[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/3] net/thunderx: disable pmd for older compilers

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 4/6/2017 2:59 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2017-04-06 14:46, Ferruh Yigit:
>> --- a/mk/toolchain/gcc/rte.toolchain-compat.mk
>> +++ b/mk/toolchain/gcc/rte.toolchain-compat.mk
>> @@ -89,4 +89,8 @@ else
>>  	ifeq ($(shell test $(GCC_VERSION) -lt 42 && echo 1), 1)
>>  		MACHINE_CFLAGS := $(filter-out -march% -mtune% -msse%,$(MACHINE_CFLAGS))
>>  	endif
>> +
>> +	ifeq ($(shell test $(GCC_VERSION) -lt 47 && echo 1), 1)
>> +		CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_THUNDERX_NICVF_PMD=n
>> +	endif
> 
> In previous version you were disabling the PMD inside the PMD Makefile.
> It was better.

Agreed, but I that is causing a build error in applications. I have
missed it in previous release because an .a file was already created.

So, need a way to disable linking pmd against application.