DPDK 22.11 Troubleshooting

[Bruce Richardson]

On Wed, May 03, 2023 at 04:53:20PM +0000, Gilbert Carrillo wrote:
> Make static returns an error (see attached).
> 
> v/R,
> Gilbert
>

To help investigate this issue, can you perhaps include the text of the
full build output when you run "make static". On my system I see libelf
listed on the linker flags when I run "make static", and things link
properly. I'm wondering how my setup may differ from yours.

/Bruce
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com> 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 10:35 AM
> To: Gilbert Carrillo <gcarrillo at ampex.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: DPDK 22.11 Troubleshooting
> 
> On Wed, May 03, 2023 at 04:22:05PM +0000, Gilbert Carrillo wrote:
> > Hi Bruce,
> > 
> > Thank you for the response.
> > 
> > There is no errors when I run the makefile, however I do see a difference in the programs. I don't believe the makefile is linking all the libraries together as intended.
> > 
> > For example, when I run the ethtool sample program and compile it using meson, it works fine and rte_eth_dev_count_avail() returns the correct amount. However, when I compile ethtool with the makefile and run it rte_eth_dev_count_avail() returns 0.
> > 
> 
> Note that by default the meson build will statically link the examples, while the makefile will dynamically load the drivers at runtime. That may explain the difference. Can you try building and running using "make static" rather than just "make".
> 
> /Bruce