[dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] build: fix using ELF-only linker flags with COFF

[Tal Shnaiderman]

> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] build: fix using ELF-only linker
> flags with COFF
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> 13/01/2021 21:27, Ranjit Menon:
> > On 1/11/2021 4:36 PM, Dmitry Kozlyuk wrote:
> > > The --export-dynamic linker option is only applicable to ELF.
> > > On Windows, where COFF is used, it causes warnings:
> > >
> > >      x86_64-w64-mingw32-ld: warning: --export-dynamic is not supported
> > >      for PE+ targets, did you mean --export-all-symbols? (MinGW)
> > >
> > >      LINK : warning LNK4044: unrecognized option '/-export-dynamic';
> > >      ignored (clang)
> > >
> > > Don't add --export-dynamic on Windows anywhere.
> > >
> > > Fixes: b031e13d7f0d ("build: fix plugin load on static build")
> > > Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kozlyuk <dmitry.kozliuk at gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > > Using TLS variables with DLLs is problematic on Windows for now, so
> > > not attempting to check or solve the issue with plugin load.
> >
> > Acked-by: Ranjit Menon <ranjit.menon at intel.com>
> 
> Applied, thanks
> 
> Why we didn't catch it in advance in CI?
> 

I think Windows CI still passes on builds with warnings, maybe we can change it now that we cleared all of them.