[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] config: compile avp driver only on intel 64 bit

[Bruce Richardson]

On Tue, Apr 04, 2017 at 06:12:12PM +0100, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 4/4/2017 5:36 PM, Allain Legacy wrote:
> > The AVP devices are only supported on Intel 64-bit architectures so
> > adjusting the defconfig attributes accordingly.
> > 
> > Fixes: c5ab4707ba97 ("net/avp: support driver registration")
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Allain Legacy <allain.legacy at windriver.com>
> > ---
> >  config/common_linuxapp                        | 1 -
> >  config/defconfig_i686-native-linuxapp-gcc     | 5 -----
> >  config/defconfig_i686-native-linuxapp-icc     | 5 -----
> >  config/defconfig_x86_64-native-linuxapp-clang | 5 +++++
> 
> Right now compiler config files only have compiler and architecture
> configs, although it is OK to update them, to be consistent with what
> other PMDs did, what do you think:
> 
> Keep AVP config enabled in "common_linuxapp"
> 
> Disable AVP in following configs:
> defconfig_arm64-armv8a-linuxapp-gcc
> defconfig_arm-armv7a-linuxapp-gcc
> defconfig_ppc_64-power8-linuxapp-gcc
> 

I actually disagree with that, and I think the approach proposed is
better, given that it's only one target type that is supported.

However, I think we should have an AVP config option in common base, set
to "n", so that we at least there have an entry to indicate it exists.

/Bruce