[dpdk-dev] Compiler for Windows

[Burakov, Anatoly]

On 07-Jan-19 5:08 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 07/01/2019 18:00, Bruce Richardson:
>> I think for windows we probably want to start with the MS compiler first,
>> since from my understanding it's probably the default go-to compiler for
>> developers on windows, and look at alternatives from there.
> 
> Not sure. I feel clang is a better option.
> This is the purpose of this thread: which compiler can work
> with the DPDK code base? Which modifications of code are acceptable?
> 
> Unfortunately we lost my original attempt of getting some facts.
> 

i'm developing on a Windows machine, and use clang as code analyzer. so 
while the compiling and linking may take some effort, the bulk of it 
appears to be working without too much complaints from clang. it's easy 
to install as well - just install LLVM and you're good to go.

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Thanks,
Anatoly