[dpdk-dev] Unable to compile DPDK 1.5 on Debian GNU/Linux: lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio

[Thomas Monjalon]

04/11/2013 13:58, Marc Sune :
> I am unable to compile DPDK 1.5 (and previous versions) on Debian
> GNU/Linux Wheezy (7) and Squeeze (6).
> 
> == Build lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio
> make[8]: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
> make[7]: *** [igb_uio.ko] Error 2
> make[6]: *** [igb_uio] Error 2
> make[5]: *** [linuxapp] Error 2
> make[4]: *** [librte_eal] Error 2
> make[3]: *** [lib] Error 2
> make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc_install] Error 2
> make: *** [install] Error 2

You probably don't have linux headers installed.
We probably should check $(wildcard $(RTE_KERNELDIR)) in order to provide an 
error message.
Do not hesitate to provide a patch for mk/rte.module.mk.

-- 
Thomas