Some users copy libxran.so to a system directory (e.g., /usr/local/lib).
At the same time, we require xran_LOCATION to be set to find the build
directory. Use HINTS to prefer the location passed through
xran_LOCATION.
Also, use NO_DEFAULT_PATH to outright disallow global scope, to prevent
"accidentally" finding libxran.so in global scope (this is for
multi-user systems that are used in development, and where people have
different version of libxran for testing purposes). To still use
packages in e.g., /usr/local/, it would be possible to set xran_LOCATION
to this directory. (there is a problem that the version information will
likely not be read correctly, so this might not be enough)
Fronthaul xran library update to F release (2. and final step towards M-plane integration)
- xran library support -> both E and F releases
- RU delay profile removed -> not used in neither of the releases
- DU delay profile updated
- one-way delay measurements support is improved/fixed in the F release.
However, not implemented here as it depends on the RU capabilities
Major improvements:
1) bbu_offload - enable packet handling on BBU cores
2) dlCpProcBurst - DL CP processing on one or more symbols
3) SRS CP processing - depends on the RU capabilities that can be
retreived via M-plane (if RU is CAT B)
4) nSecDesc - the number of section descriptors per symbol; it was hardcoded to 0 in E release;
depends on the RU capabilities that can be retreived via M-plane
5) RunSlotPrbMapBySymbolEnable - enable PRB mapping by symbol with multisection;
depends on the RU capabilities that can be retreived via M-plane
6) DSS (Dynamic Spectrum Sharing) support - depends on the RU capabilities that can be retreived via M-plane
Minor fixes in F that exist in E:
1) prach_config->nPrachFilterIdx - explained in commit ID f3045396
2) T1a_min_cp_dl - explained in the commit under title "Clarification on DU delay profile"
3) fh_config->nULRBs - explained in commit under title "Further clarification on xran E release parameters"
Removed const for prb_conf argument in oran_allocate_cplane_buffers()
function, as F release requires the not const struct for
xran_init_PrbMap_by_symbol_from_cfg() and xran_init_PrbMap_from_cfg()
even though the struct is not modified inside of these functions.
There are command line options that one might pass to ninja/make, but
for which cmake does not provide an interface. For instance, make/ninja
support -k/-kN to "keep going" after errors. Cmake does not provide an
option, but it is still possible to pass this. Make a build_oai option
to allow this, used in the next commit.
See e.g., egrep(1) [https://linux.die.net/man/1/egrep]:
> two variant programs egrep and fgrep are available. egrep is the same
> as grep -E. fgrep is the same as grep -F. Direct invocation as either
> egrep or fgrep is deprecated
See also the rationale of the POSIX description of grep
(https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/grep.html):
> This grep has been enhanced in an upwards-compatible way to provide
> the exact functionality of the historical egrep and fgrep commands as
> well. It was the clear intention of the standard developers to
> consolidate the three greps into a single command.
Closes: #839
The default values set by xran for DPDK socket memory/limit is 8192. It
is changed when the variable for the memory size, given down to xran, is
non-zero (cf also previous patch). Since the last patch, if nothing is
given in OAI configuration, OAI will pass down a size of 8192. However,
a configuration value of 0 is a valid choice (it is a pre-allocation,
DPDK will allocate dynamically), so modify the default in xran to be 0
so that all sizes, including 0, can be given to DPDK.
Note that the currently used implementation of xran will always try to
allocate this memory on NUMA node 0. If you want to use another one,
this field has to be set to 0 (no pre-allocation), and DPDK will
allocate it dynamically.
Co-authored-by: Sagar Arora <sagar.arora@openairinterface.org>
Build on ARM fails in the previous version, while the current master
(1a09d3bc) works. So let's update to a newer version to avoid problems
on ARM, and assuming x86 works.
This commit introduces a substitute module library for setting up softmodems using YAML instead of libconfig.
The softmodems should work the same with both types of files. Extra care was put to make sure the behavior
of both modules is the same.
Example yaml config files were added for the UE and gNB
At least in Eurecom, there are no RHEL 7/CentOS 7+8 servers. Existing
installations will work, but we don't want to encourage people to use
these old distributions, so remove it. Also, they reached EOL
Add CentOS stream as an alternative.
I don't know about any user of the kernel modules. It is effectively
legacy code we carry around, for no good reason. Remove it for the
moment. If we ever need it, we can revert.
Ubuntu 18.04 is now in "Extended Security Maintenance", but otherwise
gets no updates. Remove it from supported distributions (regarding
installing packages); users can of course still use it.
Users are encouraged to upgrade to Ubuntu 20+.
Apart from the obvious change of adding ubuntu24.04 to supported
distributions, we need to remove liblapacke-dev as it is incompatible
with libatlas3-base. Installing both aborts with:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
liblapacke : Breaks: libatlas3-base (< 3.10.3-14) but 3.10.3-13ubuntu1 is to be installed
It seems that we don't need it though, as liblapacke-dev installs the
right atlas library as a dependency.
Disable DPDK telemetry to skip creation of one/two threads (depending on
DPDK version). To force users to do this, bump the version of the patch
checked by cmake.
More information on DPDK telemetry:
https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/howto/telemetry.htmlCloses: #732 (suggestion 2)
Suggested-by: Andrew Sergeev <andrew.sergeev@adtran.com>
- Add the O-RAN 7.2 FHI library, interfacing with OSC xRAN library (E
release)
- Add Findxran.cmake to detect the library and headers, including
version information
- Test for numa and DPDK presence
- Add patch for OSC xRAN to make interworking possible
- Add sample config files for LiteOn, Benetel, and VVDN units.
Documentation is provided in the next commit.
Co-authored-by: Raymond Knopp <raymond.knopp@eurecom.fr>
Co-authored-by: Cedric Roux <cedric.roux@eurecom.fr>
Co-authored-by: Manish Kumar Singh <manish1.kumar@amd.com>
Co-authored-by: thamizhselvan.k <thamizhselvan.k@vvdntech.in>
Co-authored-by: rajeshwari.p <rajeshwari.p@vvdntech.in>
Co-authored-by: Hongzhi Wang <hongzhi.wang@openairinterface.org>
Co-authored-by: Sofia Pison <Sofia.Pison@eurecom.fr>
This enables build_oai to detect if the output terminal supports colors.
If it does, it will use colors in its output. If it does not, it will
just print the text, without color codes, improving legibility.
luis_pereira87