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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: "andremue@linux.microsoft.com" <andremue@linux.microsoft.com>,
	Dmitry Kozlyuk <dmitry.kozliuk@gmail.com>
Cc: Thenveer Poolakkanni <thenveer.poolakkanni@iwave-global.com>,
	dev@dpdk.org, Chaturbhuja Nath Prabhu <c.prabhu@iwave-global.com>,
	Ayshathul Thuhara <ayshathul.thuhara@iwave-global.com>
Subject: Re: Assistance with DPDK on Windows
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:25:43 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2455856.MHSsGVy7CF@thomas> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <85f9def5-7f88-47d1-9dc8-524b060c54e5@gmail.com>

05/11/2025 08:36, Dmitry Kozlyuk:
> Hi Thenveer,
> 
> 
> On 11/5/25 10:18, Thenveer Poolakkanni wrote:
> > 1. Is it possible to execute or use dpdk-devbind.py on Windows to 
> > verify the device binding status?
> 
> No. Please use Device Manager for now.
> 
> > 2. On Windows, the build generates .dll files (e.g., 
> > rte_net_driver.dll) instead of .so files (e.g., librte_net_driver.so 
> > in Linux). How can we use or execute these .dll files in the same way 
> > we use .so files when running DPDK applications?
> >
> The application must link the needed libraries and PMDs when building. 
> These files must be in PATH or in the working directory when running the 
> application. Loading additional PMDs with "-d" EAL option is not yet 
> implemented. If you have a custom PMD you have to build it as a part of 
> DPDK and link to your application.
> 
> 
> P. S. Questions like these belong to users@dpdk.org. Keeping in dev@ to 
> avoid breaking threads.

This question is probably showing a lack of documentation.
Please can we have this gap solved with a patch?



      reply	other threads:[~2025-11-05 10:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-11-05  7:18 Thenveer Poolakkanni
2025-11-05  7:36 ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2025-11-05 10:25   ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]

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