[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] Pass CC option when building kernel modules
Sergio Gonzalez Monroy
sergio.gonzalez.monroy at intel.com
Thu Oct 9 12:04:47 CEST 2014
On Thu, Oct 09, 2014 at 09:10:04AM +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 07:15:04PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 2014-10-06 16:57, Sergio Gonzalez Monroy:
> > > At least on kernels 3.15 or newer, DPDK build is broken for CLANG target.
> > > The issue is that the kernel build system sets the flags before including
> > > DPDK makefile and therefore assumes the incorrect compiler.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Sergio Gonzalez Monroy <sergio.gonzalez.monroy at intel.com>
> >
> > > --- a/mk/rte.module.mk
> > > +++ b/mk/rte.module.mk
> > > @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ build: _postbuild
> > > $(MODULE).ko: $(SRCS_LINKS)
> > > @if [ ! -f $(notdir Makefile) ]; then ln -nfs $(SRCDIR)/Makefile . ; fi
> > > @$(MAKE) -C $(RTE_KERNELDIR) M=$(CURDIR) O=$(RTE_KERNELDIR) \
> > > - CROSS_COMPILE=$(CROSS)
> > > + CC=$(KERNELCC) CROSS_COMPILE=$(CROSS)
> >
> > > --- a/mk/target/generic/rte.vars.mk
> > > +++ b/mk/target/generic/rte.vars.mk
> > > @@ -149,4 +149,6 @@ endif
> > > export CFLAGS
> > > export LDFLAGS
> > >
> > > +else # ! ifeq ($(KERNELRELEASE),)
> > > +CC = $(KERNELCC)
> > > endif
> >
> > Why is it needed here? Setting CC in rte.module.mk is not sufficient?
> >
> Right now, no it's not, and that's what is causing the error. However, we
> maybe can look and see if we moved the definition in rte.module.mk we might
> get the same effect.
>
I just did a bit more testing and it seems like it is not necessary to reset
CC, CC set from the command line takes precedence.
I will post a v2 with the fix.
Thanks,
Sergio
> /Bruce
>
> > Thanks
> > --
> > Thomas
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