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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 15:32:50 -0800
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Justin Tallon <justin.tallon@softwareradiosystems.com>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] using dpdk as a shared library
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 00:20:51 +0100
Justin Tallon <justin.tallon@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.