[dpdk-dev] [RFC 3/3] ci: enable tests on non-arm platforms

[Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev <dev-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Aaron Conole
> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2019 10:53 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [RFC 3/3] ci: enable tests on non-arm platforms
> 
> When building under Travis (or another linux CI service), enable running the tests
> for each build.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <aconole at redhat.com>
> ---
>  .ci/linux-build.sh | 7 +++++++
>  .ci/linux-setup.sh | 6 +++++-
>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/.ci/linux-build.sh b/.ci/linux-build.sh index 4eb7c3cf0..72510a433
> 100755
> --- a/.ci/linux-build.sh
> +++ b/.ci/linux-build.sh
> @@ -22,3 +22,10 @@ fi
>  OPTS="$OPTS --default-library=$DEF_LIB"
>  meson build --werror -Dexamples=all $OPTS  ninja -C build
> +
> +if [ "$AARCH64" != "1" ]; then

If the indention is run only on X86 then, X86 == 1 would be the correct logic as we do
have powerpc and arm32 support in dpdk.

Any reason why we are opting out arm64?
There are some cloud hosting services with arm64 as well.

https://www.packet.com/cloud/servers/c1-large-arm/