[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] vfio: use ifdef's for ppc64 spapr code

[David Christensen]

>>> Why is this needed?
>>
>> It's hardware specific to the PPC64 platform.  I don't know of a 
>> situation where the IOMMU would be present on other hardware.  Even 
>> running a VM in KVM/QEMU on a PPC64 platform results in a SPAPR V1 
>> IOMMU which isn't supported in DPDK.
>>
>> Dave
> 
> Yes, but generally #ifdef's are there for detecting compile-time 
> conditions. Is there anything specific to that code that would cause 
> trouble when compiled on other platforms?

No, I can't say that's the case, it's been operating this way for a while.

Dave