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

2014-03-05 Thread Patrick McGleenon
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

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

2014-03-06 Thread Patrick McGleenon
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] Question on using SR-IOV with dpdk apps

2014-08-05 Thread Patrick McGleenon
I had this when the PF was down, bringing it back with "ifup" fixed it. Assuming you've already checked it's not the issue described in the FAQ :) With a RHEL 6.5 host the ixgbe driver prints the VF MAC addresses in /var/log/syslog when the VFs are enabled -Original Message- From: dev