[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mk: gcc -march support for intel processors code names

[Pattan, Reshma]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 12:25 PM
> To: Pattan, Reshma <reshma.pattan at intel.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mk: gcc -march support for intel processors
> code names
> 
> 2016-08-15 16:02, Reshma Pattan:
> > The GCC 4.9 -march option supports the intel code names for
> > processors, for example -march=silvermont, -march=broadwell.
> > The RTE_MACHINE config flag can be used to pass code name to the
> > compiler as -march flag. Also old gcc versions compatibility code for
> > the intel platform is removed from
> > mk/toolchain/gcc/rte.toolchain-compat.mk
> 
> Do you mean to not support GCC < 4.9 ?

Yes.