[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix build on PPC64

[dwilder]

On 2018-11-07 08:00, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> The AltiVec header file breaks boolean type:
> 
> error: incompatible types when initializing type
> '__vector _bool int' {aka '_vector(4) __bool int'} using type 'int'
> 
> If __APPLE_ALTIVEC__ is defined, then bool type is redefined
> and conflicts with stdbool.h.
> 
> There is no good solution to fix it for the whole project without
> breaking something else, so a workaround is inserted in mlx5 PMD.
> This workaround is not compatible with C++ but there is no C++ in DPDK.
> 
> Suggested-by: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt at canonical.com>
> Suggested-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>

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Tested-by: David Wilder <dwilder at us.ibm.com>

Hi Thomas

Thanks for re-posting this patch.  I see no build breaks on power8 or 
power9 with this patch.  I tried both 18.11-rc1 and upstream (master).