[dpdk-dev] ConnectX4 100GbE - Compilation problem

[george.dit at gmail.com]

Hi Adrien,

Thanks for the prompt reply!
You are right, I didn't go via the DPDK route, in the hope that Mellanox
will provide the exact source and configuration.
DPDK 16.07 from dpdk.org works like a charm and my NIC is in PMD mode,
thanks a lot for your guidance!

Best regards,
Georgios

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 6:05 PM, Adrien Mazarguil <
adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com> wrote:

> Hi George,
>
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 05:41:38PM +0200, george.dit at gmail.com wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a single port Mellanox ConnectX 4 100GbE NIC and I want to test
> its
> > Rx/Tx capabilites  using DPDK.
> > My system runs a Linux kernel 4.4 compiled from sources.
> >
> > I found the PMD driver for this NIC as provided by Mellanox here
> > <http://www.mellanox.com/page/products_dyn?product_family=
> 209&mtag=pmd_for_dpdk>
> > .
> > Following this
> > <http://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/prod_software/
> MLNX_DPDK_Quick_Start_Guide_v2.2_2.7.pdf>
> > guideline, I put my NIC in Ethernet mode, configured the 3 options
> > regarding mlx5 in the config/common_linuxapp file and applied 'make
> install
> > T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc'.
>
> Please note this is a third party package maintained by Mellanox, therefore
> this mailing list is not the right place to discuss related errors, unless
> they can be reproduced with a version downloaded from dpdk.org.
>
> > Then, I stumbled upon a compilation problem in the mlx4 module.
> > The compiler's output is as follows:
> >
> > == Build drivers/net/mlx4
> >   CC mlx4.o
> > In file included from /usr/include/linux/if.h:31:0,
> >                  from /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c:57:
> > /usr/include/linux/hdlc/ioctl.h:73:14: error: ‘IFNAMSIZ’ undeclared here
> > (not in a function)
> >   char master[IFNAMSIZ]; /* Name of master FRAD device */
> >               ^
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c:612:53: error: ‘struct
> > ifreq’ declared inside parameter list [-Werror]
> >  priv_ifreq(const struct priv *priv, int req, struct ifreq *ifr)
> >                                                      ^
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c:612:53: error: its scope
> is
> > only this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want
> > [-Werror]
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c: In function
> ‘priv_ifreq’:
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c:619:32: error:
> dereferencing
> > pointer to incomplete type ‘struct ifreq’
> >   if (priv_get_ifname(priv, &ifr->ifr_name) == 0)
> >                                 ^
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c: In function ‘rxq_setup’:
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c:3735:29: error: unused
> > parameter ‘inactive’ [-Werror=unused-parameter]
> >     unsigned int socket, int inactive, const struct rte_eth_rxconf *conf,
> >                              ^
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c: In function
> > ‘mlx4_link_update_unlocked’:
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c:4712:15: error: storage
> size
> > of ‘ifr’ isn’t known
> >   struct ifreq ifr;
> >                ^
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c:4724:43: error: ‘IFF_UP’
> > undeclared (first use in this function)
> >   dev_link.link_status = ((ifr.ifr_flags & IFF_UP) &&
> >                                            ^
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c:4724:43: note: each
> > undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears
> in
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c:4725:22: error:
> > ‘IFF_RUNNING’ undeclared (first use in this function)
> >      (ifr.ifr_flags & IFF_RUNNING));
> >                       ^
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c:4712:15: error: unused
> > variable ‘ifr’ [-Werror=unused-variable]
> >   struct ifreq ifr;
> >                ^
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c: In function
> > ‘mlx4_dev_get_flow_ctrl’:
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c:4880:15: error: storage
> size
> > of ‘ifr’ isn’t known
> >   struct ifreq ifr;
> >                ^
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c:4880:15: error: unused
> > variable ‘ifr’ [-Werror=unused-variable]
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c: In function
> > ‘mlx4_dev_set_flow_ctrl’:
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c:4930:15: error: storage
> size
> > of ‘ifr’ isn’t known
> >   struct ifreq ifr;
> >                ^
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c:4930:15: error: unused
> > variable ‘ifr’ [-Werror=unused-variable]
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c: In function
> ‘priv_get_mac’:
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c:5184:15: error: storage
> size
> > of ‘request’ isn’t known
> >   struct ifreq request;
> >                ^
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c:5184:15: error: unused
> > variable ‘request’ [-Werror=unused-variable]
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c: In function
> > ‘mlx4_pci_devinit’:
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c:5725:25: error: ‘IFF_UP’
> > undeclared (first use in this function)
> >    priv_set_flags(priv, ~IFF_UP, IFF_UP);
> >                          ^
> > cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
> > /opt/MLNX_DPDK_2.2_2.7/mk/internal/rte.compile-pre.mk:126: recipe for
> > target 'mlx4.o' failed
> >
> > Iwould appreciate any suggestions and guidance.
>
> Well fortunately these errors are also present in v2.2.0 and should have
> been addressed since v16.07 by the following commit:
>
>  http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/commit/?id=d06c608c013c36711e7a693b3fece6
> 8a93ae4369
>
> You can either upgrade to v16.07, back-port this commit yourself or wait
> for
> an update from Mellanox.
>
> --
> Adrien Mazarguil
> 6WIND
>



-- 
   Georgios Katsikas
   Ph.D. Student and Research Assistant
   Network Systems Lab (NSL)



       *E-Mail:*  george <george.katsikas at imdea.org>.dit at gmail.com
   *Web Site:*  http://www.di.uoa.gr/~katsikas/
<http://people.networks.imdea.org/~george_katsikas/index.html>