[dpdk-dev] SSSE3 instruction set not enabled ERROR - use msse4.2

[Raj Ravi]

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cpuinfo:
cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 16
model : 4
model name : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor
stepping : 3
microcode : 0x10000c8
cpu MHz : 800.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 0
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt
pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl
nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm
extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit
wdt hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save
bogomips : 6399.94
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate
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Fedora 20  - 3.15.10 default Fedora kernel  used.

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I have built dpdk-1.7.0 and faced this error.
I have tried building dpdk-1.7.1 , but faced the same error.


Only after adding msse4.2, this errors goes away.


Thanks



On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 7:10 PM, Masaru Oki <m-oki at stratosphere.co.jp> wrote:
> Hi,
> What is your build environment (processor)?
> I got same error with AMD Phoenom II, doesn't have SSSE3 instruction.
>
>
> 2014-09-05 22:23 GMT+09:00 Raj Ravi <mekaviraj at gmail.com>:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I was facing this error:
>> "SSSE3 instruction set not enabled" while building dpdk.
>>
>> Using the following commands:
>> make config  T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
>> make install  T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
>>
>> So, again I tried like this :
>> make config    T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc   EXTRA_CFLAGS="-msse4.2"
>> make install    T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc   EXTRA_CFLAGS="-msse4.2"
>>
>> Now, the build goes through.
>> Is This method correct  to follow ?
>>
>> Thanks
>
>