[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] build: use generic march on arm64 when using 'default' machine

[Luca Boccassi]

On Wed, 2019-03-20 at 05:01 +0000, Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula wrote:
> On Mon, 2019-01-07 at 14:11 +0000, Luca Boccassi wrote:
> > When building for generic distribution we need a stable baseline
> > architecture, or depending on the build worker the result will
> > vary.
> > 
> > Force the default flags if the user explicitly sets machine=default
> > at configuration time.
> > 
> > Fixes: b1d48c41189a ("build: support ARM with meson")
> > Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org>
> > Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> > ---
> > v2: fix typo in commit message, remove variable used only once
> > v3: put back temporary variable, as "machine" gets overwritten
> >     by the function and loses the original value before we need
> >     it.
> > 
> >  config/arm/meson.build | 7 ++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/config/arm/meson.build b/config/arm/meson.build
> > index dae55d6b2..614139534 100644
> > --- a/config/arm/meson.build
> > +++ b/config/arm/meson.build
> > @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
> >  march_opt = '-march=@0@'.format(machine)
> >  
> >  arm_force_native_march = false
> > +arm_force_default_march = (machine == 'default')
> >  
> >  machine_args_generic = [
> >  	['default', ['-march=armv8-a+crc+crypto']],
> > @@ -105,7 +106,11 @@ else
> >  	cmd_generic = ['generic', '', '', 'default', '']
> >  	cmd_output = cmd_generic # Set generic by default
> ^
> >  	machine_args = [] # Clear previous machine args
> > -	if not meson.is_cross_build()
> > +	if arm_force_default_march and not meson.is_cross_build()
> > +		machine = impl_generic
> > +		cmd_output = cmd_generic
> 
> Isn't this assignment redundant as it is already done above?
> 
> Acked-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>

Removed in v4, thanks.

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Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi