[dpdk-users] pktgen-dpdk failed build "│/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -llua'

[..]

Hi,

I pulled the latest from git and ran make, I didnt fail make on Lua this
time, something in cli-functions.o it didn't like

== app
  CC cli-functions.o
In file included from /opt/dpdk-18.08/pktgen-dpdk/app/pktgen.h:83:0,
                 from /opt/dpdk-18.08/pktgen-dpdk/app/cli-functions.c:30:
/opt/dpdk-18.08/pktgen-dpdk/app/pktgen-port-cfg.h: In function
‘rte_get_rx_capa_list’:
/opt/dpdk-18.08/pktgen-dpdk/app/pktgen-port-cfg.h:386:4: error:
‘DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_SCTP_CKSUM’ undeclared (first use in this function)
  { DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_SCTP_CKSUM,  _(SCTP_CKSUM) },
    ^
/opt/dpdk-18.08/pktgen-dpdk/app/pktgen-port-cfg.h:386:4: note: each
undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
/opt/dpdk-18.08/pktgen-dpdk/app/pktgen-port-cfg.h:387:4: error:
‘DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_OUTER_UDP_CKSUM’ undeclared (first use in this function)
  { DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_OUTER_UDP_CKSUM,  _(OUTER_UDP_CKSUM) }
    ^
/opt/dpdk-18.08/pktgen-dpdk/app/pktgen-port-cfg.h: In function
‘rte_get_tx_capa_list’:
/opt/dpdk-18.08/pktgen-dpdk/app/pktgen-port-cfg.h:440:4: error:
‘DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_OUTER_UDP_CKSUM’ undeclared (first use in this function)
  { DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_OUTER_UDP_CKSUM, _(OUTER_UDP_CKSUM) },
    ^
/opt/dpdk-18.08/pktgen-dpdk/app/pktgen-port-cfg.h:440:2: warning:
initialization makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by
default]
  { DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_OUTER_UDP_CKSUM, _(OUTER_UDP_CKSUM) },
  ^
/opt/dpdk-18.08/pktgen-dpdk/app/pktgen-port-cfg.h:440:2: warning: (near
initialization for ‘tx_flags[20].flag’) [enabled by default]
/opt/dpdk-18.08/pktgen-dpdk/app/pktgen-port-cfg.h:441:4: error:
‘DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MATCH_METADATA’ undeclared (first use in this function)
  { DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MATCH_METADATA, _(MATCH_METADATA) },
    ^
/opt/dpdk-18.08/pktgen-dpdk/app/pktgen-port-cfg.h:441:2: warning:
initialization makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by
default]
  { DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MATCH_METADATA, _(MATCH_METADATA) },
  ^
/opt/dpdk-18.08/pktgen-dpdk/app/pktgen-port-cfg.h:441:2: warning: (near
initialization for ‘tx_flags[21].flag’) [enabled by default]
make[2]: *** [cli-functions.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make: *** [app] Error 2


On Thu, 4 Apr 2019, 16:09 Wiles, Keith, <keith.wiles at intel.com> wrote:

>
>
> > On Apr 4, 2019, at 1:57 AM, .. <hyperhead at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Keith,
> >
> > Ok will upgrade to latest version.
> >
> > Is there much documentation of creating custom payloads with dpdk-pktgen?
>
> You have three modes sequence, range and pcap.
> Sequence mode allows changing for the L2/L3 and some L4 fields. 16 packets
> per port are available.
> range mode allows changing L2/L3 fields and create ranges for theses
> packets.
> pcap mode allows you send any type of packets via a pcap file.
>
> >
> > Have you any opinions on Warp17 from Juniper the dpdk stateful packet
> generator?
>
> I have not looked at the Warp17
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Roland
> >
> > On Wed, 3 Apr 2019 at 14:57, Wiles, Keith <keith.wiles at intel.com> wrote:
> > Please update to the latest Pktgen, I believe I was able to fix the
> build system for CentOS.
> >
> > > On Apr 3, 2019, at 1:54 AM, .. <hyperhead at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi dpdk-users!
> > >
> > > OS: CentOS Linux release 7.0.1406 (Core)
> > > Kernel : 3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64
> > >
> > > I am trying to build dpdk-pktgen (I chose version 3.6.1 with dpdk
> 18.08).
> > > Whenever I build I get this error:
> > >
> > > [root at ipservera pktgen-dpdk-pktgen-3.6.1]# make -j
> > > == lib
> > > == common
> > > == utils
> > > == vec
> > > == lua
> > > == cli
> > > == app
> > >  LD pktgen
> > > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -llua
> > > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> > > make[2]: *** [pktgen] Error 1
> > > make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> > > make: *** [app] Error 2
> > >
> > > As it is Centos, I followed the instructions for building lua 5.3.2
> via the
> > > INSTALL.md notes with the pktgen install notes and also copied the
> > > generated libraries as per documentation:
> > >
> > > # ls -l /usr/lib64/ | grep liblua
> > > -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root      193864 Nov  6  2016 liblua-5.1.so
> > > -rw-r--r--   1 root root      442084 Apr  1 12:46 liblua-5.3.a
> > > -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root      260977 Apr  1 12:46 liblua-5.3.so
> > > # lua -v
> > > Lua 5.3.2  Copyright (C) 1994-2015 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
> > >
> > > # luac -v
> > > Lua 5.3.2  Copyright (C) 1994-2015 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
> > >
> > > Dpdk install details:
> > > ----------------------------
> > > # echo $RTE_SDK
> > > /usr/local/share/dpdk
> > >
> > > # echo $RTE_TARGET
> > > x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
> > >
> > > # ls -l /usr/local/share/dpdk
> > > total 24
> > > drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4096 Aug  9  2018 buildtools
> > > drwxr-xr-x 50 root root 4096 Aug  9  2018 examples
> > > drwxr-xr-x  8 root root 4096 Aug  9  2018 mk
> > > drwxrwxr-x 14 root root 4096 Apr  3 06:39 pktgen-dpdk-pktgen-3.6.1
> > > drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Aug  9  2018 usertools
> > > drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4096 Oct 10 18:25 x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
> > >
> > > I have never used pktgen -dpdk before against a dpdk application
> target.  I
> > > have another dpdk server running a reflector application we developed,
> but
> > > I used the standard Linux kernel pktgen and commercial software fpga
> nics
> > > to fire traffic at it, but I would now like to try with pktgen-dpdk.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Roland
> >
> > Regards,
> > Keith
> >
>
> Regards,
> Keith
>
>