[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] fix endianness in EAL
Chao Zhu
chaozhu at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu Dec 4 10:28:53 CET 2014
On 2014/12/4 4:47, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> It can be hard to implement a reliable detection of endianness.
> Previous trials in testpmd failed.
> The IBM Power patchset introduced a config option.
>
> This patchset try to improve the situation by having a detection
> in EAL headers.
>
> Please test it (especially on IBM Power) with different toolchains
> or distributions.
>
> Thomas Monjalon (2):
> eal: detect endianness
> app/testpmd: fix endianness detection
>
I tested it on IBM Power with GCC 4.8. It works fine.
If there is no other better way to do the detection, I think this patch
is good enough.
Acked-by: Chao Zhu<chaozhu at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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