Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/7] MinGW-w64 support

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

11/03/2020 18:22, William Tu:
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 8:25 PM Dmitry Kozlyuk <dmitry.kozliuk@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > This patch series add support for building DPDK using MinGW-w64.
> >
> > MinGW-w64 provides GNU toolchain and independent platform SDK on
> > Windows. It also supports cross-compilation to Windows from POSIX
> > systems by providing cross tollchains and libraries [0]. It does NOT
> > emulate a full POSIX environment, like Cygwin or MSYS do.
> >
> > There are advantages in using MinGW-w64 in addition to Clang:
> >
> > 1. Cross-compilation out-of-the-box. MinGW-w64 is provides a pthread
> >    implementation, GNU getopt, and Windows platform SDK.
> >
> > 2. Easier porting of POSIX applications using DPDK to Windows, because
> >    application code can use the same benefits as mentioned above.
> >
> > 3. Having both primary compilers enabled on Windows provides more
> >    diagnostics and generally prevents non-portable code.
> >
> > [0]: http://mingw-w64.org
> >
[..]
> > Dmitry Kozlyuk (7):
> >   eal: introduce portable format attribute
> >   eal/windows: use lowercase filenames for system headers
> >   eal/windows: support builing with MinGW-w64
> >   build: MinGW-w64 support for Meson
> >   build: add cross-file for MinGW-w64
> >   doc: guide for Windows build using MinGW-w64
> >   build: fix linker warnings with Clang on Windows
> 
> I reviewed and tested the v4 series and everything works ok.
> 
> Tested-by: William Tu <u9012063@gmail.com>

The doc patch was split and squashed in relevant commits.

Applied, thanks