On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>wrote:
> Hello, > > Thank you for your suggestion. > I think you should send a patch on the mailing list to re-enable it. > > Thanks > -- > Thomas > > > 02/01/2014 11:10, neeraj kumar : > > Hi Thomas, > > > > According to commit no. (*d92c66f5ac53a7b803efcb4782e601ea99c38a7e*) we > > can't create KNI on 32 bit system b'coz > > > > *lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c:304:2: error: format '%llx' > expects > > argument of type 'long long unsigned int', but argument 2 has type > > 'phys_addr_t' [-Werror=format*] > > > > It is because by default in 32 bit kernel *High Memory Support* option of > > make menuconfig is selected with size 4 GB, therefore it gives > compilation > > error. > > > > Thus to use KNI on 32 bit system we need kernel with High memory support > of > > 64 GB, i.e *PAE* (*Physical Address Extension*) *Support*, then we can > be > > able to use it in 32 bit environment. > > > > hope you will update this on dpdk.org > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Neeraj >
