[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] qede: fix build with gcc >= 6.0

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Fri May 13 17:37:54 CEST 2016


2016-05-10 13:01, Panu Matilainen:
> With gcc >= 6.0, qede base driver fails to build with:
> drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_cxt.c: In function 'ecore_cdu_init_common':
> cc1: error: left shift of negative value [-Werror=shift-negative-value]
> 
> Since the base drivers are untouchable, work around by disabling
> the warning.

Are the qede base driver files untouchable?

> Signed-off-by: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai at redhat.com>
[...]
> +ifeq ($(shell test $(GCC_VERSION) -ge 60 && echo 1), 1)
> +CFLAGS_BASE_DRIVER += -Wno-shift-negative-value
> +endif

Fixes: ec94dbc57362 ("qede: add base driver")

Applied, thanks

Rasesh, would you mind to fix the base driver and remove this workaround?


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