Problem partially solved
Now we got a Chelsio T4!
We no more need the bnx2x, or chelsio t3 driver.
We would like to test it on RedHat 6.1.

How to compile?

On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:37:06 +0000, enrico wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> after compiling correctly libpring, pf_ring.ko, libpcap-pf_ring i neet
> to compile and load the module for my NIC which is the following.
> 
> https://svn.ntop.org/svn/ntop/trunk/PF_RING/drivers/broadcom/
> netxtreme2-5.2.50/bnx2x-1.52.12/src/
> 
> Since i have not found any instructions in the source about the compile
> process i have tried to run make in the src folder but i receive errors.
> 
> I have tried also to replace the drivers/net/bnx2x/ folder in the kernel
> source tree with the content of the ./src/ folder in pf_ring cvs. After
> starting the compile process of the whole kernel i receive errors also
> here.
> 
> In file included from drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c:85:0:
> drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x.h:71:36: fatal error: ../../bnx2/src/cnic_if.h:
> No such file or directory
> compilation terminated.
> I have tried also to correct these wrong path in the related makefile
> but this not helps
> 
> I have a very recent kernel version, the 3.0.3. I have noticed two
> things:
> 
> 
> -the file cnic_if.h is not in the same path as the headers/makefile is
> searching
> 
> -the 'official' drivers/net/bnx2x/ contains some more file than the
> bnx2x-1.52.12/src/ folder in pf_ring source
> 
> 
> so the question are,
> 
> -is this pf_ring aware driver compatible with what kernel version ?
> -what are usually the steps for compiling it on a vanilla kernel o
> redhat kernel?
> 
> 
> a bit offtopic (but very important for us) :
> 
> -we have also a CHELSIO T3 10Gb network card. i see that the /trunk/
> PF_RING/drivers/chelsio/cxgb4 driver supports only T4 cards. is it
> possible to know who have created/maintained this drivers for chelsio
> cards. we would like to contribute for creating a t3 pf_ring aware
> driver (cxgb3) if it is technically possible and it does not exist
> already somewhere.
> 
> thank you in advance for your support
> 
> Enrico.


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