Re: [PATCH v2] app/dma-perf: introduce dma-perf application

[Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 01:54:50PM +0000, Jiang, Cheng1 wrote:
> Hi Bruce,
> 
> Thanks for your comments.
> Replies are inline. I'll fix them in the next version.
> 
> Thanks,
> Cheng
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 9:00 PM
> > To: Jiang, Cheng1 <cheng1.jiang@intel.com>
> > Cc: thomas@monjalon.net; mb@smartsharesystems.com; dev@dpdk.org;
> > Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; Ding, Xuan <xuan.ding@intel.com>; Ma,
> > WenwuX <wenwux.ma@intel.com>; Wang, YuanX
> > <yuanx.wang@intel.com>; He, Xingguang <xingguang.he@intel.com>
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] app/dma-perf: introduce dma-perf application
> > 
> > On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 01:56:23AM +0000, Cheng Jiang wrote:

<snip>

> > > +#if !defined(RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUX)
> > > +
> > > +int
> > > +main(int argc, char *argv[])
> > > +{
> > > +	printf("OS not supported, skipping test\n");
> > > +	return 0;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > 
> > What is linux-specific about this app?
> > 
> > If we do need to limit the app to Linux-only I suggest using meson to do so
> > rather than putting #ifdefs in the code.
> 
> Got it. Thanks!
> 
Can you maybe clarify what is linux-specific about this app, or else
perhaps test at least building on FreeBSD and windows. I'd rather not see
stuff added just for Linux without some attempt to try on other OS's.

/Bruce