5 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Maxime Leroy 49e7a554f2 package/dpdk: make apps selectable
Add BR2_PACKAGE_DPDK_APPS_LIST to control which DPDK applications are
built:
  - empty : use DPDK defaults
  - none  : disable all apps (-Ddisable_apps='*')
  - list  : pass to -Denable_apps= (comma-separated)

Signed-off-by: Maxime Leroy <maxime@leroys.fr>
Signed-off-by: Julien Olivain <ju.o@free.fr>
2026-02-03 22:12:51 +01:00
Maxime Leroy 5c104b7f0b package/dpdk: make libraries selectable
Add BR2_PACKAGE_DPDK_LIBS_LIST to control which DPDK libraries are
built:
  - empty : use DPDK defaults
  - none  : disable all libs (-Ddisable_libs='*')
  - list  : pass to -Denable_libs= (comma-separated)

Signed-off-by: Maxime Leroy <maxime@leroys.fr>
Signed-off-by: Julien Olivain <ju.o@free.fr>
2026-02-03 22:12:51 +01:00
Maxime Leroy 73a16fe1d3 package/dpdk: make drivers selectable
Add BR2_PACKAGE_DPDK_DRIVERS_LIST to control which DPDK applications are
built:
  - empty : use DPDK defaults
  - none  : disable all drivers (-Ddisable_drivers='*/*')
  - list  : pass to -Denable_drivers= (comma-separated)

Signed-off-by: Maxime Leroy <maxime@leroys.fr>
[Julien: slightly change the drivers Config.in help text:
 - rename net/ixgbe to net/intel/ixgbe
 - change find -maxdepth value to 3
]
Signed-off-by: Julien Olivain <ju.o@free.fr>
2026-02-03 22:12:51 +01:00
Thomas Petazzoni 0e0b65781b package/dpdk: fixup Config.in comment about dependencies
The Config.in comment in the dpdk package was wrong for a number of
reasons:

- It didn't mention the glibc dependency

- It didn't mention the gcc >= 4.9 dependency

- It mentioned a wchar dependency that isn't listed in the dpdk
  dependencies

- It mentioned a dynamic library dependency that isn't listed in the
  dpdk dependencies

- It used "kernel headers >= 4.19", while for brievity we use "headers
  >= 4.19" everywhere in Buildroot

- Minor nit: DPDK was written allcaps, while we write package names
  lower-case in Buildroot

Fixes: d17d1b6bde ("package/dpdk: add 24.07")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Julien Olivain <ju.o@free.fr>
2025-04-25 18:12:04 +02:00
Vincent Jardin d17d1b6bde package/dpdk: add 24.07
This commit adds the integration of the Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK).

This commit does not enforce the use of UIO or VFIO kernel frameworks,
as DPDK's architecture supports userland memory mappings that do not require
these technologies. By maintaining this flexibility, DPDK can operate with
a broader range of hardware and software configurations.

Only the little endian targets are properly supported by DPDK. Big endian
was supported, mostly on Power8, but it has not been used for a while and
IBM is not strongly pushing any tests. Should big endian be supported
again, DPDK community will be welcoming any  contributions.

Notes about license:

DPDK was released with the BSD-3-Clause license.

One network driver, the Google Virtual Ethernet (GVE) include files
under the MIT license. See [1] and [2].

There used to be GPL-2.0-only licensed kernel modules, but they got
removed in previous versions [K] [KNI], so Buildroot won't be used to compile
the GPL-2.0-only code.

There are also 2 files in "lib/eal/windows" under other licenses
(namely BSD-2-Clause, ISC and MIT) but they are parts of the Environment
Abstraction Library (EAL) for Microsoft Windows OS, it means they are
not used when compiling for the Linux targets of Buildroot.

The list of DPDK license exceptions is maintained at [2].

Add configuration options to enable DPDK examples and tests.

[1] https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tree/doc/guides/nics/gve.rst?h=v24.07
[2] https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tree/license/exceptions.txt?h=v24.07
[KNI] https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/commit/?id=f78c100bc87119c6a94130a6689d773afdaa9d98
[UIO] https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/commit/?id=56bb5841fd0608989101d933f091852a3126b4fe
[K] https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/commit/?id=d16f3b44987be181b6effee139558a084eaf9f8c

Signed-off-by: Vincent Jardin <vjardin@free.fr>
Suggested-by: Julien Olivain <ju.o@free.fr>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Reviewed-by: Julien Olivain <ju.o@free.fr>
Reviewed-by: Yann Morin <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Reviewed-by: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.de>
Tested-by: Julien Olivain <ju.o@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Julien Olivain <ju.o@free.fr>
2024-10-23 21:23:20 +02:00