[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] kni: fix compilation with gcc 6.1

De Lara Guarch, Pablo pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com
Thu Jun 23 18:45:20 CEST 2016



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 3:59 PM
> To: De Lara Guarch, Pablo
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Zhang, Helin
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] kni: fix compilation with gcc 6.1
> 
> 2016-06-23 15:38, Pablo de Lara:
> > Using gcc 6.1, in some cases, kni fails to compile
> > because of unused variables:
> 
> Curiosity: is it only with gcc 6.1? Have you tested other versions?

I have tested it with other gcc versions, but have not seen it there.
I said some cases because depending on the kernel, the flags passed to gcc change,
and if -Wno-unused-const-variable is not passed, then this error shows up.

> 
> >  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 4 ----
> >  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> 
> We all know that the most efficient patch would be to drop the directory
> lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/ ;)


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