On Sat, Sep 09, 2017 at 02:26:04AM +0000, Chou, David J wrote: > Hi, > > I tried to build openvswitch with dpdk enabled debian package > (openvswitch-switch-dpdk.2.7.2-1.deb) for OVS ver. 2.7.2. > > I downloaded openvswitch-2.7.2.tar.gz from http://openvswitch.org/download, > and dpdk-stable-16.11.2.targ.gz from > http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk-stable/tag/?h=v16.11.2. I could build and install > dpdk and openvswitch with dpdk enabled by the "make install" method on Ubuntu > 16.04 LTS, and verify they could work together. > > Also, by getting dpdk_16.11.2.orig.tar.gz and dpdk_16.11.2-4.debian.tar from > https://packages.debian.org/source/sid/dpdk , I could build dpdk-16.11.2-4 > debian package and I verified that this dpdk_16.11.2-4 debian package work. > > Also, I could build openvswitch without dpdk enabled debian package by > following the instruction in debian.rst in openvswith _2.7.2. But when I > tried to build openvswitch with dpdk enabled by following: > > 1. Install dpdk_16.11.2-4 debian package I built in the my building > system > > 2. export DATAPATH_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--with-dpdk=/usr" > Then build openvswitch debian package again, I saw some libdpdk built, and > the build completed, but openvswitch-switch-dpdk.2.7.2-1.deb wasn't built > while other openswitch debian package built. > What do I miss? It seems to me that the debian spec (debian sub-directory > in openvswith 2.7.2) doesn't have all info necessary to build > openvswitch-switch-dpdk.2.7.2-1.deb, am I right? How to fix this?
The Debian packaging that comes with OVS doesn't build a DPDK-based switch. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list disc...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-discuss
