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4 .. _linux_gsg_compiling_dpdk:
6 Compiling the DPDK Target from Source
7 =====================================
11 Parts of this process can also be done using the setup script described in
12 the :ref:`linux_setup_script` section of this document.
14 Uncompress DPDK and Browse Sources
15 ----------------------------------
17 First, uncompress the archive and move to the uncompressed DPDK source directory:
19 .. code-block:: console
21 tar xJf dpdk-<version>.tar.xz
24 The DPDK is composed of several directories:
26 * lib: Source code of DPDK libraries
28 * drivers: Source code of DPDK poll-mode drivers
30 * app: Source code of DPDK applications (automatic tests)
32 * examples: Source code of DPDK application examples
34 * config, buildtools: Framework-related scripts and configuration
36 Compiling and Installing DPDK System-wide
37 -----------------------------------------
39 DPDK can be configured, built and installed on your system using the tools
40 ``meson`` and ``ninja``.
46 To configure a DPDK build use:
48 .. code-block:: console
52 where "build" is the desired output build directory, and "<options>" can be
53 empty or one of a number of meson or DPDK-specific build options, described
54 later in this section. The configuration process will finish with a summary
55 of what DPDK libraries and drivers are to be built and installed, and for
56 each item disabled, a reason why that is the case. This information can be
57 used, for example, to identify any missing required packages for a driver.
59 Once configured, to build and then install DPDK system-wide use:
61 .. code-block:: console
68 The last two commands above generally need to be run as root,
69 with the `ninja install` step copying the built objects to their final system-wide locations,
70 and the last step causing the dynamic loader `ld.so` to update its cache to take account of the new objects.
74 On some linux distributions, such as Fedora or Redhat, paths in `/usr/local` are
75 not in the default paths for the loader. Therefore, on these
76 distributions, `/usr/local/lib` and `/usr/local/lib64` should be added
77 to a file in `/etc/ld.so.conf.d/` before running `ldconfig`.
80 Adjusting Build Options
81 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
83 DPDK has a number of options that can be adjusted as part of the build configuration process.
84 These options can be listed by running ``meson configure`` inside a configured build folder.
85 Many of these options come from the "meson" tool itself and can be seen documented on the
86 `Meson Website <https://mesonbuild.com/Builtin-options.html>`_.
88 For example, to change the build-type from the default, "debugoptimized",
89 to a regular "debug" build, you can either:
91 * pass ``-Dbuildtype=debug`` or ``--buildtype=debug`` to meson when configuring the build folder initially
93 * run ``meson configure -Dbuildtype=debug`` inside the build folder after the initial meson run.
95 Other options are specific to the DPDK project but can be adjusted similarly.
96 To set the "max_lcores" value to 256, for example, you can either:
98 * pass ``-Dmax_lcores=256`` to meson when configuring the build folder initially
100 * run ``meson configure -Dmax_lcores=256`` inside the build folder after the initial meson run.
102 Some of the DPDK sample applications in the `examples` directory can be
103 automatically built as part of a meson build too.
104 To do so, pass a comma-separated list of the examples to build to the
105 `-Dexamples` meson option as below::
107 meson -Dexamples=l2fwd,l3fwd build
109 As with other meson options, this can also be set post-initial-config using `meson configure` in the build directory.
110 There is also a special value "all" to request that all example applications whose
111 dependencies are met on the current system are built.
112 When `-Dexamples=all` is set as a meson option, meson will check each example application to see if it can be built,
113 and add all which can be built to the list of tasks in the ninja build configuration file.
115 Building Applications Using Installed DPDK
116 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
118 When installed system-wide, DPDK provides a pkg-config file ``libdpdk.pc`` for applications to query as part of their build.
119 It's recommended that the pkg-config file be used, rather than hard-coding the parameters (cflags/ldflags)
120 for DPDK into the application build process.
122 An example of how to query and use the pkg-config file can be found in the ``Makefile`` of each of the example applications included with DPDK.
123 A simplified example snippet is shown below, where the target binary name has been stored in the variable ``$(APP)``
124 and the sources for that build are stored in ``$(SRCS-y)``.
126 .. code-block:: makefile
130 CFLAGS += -O3 $(shell $(PKGCONF) --cflags libdpdk)
131 LDFLAGS += $(shell $(PKGCONF) --libs libdpdk)
133 $(APP): $(SRCS-y) Makefile
134 $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(SRCS-y) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
138 Unlike with the older make build system, the meson system is not
139 designed to be used directly from a build directory. Instead it is
140 recommended that it be installed either system-wide or to a known
141 location in the user's home directory. The install location can be set
142 using the `--prefix` meson option (default: `/usr/local`).
144 an equivalent build recipe for a simple DPDK application using meson as a
145 build system is shown below:
147 .. code-block:: python
149 project('dpdk-app', 'c')
151 dpdk = dependency('libdpdk')
152 sources = files('main.c')
153 executable('dpdk-app', sources, dependencies: dpdk)