Hi Tom
there a fix for this on github.

Regards
Alfredo

> On 09 Jun 2016, at 10:02, Tom Ghyselinck <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Alfredo,
> 
> Thank you very much for the prompt reply!
> 
> We will check if we can use the LTS kernel then for now.
> 
> With best regards,
> Tom.
> 
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> On do, 2016-06-09 at 09:52 +0200, Alfredo Cardigliano wrote:
>> Hi Tom
>> we will patch latest ixgbe driver soon (btw, latest Intel driver is 4.4.6), 
>> however this is not high priority for us atm because we support LTS kernels.
>> 
>> Alfredo
>> 
>>> 
>>> On 09 Jun 2016, at 09:35, Tom Ghyselinck <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> We need to compile (at least) the ixgbe and i40e drivers
>>> from PF_RING 6.4.0 for kernel 4.6.1 (with RT patches rt3).
>>> 
>>> The compilation process shows warnings about incompatible pointers
>>> for e.g. '.ndo_setup_tc'. This is correct!
>>> 
>>> The current version of the ixgbe drivers in PF_RING is 4.1.5
>>> which is rather old.
>>> They officially support kernel version 2.6.x and 3.x (see https://downl 
>>> <https://downl/>
>>> oadcenter.intel.com/download/25722/Network-Adapter-Driver-for-PCI-E-
>>> Intel-10-Gigabit-Ethernet-Network-Connections-under-Linux- )
>>> 
>>> The latest version is 4.3.15 (release date 4/5/2016). See https://downl 
>>> <https://downl/>
>>> oadcenter.intel.com/download/14687/Network-Adapter-Driver-for-PCI-E-
>>> Intel-10-Gigabit-Ethernet-Network-Connections-under-Linux- .
>>> I checked the source code. It still uses the incorrect "traffic class"
>>> setup function pointer.
>>> 
>>> The ixgbe driver in the 4.6.1 kernel source provides an additional
>>> function for the ixgbe driver, called '__ixgbe_setup_tc'. It performs
>>> some extra steps and requires some additional functions too.
>>> 
>>> Has someone verified support for the 4.6 kernel already?
>>> What is the best way to continue here?
>>> 
>>> Thank you in advance!
>>> 
>>> With best regards,
>>> Tom.
>>> 
>>>  --
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Tom Ghyselinck
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Senior Engineer
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Excentis N.V.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Gildestraat 8 B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Tel: +32 9 269 22 91 - Fax: +32 9 329 31 74
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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