[PATCH] config/arm: drop crypto extension from armv8.4-a build

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Wed Mar 25 15:28:44 CET 2026


24/03/2026 15:25, Shani Peretz:
> Remove the crypto march extension added by commit 6e6cc1dc3548
> ("config/arm: support crypto with Cortex-A78AE"). The extension
> was added under the incorrect assumption that missing crypto ISA
> caused an infinite loop, the actual cause was a GCC scheduling
> issue with -mcpu=cortex-a78ae. This was avoided by switching to
> -march=armv8.4-a in the same commit.
> 
> The extension is unnecessary and causes build failures on
> toolchains without AES support. The -march=armv8.4-a build
> without -mcpu is intentionally kept to avoid the scheduling issue.
> 
> Fixes: 6e6cc1dc3548 ("config/arm: support crypto with Cortex-A78AE")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shani Peretz <shperetz at nvidia.com>

Applied, thanks.





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