Re: Assistance with DPDK on Windows

[Thenveer Poolakkanni <thenveer.poolakkanni@iwave-global.com>]

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Hi Team,
I have successfully compiled and built DPDK on a Windows system and am using a custom driver in conjunction with DPDK. I am able to write to the registers, and the driver can also read from them. Additionally, I have successfully loaded the netuio driver onto my network interfaces (01:00.0 and 01:00.1).
However, when running the DPDK application, I encounter the following error: "Invalid memory, No probed Ethernet devices." The issue is detailed further in the screenshot below.

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Could you please assist in identifying the cause of this error and advise on potential steps to resolve it?
Thank you in advance for your support.
Best regards,
Thenveer

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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 3:55 PM
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 <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

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?



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