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

[Ruifeng Wang]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2021 4:59 PM
> To: Ruifeng Wang <Ruifeng.Wang at arm.com>
> Cc: Jan Viktorin <viktorin at rehivetech.com>; jerinj at marvell.com; Bruce
> Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>; dev <dev at dpdk.org>; nd
> <nd at arm.com>; J.Grant at qub.ac.uk; thomas at monjalon.net; Honnappa
> Nagarahalli <Honnappa.Nagarahalli at arm.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] eal/arm: enable FreeBSD build
> 
> 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.
Currently no plan to claim FreeBSD support on Arm.
I'll update commit message to treat it as removal of useless code.

> A release notes update is also needed.
> 
> 
> --
> David Marchand