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Once this DPDK compiled library is available, dpdk vrotuer vrouter can be built using using it by scons with option "--dpdk-dir=" point pointing to the pre-compiled dpdk library.
As part of the standard Tungsten Fabric build process as well if environment variable "DPDK_BUILD_DIR" is set before triggering "make rpm", however this change is still pending to be reviewed and can be cherry-picked to allow build to go through smoothlyChanges pending for merge.
Above build process expects following patches to be available in the codebase
- https://github.com/Juniper/contrail-vrouter/commit/ce5c0f15058a15fdf040a8a28a431b5a2e62317c
- https://review.opencontrail.org/cgithub.com/Juniper/contrail-packages/+commit/5206744a967f6ee1ad44f2950631d96828a858e1525ef
Current Limitations
- missing support for virtio interfacesVM based dev-environments, limits active development/testing on virtual environments
- missing support for CNI interfaces