[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/7] MinGW-w64 support
William Tu
u9012063 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 11 18:22:56 CET 2020
On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 8:25 PM Dmitry Kozlyuk <dmitry.kozliuk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This patch series add support for building DPDK using MinGW-w64.
>
> MinGW-w64 provides GNU toolchain and independent platform SDK on
> Windows. It also supports cross-compilation to Windows from POSIX
> systems by providing cross tollchains and libraries [0]. It does NOT
> emulate a full POSIX environment, like Cygwin or MSYS do.
>
> There are advantages in using MinGW-w64 in addition to Clang:
>
> 1. Cross-compilation out-of-the-box. MinGW-w64 is provides a pthread
> implementation, GNU getopt, and Windows platform SDK.
>
> 2. Easier porting of POSIX applications using DPDK to Windows, because
> application code can use the same benefits as mentioned above.
>
> 3. Having both primary compilers enabled on Windows provides more
> diagnostics and generally prevents non-portable code.
>
> [0]: http://mingw-w64.org
>
> v4 Changes:
>
> Fix Windows headers include case.
> Recommend the latest Meson in docs (build fixed with 0.53.2).
>
> v3 Changes:
>
> Rebase onto the latest Windows EAL.
> Prevent format attribute conflict with upcoming v20.05 patches.
> Remove redundant CFLAGS from Meson.
> Remove links to Meson bugtracker from docs (PR merged into upstream).
> Fix Clang warnings using about GNU options.
>
> v2 Changes:
>
> Add patch to use lowercase system header filenames.
> Move Meson cross-file for x86 to arch directory.
> Change wording in comments.
> Add Meson version warning in documentation.
>
> Dmitry Kozlyuk (7):
> eal: introduce portable format attribute
> eal/windows: use lowercase filenames for system headers
> eal/windows: support builing with MinGW-w64
> build: MinGW-w64 support for Meson
> build: add cross-file for MinGW-w64
> doc: guide for Windows build using MinGW-w64
> build: fix linker warnings with Clang on Windows
>
> config/meson.build | 26 ++++++--
> config/x86/meson_mingw.txt | 13 ++++
> doc/guides/windows_gsg/build_dpdk.rst | 62 +++++++++++++++++---
> lib/librte_cmdline/cmdline.h | 4 +-
> lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h | 17 +++++-
> lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_debug.h | 2 +-
> lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h | 2 +-
> lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_log.h | 4 +-
> lib/librte_eal/meson.build | 3 +
> lib/librte_eal/windows/eal/eal.c | 6 +-
> lib/librte_eal/windows/eal/include/getopt.h | 4 ++
> lib/librte_eal/windows/eal/include/pthread.h | 2 +-
> lib/librte_eal/windows/eal/include/rte_os.h | 6 +-
> lib/meson.build | 8 ++-
> 14 files changed, 133 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 config/x86/meson_mingw.txt
>
I reviewed and tested the v4 series and everything works ok.
Tested-by: William Tu <u9012063 at gmail.com>
Thanks
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