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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: fix warnings on Windows
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On 5/14/2020 1:02 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 14/05/2020 00:53, Pallavi Kadam:
>> This patch fixes bunch of warnings when compiling on Windows
>> such as the use of an unsafe string function (strerror),
>> [-Wunused-const-variable] in getopt.c and
>> [-Wunused-variable], [-Wunused-function] in eal_common_options.c
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ranjit Menon <ranjit.menon@intel.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Pallavi Kadam <pallavi.kadam@intel.com>
>> Tested-by: Pallavi Kadam <pallavi.kadam@intel.com>
>> ---
>> +#ifndef RTE_EXEC_ENV_WINDOWS
>>   static int
>>   eal_plugindir_init(const char *path)
> 
> Why disabling the plugin mechanism?
> Can we make it working instead?
> 

The function that is calling eal_plugindir_init() has already been 
#ifndef-ed out for Windows compilation. So, this function will never be 
called on Windows and was the cause of multiple compilation warnings.
Best to keep it disabled until we can have this implemented and working 
on Windows

> PS: When sending patches for Windows, please Cc
> the official Windows maintainers and Dmitry Kozliuk.
> 
> 

Yes. Will do.

ranjit m.