Re: [dpdk-dev] arch check in example dpdk_qat

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>]

2016-03-24 11:58, De Lara Guarch, Pablo:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon@6wind.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 11:01 AM
> > To: De Lara Guarch, Pablo
> > Cc: Richardson, Bruce; dev@dpdk.org
> > Subject: Re: arch check in example dpdk_qat
> > 
> > 2016-03-24 10:50, De Lara Guarch, Pablo:
> > > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon@6wind.com]
> > > > When reading examples/dpdk_qat/Makefile, we can see this check:
> > > >
> > > >     ifneq ($(CONFIG_RTE_ARCH),"x86_64")
> > > >         ifneq ($(LBITS),i686)
> > > >         $(error The RTE_TARGET chosen is not compatible with this
> > environment
> > > > \
> > > >         (x86_64), for this application. Please change the definition of the \
> > > >         RTE_TARGET environment variable, or run the application on a 32-bit
> > > > OS)
> > > >         endif
> > > >     endif
> > > >
> > > > Is it on purpose to limit the 32-bit support to i686 only?
> > > > Instead of the message "run the application on a 32-bit OS", should it be
> > > > "on an i686 OS"?
> > >
> > > i686 OS looks fine to me. Basically, when this app was made, the only 32-bit
> > target was i686,
> > 
> > What about i386, i486, i586 builds ?
> 
> We only support i686, no other 32-bit architectures.

So we need a small patch :)