[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH] build/pkg-config: remove machine arch flag

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 15:51:11 +0000
Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com> wrote:

> Traditionally any apps built using DPDK had to support the same
> instruction sets as supported when the DPDK SDK itself was built, since
> that was "leaked" through to the end-app and DPDK headers via
> RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_* values. Therefore, when converting over to meson
> for app build correctness the "-march=" flag was included in the
> pkg-config cflags output.
> 
> However, since the DPDK-specific CPU flags are now obsolete, and we
> instead check directly for compiler-defined flags, we should no longer
> need to force the exact same architecture match in all cases. To
> faciliate such flexibility, a new pkg_config_machine_args array - which
> defaults to the existing machine_args array has been defined. The
> individual architectures - x86, arm and ppc - can choose if and how to
> override this value themselves.
> 
> For x86, since SSE4.2 is the minimum instruction-set level needed to run
> DPDK, and since some header files assume that minimum level of
> instruction set support, we override the "-march=" value with "-msse4"
> for the pkg-config file. This allows end applications to set their own
> "march" value while still ensuring valid DPDK compilation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>

This looks fine, and can see no negatives in the comments.
Could you rebase and resubmit a new version if still relevant?