[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal/arm: enable FreeBSD build

[David Marchand]

On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 7:49 AM Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.wang at arm.com> wrote:
>
> Build on FreeBSD on aarch64 failed with error:
> lib/eal/arm/rte_cpuflags.c:86:9: error: unknown type name 'Elf64_auxv_t'
>
> The data type is used by OS Linux auxiliary vector read, and not used by
> arch specific cpu flag API implementations. Hence remove it from Arm file.
>
> Reported-by: James Grant <j.grant at qub.ac.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.wang at arm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagarahalli at arm.com>

This never worked, so this patch counts as enabling a new supported OS/arch.

If we want FreeBSD support on ARM, we will need non regression tests in some CI.
A release notes update is also needed.


-- 
David Marchand