0/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc//include/rte_config.h... yes
> configure: error: Could not find DPDK libraries in /home/ubuntu/raja1/dpdk-2.0.0/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc//lib
> ubuntu at 01HW462422:~/raja1/ovs$
>
> Installed dpdk successfully, but when i build ovs with dpdk i am getting the linking error in all the three versions of dpdk.
> Is there any specific version in which the dpdk-ovs will only work, if so please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
> Raja
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