[netperf-talk] Crosscompiling netperf4 & autotools

[Rick Jones]

Kai Koehne wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I finally decided to give netperf4 a try ...
> 
> First of all, netperf4 compiles fine under debian. However, I want to 
> cross-compile it, and have difficulties with the generated Makefiles:


Cross compiles... why does it always have to be cross compiles...  (my 
apologies to the dialog writers of the Indiana Jones movies :)

> [....]
> make[3]: Entering directory 
> `/home/koehne/kamikaze_7.06_seismo/trunk/build_i386/netperf4'
> make  all-recursive
> make[4]: Entering directory 
> `/home/koehne/kamikaze_7.06_seismo/trunk/build_i386/netperf4'
> Making all in include
> make[5]: Entering directory 
> `/home/koehne/kamikaze_7.06_seismo/trunk/build_i386/netperf4/include'
> make[6]: Entering directory 
> `/home/koehne/kamikaze_7.06_seismo/trunk/build_i386/netperf4'
> make[6]: *** No rule to make target `am--refresh'.  Stop.
> [....]
> 
> This seems to be an autotool problem (both Makefiles are automatically 
> generated), so I decided to recreate all intermediate files:
> 
> koehne at dhcp-4-153:~/kamikaze_7.06_seismo/trunk/build_i386/netperf4$ 
> ./autogen.sh
> automake: `$(LIBOBJS)' cannot be used outside `' if `subdir-objects' is 
> not set
> src/Makefile.am:51: required file `src/missing/missing/inet_ntop.c' not 
> found
> src/Makefile.am:51: required file `src/missing/missing/getaddrinfo.c' 
> not found
> 
> The errors are caused by automake (version 1.10). I also gave automake 
> 1.9.6 a try:
> 
> koehne at dhcp-4-153:~/kamikaze_7.06_seismo/trunk/build_i386/netperf4$ 
> ./autogen.sh
> src/Makefile.am:51: required file `src/missing/inet_ntop.c' not found
> src/Makefile.am:51: required file `src/missing/getaddrinfo.c' not found
> 
> I realize that netperf4 is still in development, but maybe someone can 
> help me anyway ;-) Which version of the autotools are used for compiling 
> netperf4? And has anybody a guess why the non-existent "am--refresh" 
> target is called when crosscompiling, and not called when compiling 
> directly on the target machine?

That I am able to get a non-cross-compile to work with all this stuff is 
miracle enough :)

Are you able to cross-compile netperf2?  FWIW, my primary development 
system is the same for netperf2 and netperf4, so they were made with the 
same autotools (at least I believe so, I suppose there could have been 
an upgrade between them or something, but "long term" they are the same).

rick jones