[dpdk-dev] "Port 0 is not present on the board" when building DPDK libraries as shared
Bruce Richardson
bruce.richardson at intel.com
Fri May 12 10:41:25 CEST 2017
On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 09:33:32PM +0000, Mastorakis, Spyridon wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> When I compile the DPDK libraries as shared (by modifying the base_config file) and try to run an application (e.g., l3fwd), I get an error that port 0 is not present on board.
>
> I have cleaned the system several times (unbinded NICs, removed igb_uio and uio modules and hugepage mappings) and have configured everything again, but this does not resolve the issue. I am also not able to add a virtual device (specifically a virtual ring) when I compile as a shared library (no PMD drivers found).
>
> When I compile the DPDK libraries as static though, everything works perfectly fine and I can run the DPDK applications and add virtual rings.
>
> I have tried dpdk-17.02 and the latest stable dpdk version (16.11.1), but none of them seems to work.
>
> Do you have any clue why this is happening?
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Spyros
When compiled as a shared lib, are you passing in the "-d" parameters to
make sure that the PMDs are actually loaded by the app. Unlike the
static version, they are not automatically linked in the shared lib
build.
/Bruce
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