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

[Thomas Monjalon]

2016-08-22 11:46, Pattan, Reshma:
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> > 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. 

It can be discussed but you must, at least, update the requirements:
	http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.html#compilation-of-the-dpdk