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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
To: Murali Krishna <murali.krishna@broadcom.com>
Cc: users@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] dpdk 2.2.0 build failure on Rhel 6.8 Beta 1 Kernel
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 15:49:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9791503.gmfYu7J9gH@xps13> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <dba23402c81dbd5002f14c282e103309@mail.gmail.com>

2016-03-23 20:08, Murali Krishna:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> I tried workaround 1, 2 and 3.
> 
> 1. I still see some errors after disabling igb_uio(setting
> CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO=n in x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/.config) in the same
> kernel(2.6.32-621.el6.x86_64). Please see the attachment for detailed error
> information.

You must disable KNI which is also failing:
	CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD=n

> 2. I tried to build dpdk 2.2.0 on Rhel7.2 kernel(3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64) and
> I didn’t see any errors.
> 
> 3. I tried to compile older DPDKs(DPDK 1.7.1, DPDK 1.8.0 and DPDK 2.0.0) on
> the same Rhel6.8 kernel(2.6.32-621.el6.x86_64). I am seeing the same errors
> which I observed while building dpdk 2.2.0 when I try to compile older
> DPDKs(DPDK 1.7.1, DPDK 1.8.0 and DPDK 2.0.0)

It is hard to maintain these out of tree modules for kernels receiving
a lot of backports.

> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon@6wind.com]
> 2016-03-23 19:04, Murali Krishna:
> > [root@Rhel68B1 dpdk-2.2.0]# cat /etc/redhat-release
> >
> > Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.8 Beta (Santiago)
> >
> > [root@Rhel68B1 dpdk-2.2.0]# uname -a
> >
> > Linux Rhel68B1 2.6.32-621.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Feb 24 00:07:06 EST
> > 2016
> > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> [...]
> > /root/dpdk-2.2.0/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.c:213:
> > error: ‘PCI_MSIX_ENTRY_CTRL_MASKBIT’ undeclared (first use in this
> > function)
> [...]
> > Is there any workaround for this?
> 
> Yes there are a lot of workarounds (see the 4 proposals below).
> igb_uio is an out-of-tree kernel module.
> We are replacing it with upstream modules uio_pci_generic or vfio.
> 
> 1/ Try to disable igb_uio in your config (x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/.config):
> 	CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO=n
> 2/ If you want igb_uio, you should upgrade your kernel
> 3/ If you want to keep this kernel, you can try an older DPDK version
> 4/ If you want to keep this kernel and this DPDK, you can try to fix
> 	the issue and submit a patch to dev@dpdk.org.

  reply	other threads:[~2016-03-23 14:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-03-23 13:34 Murali Krishna
2016-03-23 14:00 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-03-23 14:38   ` Murali Krishna
2016-03-23 14:49     ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2016-03-23 15:00       ` Murali Krishna
2016-03-23 14:52   ` Murali Krishna
2016-03-23 15:05   ` Murali Krishna

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