[dpdk-dev] kni: error building with kernel < 3.3 and ether_addr_equal backport

Hello David Good point - I only compiled it on RHEL 6.4. If you remove the typedefs it should compile on the later kernel thanks Patrick

[dpdk-dev] kni: error building with kernel < 3.3 and ether_addr_equal backport

Hello Patrick, I encountered this problem as well, we are currently working on a fix. I have a few concerns, see below, but if you address them, feel free to contribute a new patch. On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Patrick McGleenon < Patrick.McGleenon at owmobility.com> wrote: > [..] > diff --

[dpdk-dev] kni: error building with kernel < 3.3 and ether_addr_equal backport

Here is a patch to building DPDK 1.6 on RHEL 6 kernels. It's similar to the issue below. The kernel version check really only applies to vanilla kernels - for commercial distributions it's common for features from later kernels to be backported. Should we be using autoconf or something to