How did you install these packages? Are there extra environment variables I need to set? After running the OFED uninstall script,
apt-get install rdma-core apt-get install libibverbs-dev both work fine, but ninja install now fails on [1/1756] Linking target drivers/librte_common_mlx5.so.21.1. FAILED: drivers/librte_common_mlx5.so.21.1 cc -o drivers/librte_common_mlx5.so.21.1 'drivers/a715181@ @rte_common_mlx5@sha/meson-generated_.._rte_common_mlx5.pmd.c.o' 'drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_mlx5_devx_cmds.c.o' 'drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_mlx5_common.c.o' 'drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_mlx5_common_mp.c.o' 'drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_mlx5_common_mr.c.o' 'drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_mlx5_malloc.c.o' 'drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_mlx5_common_pci.c.o' 'drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_mlx5_common_devx.c.o' 'drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_linux_mlx5_nl.c.o' 'drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_linux_mlx5_common_os.c.o' 'drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_linux_mlx5_common_verbs.c.o' 'drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_linux_mlx5_glue.c.o' -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-O1 -shared -fPIC -Wl,--start-group -Wl,-soname,librte_common_mlx5.so.21 -Wl,--no-as-needed -pthread -lm -ldl -lnuma lib/librte_hash.so.21.1 lib/librte_eal.so.21.1 lib/librte_kvargs.so.21.1 lib/librte_telemetry.so.21.1 lib/librte_ring.so.21.1 lib/librte_rcu.so.21.1 lib/librte_pci.so.21.1 drivers/librte_bus_pci.so.21.1 lib/librte_net.so.21.1 lib/librte_mbuf.so.21.1 lib/librte_mempool.so.21.1 -Wl,--version-script=/home/gerryw/dpdk/dpdk-21.02/drivers/common/mlx5/version.map /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmlx5.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libibverbs.so -Wl,--end-group '-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN/../lib:$ORIGIN/' -Wl,-rpath-link,/home/gerryw/dpdk/dpdk-21.02/build/lib -Wl,-rpath-link,/home/gerryw/dpdk/dpdk-21.02/build/drivers /usr/bin/ld: drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_linux_mlx5_glue.c.o: in function `mlx5_glue_dv_create_flow_action_aso': mlx5_glue.c:(.text+0x21f): undefined reference to `mlx5dv_dr_action_create_aso' /usr/bin/ld: drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_linux_mlx5_glue.c.o: in function `mlx5_glue_dr_action_create_dest_array': mlx5_glue.c:(.text+0x23b): undefined reference to `mlx5dv_dr_action_create_dest_array' /usr/bin/ld: drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_linux_mlx5_glue.c.o: in function `mlx5_glue_dr_create_flow_action_sampler': mlx5_glue.c:(.text+0x25b): undefined reference to `mlx5dv_dr_action_create_flow_sampler' /usr/bin/ld: drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_linux_mlx5_glue.c.o: in function `mlx5_glue_dv_alloc_pp': mlx5_glue.c:(.text+0x28b): undefined reference to `mlx5dv_pp_alloc' /usr/bin/ld: drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_linux_mlx5_glue.c.o: in function `mlx5_glue_dr_create_flow_action_default_miss': mlx5_glue.c:(.text+0x4bb): undefined reference to `mlx5dv_dr_action_create_default_miss' /usr/bin/ld: drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_linux_mlx5_glue.c.o: in function `mlx5_glue_dv_free_pp': mlx5_glue.c:(.text+0x277): undefined reference to `mlx5dv_pp_free' /usr/bin/ld: drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_linux_mlx5_glue.c.o: in function `mlx5_glue_dr_reclaim_domain_memory': mlx5_glue.c:(.text+0x2a7): undefined reference to `mlx5dv_dr_domain_set_reclaim_device_memory' /usr/bin/ld: drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_linux_mlx5_glue.c.o: in function `mlx5_glue_devx_port_query': mlx5_glue.c:(.text+0x325): undefined reference to `mlx5dv_query_devx_port' /usr/bin/ld: drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_linux_mlx5_glue.c.o: in function `mlx5_glue_dv_create_flow_action_dest_devx_tir': mlx5_glue.c:(.text+0x545): undefined reference to `mlx5dv_dr_action_create_dest_devx_tir' /usr/bin/ld: drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_linux_mlx5_glue.c.o: in function `mlx5_glue_dr_create_flow_action_pop_vlan': mlx5_glue.c:(.text+0x655): undefined reference to `mlx5dv_dr_action_create_pop_vlan' /usr/bin/ld: drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_linux_mlx5_glue.c.o: in function `mlx5_glue_dr_create_flow_action_push_vlan': mlx5_glue.c:(.text+0x665): undefined reference to `mlx5dv_dr_action_create_push_vlan' /usr/bin/ld: drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_common_mlx5@sta/common_mlx5_linux_mlx5_glue.c.o: in function `mlx5_glue_dr_create_flow_action_dest_port': mlx5_glue.c:(.text+0x685): undefined reference to `mlx5dv_dr_action_create_dest_ib_port' collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status [2/1756] Compiling C object 'drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_mempool_octeontx@sta /mempool_octeontx_octeontx_fpavf.c.o'. ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed. On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 6:24 AM PATRICK KEROULAS < patrick.kerou...@radio-canada.ca> wrote: > > Hello Gerry, > I went through this a while ago and had to properly remove everything > related > to OFED with the uninstaller. Then, install rdma-core and libibverbs-dev > which > includes infiniband/mlx5dv.h IIRC. > Regards, > Patrick > > On Sun, Aug 1, 2021 at 8:23 PM Gerry Wan <ger...@stanford.edu> wrote: > >> I recently tried to reinstall MLX OFED 5.2-2.2.0.0 on my bare metal >> machine >> Ubuntu 20.04 (previously using the command ./mlnxofedinstall --dpdk >> --upstream-libs --with-mft --with-kernel-mft). However, it now fails with >> the message >> >> Checking SW Requirements... >> Removing old packages... >> Uninstalling the previous version of MLNX_OFED_LINUX >> Installing new packages Installing mft-4.16.1... >> Installing ofed-scripts-5.2... >> Installing mstflint-4.15.0... >> Installing mlnx-ofed-kernel-utils-5.2... >> Installing mlnx-ofed-kernel-dkms-5.2... >> Failed to install mlnx-ofed-kernel-dkms DEB >> Collecting debug info... >> See /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX.9221.logs/mlnx-ofed-kernel-dkms.debinstall.log >> >> It appears that my kernel version got upgraded to 5.4.0-80-generic which I >> think may be the issue. I've also tried to install using >> --add-kernel-support --kernel 5.4.0-80-generic, with no luck. >> >> The DPDK website says that rdma-core is now recommended over OFED, but the >> documentation for how to use it isn't very clear to me. I've tried to >> install it via >> >> apt-get install rdma-core >> >> as well as running the quick start script listed here: >> https://github.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core, but DPDK installation still >> fails >> with >> >> ../drivers/common/mlx5/linux/mlx5_glue.h:15:10: fatal error: >> infiniband/mlx5dv.h: No such file or directory >> 15 | #include <infiniband/mlx5dv.h> >> >> Any advice on getting the mlx5 drivers to work again would be helpful! >> >