Porting OvS-DPDK to Windows with Meson

DISCLAIMER: This is work-in-progress and instructions are not complete yet!

Prerequisites on Windows

• Install POSIX Threads for Windows_ library

.. _POSIX Threads for Windows: https://sourceforge.net/projects/pthreads4w/

For the OvS kernel driver for Windows you may need to enable test signing. Also, make sure that you have installed Spectre-mitigated libraries.

.. _enable: https://github.com/smadaminov/ovs-dpdk-meson-issues/issues/6

.. _Spectre-mitigated: https://github.com/smadaminov/ovs-dpdk-meson-issues/issues/7

Known Issues

• A WDK corresponding to target version '10.0.19041.0' was not found. Please install this WDK version before building_

• error: possibly undefined macro: LT_INIT_

• ImportError: DLL load failed while importing win32file: The specified procedure could not be found_

• LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vswprintf_

• 'MakeCert' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file_

• ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'ntsecuritycon'_

• Package dpdk was not found in the pkg-config search path_

• SIGNTASK : SignTool warning : No file digest algorithm specified_

• x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar not found_

.. _A WDK corresponding to target version '10.0.19041.0' was not found. Please install this WDK version before building: https://github.com/smadaminov/ovs-dpdk-meson-issues/issues/4

.. _error\: possibly undefined macro\: LT_INIT: https://github.com/smadaminov/ovs-dpdk-meson-issues/issues/57

.. _ImportError\: DLL load failed while importing win32file\: The specified procedure could not be found: https://github.com/smadaminov/ovs-dpdk-meson-issues/issues/63

.. _LNK2019\: unresolved external symbol __stdio_common_vswprintf: https://github.com/smadaminov/ovs-dpdk-meson-issues/issues/1

.. _'MakeCert' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file: https://github.com/smadaminov/ovs-dpdk-meson-issues/issues/2

.. _ModuleNotFoundError\: No module named 'ntsecuritycon': https://github.com/smadaminov/ovs-dpdk-meson-issues/issues/44

.. _Package dpdk was not found in the pkg-config search path: https://github.com/smadaminov/ovs-dpdk-meson-issues/issues/38

.. _SIGNTASK \: SignTool warning \: No file digest algorithm specified: https://github.com/smadaminov/ovs-dpdk-meson-issues/issues/9

.. _x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar not found: https://github.com/smadaminov/ovs-dpdk-meson-issues/issues/5

Useful Links

DPDK kmods git://dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods