Please update to the latest Pktgen, I believe I was able to fix the build system for CentOS.
> On Apr 3, 2019, at 1:54 AM, .. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi dpdk-users! > > OS: CentOS Linux release 7.0.1406 (Core) > Kernel : 3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 > > I am trying to build dpdk-pktgen (I chose version 3.6.1 with dpdk 18.08). > Whenever I build I get this error: > > [root@ipservera pktgen-dpdk-pktgen-3.6.1]# make -j > == lib > == common > == utils > == vec > == lua > == cli > == app > LD pktgen > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -llua > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status > make[2]: *** [pktgen] Error 1 > make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 > make: *** [app] Error 2 > > As it is Centos, I followed the instructions for building lua 5.3.2 via the > INSTALL.md notes with the pktgen install notes and also copied the > generated libraries as per documentation: > > # ls -l /usr/lib64/ | grep liblua > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 193864 Nov 6 2016 liblua-5.1.so > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 442084 Apr 1 12:46 liblua-5.3.a > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 260977 Apr 1 12:46 liblua-5.3.so > # lua -v > Lua 5.3.2 Copyright (C) 1994-2015 Lua.org, PUC-Rio > > # luac -v > Lua 5.3.2 Copyright (C) 1994-2015 Lua.org, PUC-Rio > > Dpdk install details: > ---------------------------- > # echo $RTE_SDK > /usr/local/share/dpdk > > # echo $RTE_TARGET > x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc > > # ls -l /usr/local/share/dpdk > total 24 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 9 2018 buildtools > drwxr-xr-x 50 root root 4096 Aug 9 2018 examples > drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Aug 9 2018 mk > drwxrwxr-x 14 root root 4096 Apr 3 06:39 pktgen-dpdk-pktgen-3.6.1 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 9 2018 usertools > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 10 18:25 x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc > > I have never used pktgen -dpdk before against a dpdk application target. I > have another dpdk server running a reflector application we developed, but > I used the standard Linux kernel pktgen and commercial software fpga nics > to fire traffic at it, but I would now like to try with pktgen-dpdk. > > Thanks > > Roland Regards, Keith
