[dpdk-dev] "FATAL: Module uio not found" for dpdk usage on Amazon AWS

[Naveen Gamini <gamini_naveen@yahoo.com>]

When I tried to install dpdk on Amazon AWS ubuntu based linux, I see uio module error. Can anyone help me to how to load uio module on ubuntu linux so that IGB UIO module.
ubuntu@ip-172-31-29-51:~$ uname --allLinux ip-172-31-29-51 3.13.0-44-generic #73-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 16 00:22:43 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ubuntu@ip-172-31-29-51:~$ uname -r3.13.0-44-genericubuntu@ip-172-31-29-51:~$ 
root@ip-172-31-29-51:/home/pfe/riot/dpdk# ./tools/setup.sh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RTE_SDK exported as /home/pfe/riot/dpdk---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Step 1: Select the DPDK environment to build----------------------------------------------------------[1] i686-native-linuxapp-gcc[2] i686-native-linuxapp-icc[3] x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc[4] x86_64-ivshmem-linuxapp-gcc[5] x86_64-ivshmem-linuxapp-icc[6] x86_64-native-bsdapp-gcc[7] x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc[8] x86_64-native-linuxapp-icc

---------------------------------------------------------- Step 2: Setup linuxapp environment----------------------------------------------------------[9] Insert IGB UIO module[10] Insert VFIO module[11] Insert KNI module[12] Setup hugepage mappings for non-NUMA systems[13] Setup hugepage mappings for NUMA systems[14] Display current Ethernet device settings[15] Bind Ethernet device to IGB UIO module[16] Bind Ethernet device to VFIO module[17] Setup VFIO permissions
---------------------------------------------------------- Step 3: Run test application for linuxapp environment----------------------------------------------------------[18] Run test application ($RTE_TARGET/app/test)[19] Run testpmd application in interactive mode ($RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd)
---------------------------------------------------------- Step 4: Other tools----------------------------------------------------------[20] List hugepage info from /proc/meminfo
---------------------------------------------------------- Step 5: Uninstall and system cleanup----------------------------------------------------------[21] Uninstall all targets[22] Unbind NICs from IGB UIO driver[23] Remove IGB UIO module[24] Remove VFIO module[25] Remove KNI module[26] Remove hugepage mappings
[27] Exit Script
Option: 9
Unloading any existing DPDK UIO moduleLoading uio modulemodprobe: FATAL: Module uio not found.Loading DPDK UIO moduleinsmod: ERROR: could not insert module /home/pfe/riot/dpdk/x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc/kmod/igb_uio.ko: Unknown symbol in module## ERROR: Could not load kmod/igb_uio.ko.
Press enter to continue ...root@ip-172-31-29-51:/home/pfe/riot/dpdk# modinfo uiomodinfo: ERROR: Module uio not found.root@ip-172-31-29-51:/home/pfe/riot/dpdk# insmod uioinsmod: ERROR: could not load module uio: No such file or directoryroot@ip-172-31-29-51:/home/pfe/riot/dpdk# modprobe uiomodprobe: FATAL: Module uio not found.root@ip-172-31-29-51:/home/pfe/riot/dpdk#