[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] igb_uio: fix build with backported kernel

[martin_curran-gray at keysight.com]

Hi,

I set 
CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_KNI=n
In common_linux_app

Hmmm I didn't set 
CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD=n
It was a y

Lets see

Ah success

Thanks!

M.


-----Original Message-----
From: Ferruh Yigit [mailto:ferruh.yigit at intel.com] 
Sent: 02 November 2016 16:31
To: CURRAN-GRAY,MARTIN (K-Scotland,ex1) <martin_curran-gray at keysight.com>; dev at dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] igb_uio: fix build with backported kernel

On 11/2/2016 4:19 PM, martin_curran-gray at keysight.com wrote:
> Hi ,
> 
> Sorry, struggling to see what happened to this thread
> 
> I managed to get dpdk 2.2.0 to build on CentOs 6.8 by sorting the MSIX_ENTRY_CTRL_MASKBIT
> 
> But I'm trying to get 16.7 to run on 6.8, and am hitting the   vlan_tx_tag_present(_skb)
> 
> I tried just putting a bare
> #define  vlan_tx_tag_present(_skb) 0
> line in the two kcompat.h files
> one for igb and one for ixgbe
> 
> but I'm hitting other issues now.
> 
> /root/mcgray/dpdk-16.07/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c:441:20: error: macro "alloc_netdev" passed 4 arguments, but takes just 3
> 
> I had already turned of KNI in my config file, so why is the dpdk-setup.sh even trying to build this stuff??

I guess it is not disabled properly. How are you disabling KNI?

> 
> I don't need KNI as far as I know
> 
> I saw mention of backported kernel?
> 
> I guess my 16.7 is a few months old now, if I go and get another download will this all just go away?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Sry, this stuff all a bit beyond my experience so far.
> 
> 
> 
> Martin Curran-Gray
>