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From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] ixgbe vector cannot compile without bulk alloc
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 17:18:55 +0000
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On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 06:10:18PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> These 2 configuration options are incompatible:
> 	CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IXGBE_RX_ALLOW_BULK_ALLOC=3Dn
> 	CONFIG_RTE_IXGBE_INC_VECTOR=3Dy
> Building this config gives this error:
> 	lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx_vec.c:69:24:
> 	error: =E2=80=98struct igb_rx_queue=E2=80=99 has no member named =E2=80=
=98fake_mbuf=E2=80=99
>=20
> I'd like a confirmation that it will be always incompatible.
> Thanks
> --=20
> Thomas

Hi Thomas,

I don't think these options should always be incompatible, though as you =
point
out you do need to turn on bulk alloc support in order to use the vector =
PMD.
Why do you ask? There are no immediate plans to remove the dependency on =
our end.

/Bruce