which remain functional, although they stop receiving unicast packets as
long as they share the same MAC address.
+The :ref:`flow_isolated_mode` is supported.
+
Compiling librte_pmd_mlx4 causes DPDK to be linked against libibverbs.
Configuration
This option has no performance impact.
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_IBVERBS_LINK_STATIC`` (default **n**)
+
+ Embed static flavour of the dependencies **libibverbs** and **libmlx4**
+ in the PMD shared library or the executable static binary.
+
- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_DEBUG`` (default **n**)
Toggle debugging code and stricter compilation flags. Enabling this option
- Minimal Linux kernel version: 4.14.
- Minimal RDMA core version: v15 (see `RDMA core installation documentation`_).
+- Starting with rdma-core v21, static libraries can be built::
+
+ cd build
+ CFLAGS=-fPIC cmake -DIN_PLACE=1 -DENABLE_STATIC=1 -GNinja ..
+ ninja
+
.. _`RDMA core installation documentation`: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core/master/README.md
+If rdma-core libraries are built but not installed, DPDK makefile can link them,
+thanks to these environment variables:
+
+ - ``EXTRA_CFLAGS=-I/path/to/rdma-core/build/include``
+ - ``EXTRA_LDFLAGS=-L/path/to/rdma-core/build/lib``
+ - ``PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/path/to/rdma-core/build/lib/pkgconfig``
+
.. _Mellanox_OFED_as_a_fallback:
Mellanox OFED as a fallback