diff --git a/platform/linux-dpdk/Makefile.am b/platform/linux-dpdk/Makefile.am
index 686df6a..db11e0a 100644
--- a/platform/linux-dpdk/Makefile.am
+++ b/platform/linux-dpdk/Makefile.am
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ AM_CFLAGS +=  -I$(top_srcdir)/platform/linux-generic/include
 AM_CFLAGS +=  -I$(top_srcdir)/platform/linux-generic/include/api
 AM_CFLAGS +=  -I$(top_srcdir)/helper/include
 
-DPDK_LIBS="-lintel_dpdk -ldl"
+DPDK_LIBS="-lintel_dpdk -ldl -lm"
 LIBS += $(DPDK_LIBS)
 
 include_HEADERS = \
diff --git a/platform/linux-dpdk/Makefile.inc b/platform/linux-dpdk/Makefile.inc
index e69de29..f681940 100644
--- a/platform/linux-dpdk/Makefile.inc
+++ b/platform/linux-dpdk/Makefile.inc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+AM_LDFLAGS += -R$(SDK_INSTALL_PATH)/lib
diff --git a/platform/linux-dpdk/README b/platform/linux-dpdk/README
index 0f2210b..85ff112 100644
--- a/platform/linux-dpdk/README
+++ b/platform/linux-dpdk/README
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ ODP-DPDK:
 ---------
 	This effort is to port ODP on top of DPDK and use DPDK as the
 accelerator for all intel NIC's. Pre-requisite is DPDK should be cloned and
-compiled. DPDK and ODP was compiled and tested on Ubuntu 14.04
+compiled. DPDK and ODP was compiled and tested on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
 3.13.0-29-generic kernel.
 
 # To Clone DPDK
 $ git clone http://92.243.14.124/git/dpdk ./<dpdk-dir>
 
-# we support only 1.6.0r2 of DPDK for now
+# we support only 1.7.1 of DPDK for now
 $ git tag -l -- will list all the tags available
-$ git checkout -b 1.6.0 tags/v1.6.0r2
+$ git checkout -b 1.7.1 tags/v1.7.1
 # Please refer to http://dpdk.org/doc for more details on how to build
 # DPDK. Getting started guide for Linux might be of help.
 # Best effort is done to provide some help on DPDK cmds below for Ubuntu,
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ $ git checkout -b 1.6.0 tags/v1.6.0r2
 $ export RTE_SDK=<dpdk-dir>
 # For example
 $ export RTE_SDK=/root/dpdk
-$ export RTE_TARGET=x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc
+$ export RTE_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
 # RTE_TARGET is the configuration used while building DPDK
 
 $ cd <odp-dir>
@@ -48,11 +48,12 @@ How to setup and compile DPDK:
 $ cd <dpdk-dir>
 
 # This has to be done only once.
-$ make config T=x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc O=x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc
-# set CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_COMBINE_LIBS=y in .config file
-# Note: if non-intel SFP's are used in IXGBE, then set CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IXGBE_ALLOW_UNSUPPORTED_SFP=y in .config file
-$ make install T=x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc EXTRA_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
-
+$ make config T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc O=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
+# set CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_COMBINE_LIBS=y and CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_SHARED_LIB=y in
+# ./x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/.config file
+# Note: if non-intel SFP's are used in IXGBE, then set
+# CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IXGBE_ALLOW_UNSUPPORTED_SFP=y in .config file
+$ make install T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc EXTRA_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 
 # If "conflicting types for skb_set_hash" error happens during DPDK
 # build, then please knock-off skb_set_hash function from kcompat.h as
diff --git a/platform/linux-dpdk/odp_buffer_pool.c b/platform/linux-dpdk/odp_buffer_pool.c
index 8325b9e..ca25ace 100644
--- a/platform/linux-dpdk/odp_buffer_pool.c
+++ b/platform/linux-dpdk/odp_buffer_pool.c
@@ -282,5 +282,5 @@ void odp_buffer_free(odp_buffer_t buf)
 
 void odp_buffer_pool_print(odp_buffer_pool_t pool_id)
 {
-	rte_mempool_dump((const struct rte_mempool *)pool_id);
+	rte_mempool_dump(stdout, (const struct rte_mempool *)pool_id);
 }
diff --git a/platform/linux-dpdk/odp_init.c b/platform/linux-dpdk/odp_init.c
index 404e616..fa10022 100644
--- a/platform/linux-dpdk/odp_init.c
+++ b/platform/linux-dpdk/odp_init.c
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ int odp_init_dpdk(void)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (rte_pmd_init_all() < 0) {
-		ODP_ERR("Cannot init pmd\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
 	if (rte_eal_pci_probe() < 0) {
 		ODP_ERR("Cannot probe PCI\n");
 		return -1;
diff --git a/platform/linux-dpdk/odp_packet.c b/platform/linux-dpdk/odp_packet.c
index 7b6b082..beb69b2 100644
--- a/platform/linux-dpdk/odp_packet.c
+++ b/platform/linux-dpdk/odp_packet.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ void odp_packet_print(odp_packet_t pkt)
 	str[len] = '\0';
 
 	printf("\n%s\n", str);
-	rte_pktmbuf_dump(&hdr->buf_hdr.mb, 32);
+	rte_pktmbuf_dump(stdout, &hdr->buf_hdr.mb, 32);
 
 	p = odp_packet_start(pkt);
 	printf("00000000: %02X %02X %02X %02X %02X %02X %02X %02X\n",
