[dpdk-users] Redundant struct ether_addr

[Tran (US), Katherine K]

My linux machine is using Ubuntu 18.04.1 which has the dpdk version 17.11.6. Since I am using dpdk as a API library,  I would like to use 'apt-get' to install dpdk. I would like to avoid downloading the entire DPDK source code. 

Is there a PPA for me to update the dpdk version? 

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen at networkplumber.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 1:22 PM
To: Tran (US), Katherine K <katherine.k.tran at boeing.com>
Cc: users at dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] Redundant struct ether_addr

On Wed, 25 Sep 2019 20:06:43 +0000
"Tran (US), Katherine K" <katherine.k.tran at boeing.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am running into an issue of a redundant struct name. Apparently, 'struct ether_addr' is redefined in DPDK (rte_ether.h). The previous definition of ether_addr is from one of the included core network API files (netinet/if_ether.h).
> 
> How should I proceed with this compile error? Shouldn't DPDK have its own userspace?
> 
> Regards,
> Katherine

Already fixed in 19.08.
With earlier versions of DPDK, it is possible to cross headers since the binary layout is the same but it requires lots of unnecessary pain.