[dpdk-dev] [DPDK_KMODS v3] linux/igb_uio: add Makefile to build the kernel module

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Tue Oct 6 11:02:03 CEST 2020


On 10/5/2020 6:57 PM, Hariprasad Govindharajan wrote:
> With DPDK 20.11 release, the igb_uio module is no more part of DPDK.
> There are use cases where this module is required, for example while
> testing the virtual ports in OvS, the virtual ports are bound to
> igb_uio module inside a VM. So, this patch provides a Makefile
> which can be used to build this module and use as needed.
> 
> Before building this module, the user is expected to build the
> DPDK using meson build system and make sure that the required
> libraries are installed in the path /usr/local
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Govindharajan <hariprasad.govindharajan at intel.com>
> ---
> This patch will be part of dpdk-kmods repo
> https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/
> ---
> v3:
> Edited the commit message and corrected the mistakes in the variable
> definition
> v2:
> Added more information to the commit message
> ---
>   linux/igb_uio/Makefile | 8 ++++++++
>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>   create mode 100644 linux/igb_uio/Makefile
> 
> diff --git a/linux/igb_uio/Makefile b/linux/igb_uio/Makefile
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..8be32f0
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/linux/igb_uio/Makefile
> @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
> +DPDK_HEADERS ?= /usr/local/include
> +RTE_KERNELDIR ?= /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
> +
> +all:
> +		make EXTRA_CFLAGS="-I $(DPDK_HEADERS)" -C $(RTE_KERNELDIR)/ M=$(PWD)
> +
> +clean:
> +	    make -C $(RTE_KERNELDIR)/ M=$(PWD) clean
> 

Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>


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