[dpdk-users] using dpdk as a shared library

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 00:20:51 +0100
Justin Tallon <justin.tallon at softwareradiosystems.com> wrote:

> Hey Stephen,
> 
> Thanks for the response, I have passed the directory of the dpdk library as
> you said with the -d flag.
> 
> However, when I did this, I get the following error.
> 
> libdpdk.so: invalid ELF header
> 
> any help with this would be appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> Justin
> 

You need to pass the individual pmd library name.
libdpdk.so is a linker script, not a real shared library.
It disappeared in later versions.