Dear Developers of dpdk and pktgen, I try to use pktgen for my Bachelor Thesis where I want to create a Penetration- and Loadtester for Firewalls. But I encountered numerous problems and hoped you could help me out. To sort the problems: 1. I want to use the newest pktgen version, instead of 22.04.01, but I always get the "error:meson.build:45:11: ERROR: Dependency "libfgen" not found, tried pkgconfig and cmake" I tried to install the Dependency, but I keep failing. Could this be a problem with "pkg-config"?
2. I did manage to run pktgen 22.04.01 with dpdk 22.11.1, but I needed to manually edit multiple c-Files to work. But I have problems with my IOMMU groups which i couldnt resolve. Thats why I would like to try the newest Version. Currently Iam using ubuntu-22.04 on my private Computer. I tried working with a virtual environment on EVE-NG, but I had multiple problems with core dumps. I figured the virtualisation might be the problem. Hardware wise I use: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core Processor 16GB Ram, 8GB per slot cheap dual 1G Intel NIC, but DPDK is able to use them Maybe you can help me solving my IOMMU problem, this way I could atleast use the older Versions. My Intel NIC gets in the same IOMMU group as my on-board Ethernet-Port and 9 more other pci objects, which keeps me from using pktgen. Editing the grub file resultet in a total crash of ubuntu, so i had to set up everthing again from the ground. I hope someone is able to help me, because in theory the pktgen is exactly what I need, but with the lack of my experience, I am at my wits end. I dont want to bother anyone, but every single help would be appreciated. Sincerly Florian Düsing
