Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 01/14] Add compiling definations for IBM Power architecture

[Chao Zhu <chaozhu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

Neil,
Current Power related patches are not a full functional one. Some of the 
libraries are not migrated. So
common_linuxapp_powerpc is used to turn off the uncompiled part. This 
file is a copy of the common_linuxapp. And this file is intended to be 
removed when all of the libraries are migrated to Power. Actually, it's 
the current common file for linux and other OS, such as BSD.  However, I 
didn't try the compilation on BSD.  But this probably needs to be done.

On 2014/11/24 6:02, Neil Horman wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 08:22:09PM -0500, Chao Zhu wrote:
>> To make DPDK run on IBM Power architecture, configuration files for
>> Power architecuture are added. Also, the compiling related .mk files are
>> added.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chao Zhu <chaozhu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>   config/common_linuxapp_powerpc              |  394 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   config/defconfig_ppc_64-power8-linuxapp-gcc |   40 +++
>>   mk/arch/ppc_64/rte.vars.mk                  |   39 +++
>>   mk/machine/power8/rte.vars.mk               |   57 ++++
>>   4 files changed, 530 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>   create mode 100644 config/common_linuxapp_powerpc
>>   create mode 100644 config/defconfig_ppc_64-power8-linuxapp-gcc
>>   create mode 100644 mk/arch/ppc_64/rte.vars.mk
>>   create mode 100644 mk/machine/power8/rte.vars.mk
>>
>> diff --git a/config/common_linuxapp_powerpc b/config/common_linuxapp_powerpc
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..d230a0b
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/config/common_linuxapp_powerpc
> This filename is common_linuxapp_powerpc, but given that it explicitly specifies
> all the build options, there isn't really anything common about it.  I think
> what you want to do is rename this defconfig_powerpc-native-linuxapp-gcc, and
> have it include common_linuxapp, then change any power-specific option you see
> fit.
>
> Also, does BSD build on power?  I presume so. You likely want to create a
> corresponding bsd power config
>