[dpdk-users] Compiling fails

[Nishant Verma]

Adding answer for your second question.
for ko for rte_kni, first you need to compile then you will be able to get
that.

I suggest you to use dpdk-setup.sh present in usertools folder.

On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 11:21 PM Nishant Verma <vnish11 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Please check the sec 3 of GSG.
> Actually, what dpdk make procedure is looking for, DESTDIR for it to store
> the lib and other stuff.
>
> make install T=$RTE_TARGET DESTDIR=$DESTINATION_DIR
>
> Here, RTE_TARGET is your target for example x86_64-native-linux-gcc
> &
> DESTINATION_DIR is any folder location where you want to store the libs.
>
>
> On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 11:43 AM Saint Michael <venefax at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I downloaded dpdk-20.02.tar.xz and run source usertools/dpdk-setup.sh but
>> the script fails to install with "Installation cannot run with T defined
>> and DESTDIR undefined"
>>
>> I also need to build rtr_kni.ko, for my kernel 5.6.12-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64,
>> but the module that I need to compile, "rte_kni.ko" is not available, all
>> I
>> see is
>>  find -name "rte_kni*"
>> ./lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.h
>> ./lib/librte_kni/rte_kni_version.map
>> ./lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.c
>> ./lib/librte_kni/rte_kni_fifo.h
>> ./lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/include/rte_kni_common.h
>> ./x86_64-native-linux-gcc/build/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.o
>> ./x86_64-native-linux-gcc/include/rte_kni.h
>> ./x86_64-native-linux-gcc/include/rte_kni_common.h
>>
>> kindly help me understand what am I doing wrong? My goal is to pin two
>> network interfaces to a single core each, to accelerate packet processing.
>> Philip
>>
>
>
> --
> Rgds,
> Nishant
>
>
>
>

-- 
Rgds,
Nishant