[ovs-discuss] How to build and insert "eventfd" module

[Ben Pfaff]

Are you sure you have Autoconf and Automake installed to generate the
updated Makefile properly?

On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 01:03:54PM -0700, Shivapriya Hiremath wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have built dpdk and ovs-dpdk with the patch for vhost(mentioned above).
> 
> After this command: "make eventfd && insmod <toplevel ovs
> dir>/utilities/eventfd_link.ko" ,it gives me " No rule to make target
> 'eventfd'.Stop"
> 
> I guess I am missing some step here. Can you please tell me what I am
> missing?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Regards,
> Shivapriya Hiremath
> 
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 11:13:43AM -0700, Shivapriya Hiremath wrote:
> > > > > +Using the DPDK vhost with ovs-vswitchd:>
> > +---------------------------------------> +Prerequisites: FUSE (packages:
> > fuse and fuse-devel) & CUSE> + - Insert the FUSE Kernel module e.g.
> > modprobe fuse> +> + - Build and insert the eventfd_link module located in>
> > +   <top-level ovs dir>/utilities/eventfd_link.  From the top-level ovs
> > dir:> +   * make eventfd && insmod <toplevel ovs
> > dir>/utilities/eventfd_link.ko*
> > >
> > >
> > > "make eventfd" doesnt work for me. Can anyone tell me how to build and
> > > insert this module?
> >
> > When something doesn't work, it is easier to help when you tell us
> > what actually does happen.
> >