> -----Original Message----- > From: Adrien Mazarguil [mailto:adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com] > > On Fri, Nov 06, 2015 at 02:39:31PM +0000, Richardson, Bruce wrote: > [...] > > > > Hi Adrien, > > > > > > > > I'm trying to dig into this a bit more now, and try out using a > > > > static inline function, but I'm having trouble getting DPDK to > > > > compile with the mlx drivers turned on in the config. I'm trying > > > > to follow the > > > instructions here: > > > > http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.html, but it's not clearly > > > > called out what requirements are for compilation vs requirements > > > > for running > > > the PMD. > > > > > > > > I'm running Fedora 23, and installed the libibverbs-devel package, > > > > but when I compile I get the following error: > > > > > > > > == Build drivers/net/mlx4 > > > > CC mlx4.o > > > > /home/bruce/ethdev-cleanup/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c: In function > > > ?txq_cleanup?: > > > > /home/bruce/ethdev-cleanup/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c:886:37: error: > > > storage size of ?params? isn?t known > > > > struct ibv_exp_release_intf_params params; > > > > ^ compilation terminated > > > > due to -Wfatal-errors. > > > > > > > > Any suggestions on the fix for this? > > > > > > This is a known issue, libibverbs-devel package from Fedora 23 most > > > likely does not support extended types and functions required by > > > mlx4. You should remove the packages that come with your > > > distribution and install libraries versions from Mellanox OFED as > described in the next section: > > > > > > http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.html#getting-mellanox-ofed > > > > > > Note: no need to fully install OFED for compilation checks, you can > > > extract an updated libibverbs package from the archive. > > > > > > -- > > > Adrien Mazarguil > > > 6WIND > > > > Hi again, > > > > I've installed the libibverbs and libibverbs-devel packages from the > > mellanox site, but I'm still getting the same error. Anything else I > might be missing? > > > > $ rpm -qa | grep mlnx > > libibverbs-devel-1.1.8mlnx1-OFED.3.1.1.0.0.x86_64 > > libmlx5-1.0.2mlnx1-OFED.3.1.1.0.3.x86_64 > > libmlx4-1.0.6mlnx1-OFED.3.1.1.0.0.x86_64 > > libibverbs-1.1.8mlnx1-OFED.3.1.1.0.0.x86_64 > > libmlx4-devel-1.0.6mlnx1-OFED.3.1.1.0.0.x86_64 > > libmlx5-devel-1.0.2mlnx1-OFED.3.1.1.0.3.x86_64 > > That's weird, 'struct ibv_exp_release_intf_param' must be defined in > /usr/include/infiniband/verbs_exp.h, itself included by > infiniband/verbs.h, both normally part of the libibverbs-devel package > above. > > Make sure you don't have an old version of infiniband/verbs.h somewhere > else such as in /usr/local/include after a manual compilation of > libibverbs. > > -- > Adrien Mazarguil > 6WIND
Thanks, that fixed it. There was a copy of the verbs headers in /usr/local/include, which is strange because I never remember having ever tried compiling up ibverbs before. Anyway, problem solved for now. Thanks for your help. /Bruce