Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] build: check functionality rather than binutils version

2020-07-03 Thread Bruce Richardson
On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 11:28:51PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 18/06/2020 13:56, Bruce Richardson: > > Rather than checking the binutils version number, which can lead to > > unnecessary disabling of AVX512 if fixes have been backported to distro > > versions, we can instead check the output of

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] build: check functionality rather than binutils version

2020-07-02 Thread Thomas Monjalon
18/06/2020 13:56, Bruce Richardson: > Rather than checking the binutils version number, which can lead to > unnecessary disabling of AVX512 if fixes have been backported to distro > versions, we can instead check the output of "as" from binutils to see if > it is correct. > > The check in the scri

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] build: check functionality rather than binutils version

2020-07-02 Thread Van Haaren, Harry
> -Original Message- > From: Van Haaren, Harry > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2020 1:05 PM > To: 'Bruce Richardson' ; dev@dpdk.org > Cc: Yigit, Ferruh ; tho...@monjalon.net; Richardson, > Bruce > Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] build: check functionality ra

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] build: check functionality rather than binutils version

2020-06-18 Thread Van Haaren, Harry
> -Original Message- > From: dev On Behalf Of Bruce Richardson > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2020 12:57 PM > To: dev@dpdk.org > Cc: Yigit, Ferruh ; tho...@monjalon.net; Richardson, > Bruce > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] build: check functionality rather than binutils

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] build: check functionality rather than binutils version

2020-06-18 Thread Bruce Richardson
Rather than checking the binutils version number, which can lead to unnecessary disabling of AVX512 if fixes have been backported to distro versions, we can instead check the output of "as" from binutils to see if it is correct. The check in the script uses the minimal assembly reproduction code p