[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/4] introduce Broadcom Stingray

[Scott Branden]

On 18-03-30 03:34 AM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 3/21/2018 6:06 PM, Ajit Khaparde wrote:
>> From: Scott Branden <scott.branden at broadcom.com>
>>
>> Add Broadcom Stingray machine support based on armv8.
>>
>> For product brief see:
>> https://www.broadcom.com/products/ethernet-connectivity/controllers/bcm58800
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Scott Branden <scott.branden at broadcom.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com>
>> ---
>>   config/defconfig_arm64-stingray-linuxapp-gcc | 16 ++++++++++++++
>>   mk/machine/stingray/rte.vars.mk              | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   2 files changed, 47 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100644 config/defconfig_arm64-stingray-linuxapp-gcc
>>   create mode 100644 mk/machine/stingray/rte.vars.mk
>>
>> diff --git a/config/defconfig_arm64-stingray-linuxapp-gcc b/config/defconfig_arm64-stingray-linuxapp-gcc
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000..247e53eaa
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/config/defconfig_arm64-stingray-linuxapp-gcc
>> @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
>> +# Copyright (C) Broadcom 2017-2018. All rights reserved.
>> +#
>> +
>> +#include "defconfig_arm64-armv8a-linuxapp-gcc"
>> +
>> +# Broadcom - Stingray
>> +CONFIG_RTE_MACHINE="stingray"
> This is same as armv8a machine type, is it required to add new "stingray"
> machine type?
Good question.  We could have tuning or other differences in the future 
but it looks like we can use the armv8a machine.
I think we can get rid of rte.vars.mk for now.
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