fix(install): apt install librte-net-ena25 + librte-net-mlx5-25 with DPDK#84
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…DPDK Debian DPDK 24.11.x ships every Poll-Mode Driver as its own package (librte-net-<vendor><abi>) instead of bundling them into libdpdk-dev. Without the relevant PMD installed, rte_eal_init() succeeds but no eth ports are probed and the scanner refuses to start. anygpt-52 hit this on c6in.metal: ENA NICs were silently absent from rte_eth_dev_count_avail() until librte-net-ena25 was apt-installed manually. Reported in PR #65 issuecomment-4339242358. Fix: install_dpdk_build_deps now pulls librte-net-ena25 (AWS ENA PMD — every c6in/c5n/m5n/m6in instance) AND librte-net-mlx5-25 (Mellanox ConnectX-5/6 PMD for non-AWS bare-metal hosts at Equinix/OVH/Hetzner) alongside libdpdk-dev. The 25 ABI suffix matches Debian trixie's DPDK 24.11.x. Stock Intel ixgbe/i40e drivers are still in libdpdk-dev's auto-pull set so we don't need to name them. Falls back to libdpdk-dev alone if PMDs are unavailable in the archive — better to ship a partial DPDK build than fail the install. The runtime warning makes it explicit so operators know to check rte_eth_dev_count_avail() if it returns 0 later. Test: new Case 5 in test-install-external-deps-dpdk.sh runs the install script with ANYSCAN_INSTALL_DPDK_DEPS=true (default) + stubs id and apt-get on PATH, then asserts apt-get install was called with libdpdk-dev, librte-net-ena25, and librte-net-mlx5-25. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Debian DPDK 24.11.x ships every Poll-Mode Driver as its own package (
librte-net-<vendor><abi>) instead of bundling them intolibdpdk-dev. Without the relevant PMD installed,rte_eal_init()succeeds but no eth ports are probed and the scanner refuses to start.anygpt-52 hit this on c6in.metal: ENA NICs were silently absent from
rte_eth_dev_count_avail()untillibrte-net-ena25was apt-installed manually. Reported in PR #65 issuecomment-4339242358.Fix
install_dpdk_build_depsnow pulls:librte-net-ena25— AWS ENA PMD (every c6in/c5n/m5n/m6in instance)librte-net-mlx5-25— Mellanox ConnectX-5/6 PMD (non-AWS bare-metal hosts at Equinix/OVH/Hetzner)alongside
libdpdk-dev. The25ABI suffix matches Debian trixie's DPDK 24.11.x. Stock Intel ixgbe/i40e drivers are still inlibdpdk-dev's auto-pull set so we don't need to name them.Falls back to
libdpdk-devalone if PMDs are unavailable in the archive — better to ship a partial DPDK build than fail the install. A runtime warning makes the missing PMDs explicit so operators know to checkrte_eth_dev_count_avail()if it returns 0 later.Test plan
bash tools/test-install-external-deps-dpdk.sh— 14/14 passbash tools/test-install-external-deps-afxdp.sh— 10/10 pass (regression check)bash tools/test-install-external-deps-pfring-zc.sh— 10/10 pass (regression check)ANYSCAN_INSTALL_DPDK_DEPS=true(default) + stubsidandapt-get, asserts apt-get is invoked withlibdpdk-dev,librte-net-ena25, andlibrte-net-mlx5-25in argv.🤖 Generated with Claude Code