Sunday, May 6, 2018 4:33 PM, Jerin Jacob:
> Subject: Re: event/octeontx: add event timer adapter driver
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> > Date: Sun, 6 May 2018 13:17:55 +0000
> > From: Shahaf Shuler <shah...@mellanox.com>
> > To: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavat...@caviumnetworks.com>, Ali Alnubani
> > <alia...@mellanox.com>, Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>,
> Raslan
> > Darawsheh <rasl...@mellanox.com>, "jerin.ja...@caviumnetworks.com"
> >  <jerin.ja...@caviumnetworks.com>
> > CC: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
> > Subject: RE: event/octeontx: add event timer adapter driver
> >
> > Monday, April 23, 2018 11:45 AM, Pavan Nikhilesh:
> > > Subject: Re: event/octeontx: add event timer adapter driver
> > >
> > > Hi Ali,
> > >
> > > Looks like a compiler bug rather than code issue, I have verified
> > > this on x86 with gcc 4.8.5 and don't see an issue.
> > >
> > > Looking around I found that compiling with -O1 on aarch64 gcc 4.8.5
> > > seems to fix the compiler bug.
> >
> > Even if compiler bug, can we W.A in the PMD code? Surely you want your
> PMD to be compiled in most/all inbox gcc compilers.
> >
> > Here is even more problematic since it means DPDK doesn't compile
> natively on aarch with RH7.5. not sure how octeontx PMD can be enabled by
> default with such case.
> 
> 
> One option could be disable the specific driver for specific GCC version IF 
> GCC
> VERSION IS BUGGY instead of disabling.

Yes this is yet another option. 

> 
> For arm64 being relativity new architecture, support for OLD compilers are
> not that good NOR really in use.

Well there are. Customer installing "new" OS (RH7.5) on his arm server will 
currently not be able to compile DPDK.


> 
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Pavan.
> > >
> > > On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 04:03:36PM +0000, Ali Alnubani wrote:
> > > > Hi Pavan,
> > > >
> > > > The patchset
> > >
> https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdp
> > > d
> > > k.org%2Fml%2Farchives%2Fdev%2F2018-
> > >
> April%2F094928.html&data=02%7C01%7Cshahafs%40mellanox.com%7C0829
> > >
> 941a97144eed811508d5a8f680c8%7Ca652971c7d2e4d9ba6a4d149256f461b%7
> > >
> C0%7C0%7C636600699041780885&sdata=hyAPljSPsY5PY2Had7vNwF5JX1zC0T
> > > i8WLEZr1lzhwo%3D&reserved=0 is causing a compilation error on
> > > QUALCOMM ARM with RHEL7.5 and gcc version 4.8.5:
> > > >
> > > > """
> > > > /download/dpdk-next-net-
> mlx/drivers/event/octeontx/timvf_worker.c:
> > > In function 'timvf_timer_arm_burst_sp':
> > > > /download/dpdk-next-net-
> > > mlx/drivers/event/octeontx/timvf_worker.c:89:1
> > > > : error: could not split insn } ^ (insn 95 98 99 (parallel [
> > > >             (set (reg:DI 0 x0 [orig:98 D.8130 ] [98])
> > > >                 (mem/v:DI (reg/f:DI 21 x21 [orig:88 D.8136 ] [88]) [-1  
> > > > S8 A64]))
> > > >             (set (mem/v:DI (reg/f:DI 21 x21 [orig:88 D.8136 ] [88]) [-1 
> > > >  S8 A64])
> > > >                 (unspec_volatile:DI [
> > > >                         (plus:DI (mem/v:DI (reg/f:DI 21 x21
> > > > [orig:88 D.8136 ] [88]) [-1  S8
> > > A64])
> > > >                             (const_int -281474976710656 
> > > > [0xffff000000000000]))
> > > >                         (const_int 0 [0])
> > > >                     ] UNSPECV_ATOMIC_OP))
> > > >             (clobber (reg:CC 66 cc))
> > > >             (clobber (reg:DI 1 x1))
> > > >             (clobber (reg:SI 2 x2))
> > > >         ]) /download/dpdk-next-net-
> > > mlx/drivers/event/octeontx/timvf_worker.h:95 1832
> > > {atomic_fetch_adddi}
> > > >      (expr_list:REG_UNUSED (reg:CC 66 cc)
> > > >         (expr_list:REG_UNUSED (reg:SI 2 x2)
> > > >             (expr_list:REG_UNUSED (reg:DI 1 x1)
> > > >                 (nil)))))
> > > > /download/dpdk-next-net-
> > > mlx/drivers/event/octeontx/timvf_worker.c:89:1
> > > > : internal compiler error: in final_scan_insn, at final.c:2897
> > > > Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if
> appropriate.
> > > > See
> > >
> <https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fb
> > > u
> > >
> gzilla.redhat.com%2Fbugzilla&data=02%7C01%7Cshahafs%40mellanox.com%
> > >
> 7C0829941a97144eed811508d5a8f680c8%7Ca652971c7d2e4d9ba6a4d149256f
> > >
> 461b%7C0%7C0%7C636600699041780885&sdata=bPZVI%2BkCTkDrHmUscl%2
> > > FqJyuwe%2BmZw795yiAvoUX%2BPE8%3D&reserved=0> for instructions.
> > > >   PMDINFO opdl_evdev.o.pmd.c
> > > >   CC opdl_evdev.o.pmd.o
> > > >   LD opdl_evdev.o
> > > >   PMDINFO sw_evdev.o.pmd.c
> > > >   CC sw_evdev.o.pmd.o
> > > >   LD sw_evdev.o
> > > > Preprocessed source stored into /tmp/ccmqxmH7.out file, please
> > > > attach
> > > this to your bugreport.
> > > > make[6]: *** [timvf_worker.o] Error 1
> > > > make[5]: *** [octeontx] Error 2
> > > > make[5]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> > > >   AR librte_pmd_opdl_event.a
> > > >   INSTALL-LIB librte_pmd_opdl_event.a
> > > >   AR librte_pmd_sw_event.a
> > > >   INSTALL-LIB librte_pmd_sw_event.a
> > > > make[4]: *** [event] Error 2
> > > > make[3]: *** [drivers] Error 2
> > > > make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> > > > make[1]: *** [pre_install] Error 2
> > > > make: *** [install] Error
> > > > """
> > > >
> > > > The compilation only passes with
> CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_OCTEONTX_PMD,
> > > CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_OCTEONTX_SSOVF and
> > > CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_OCTEONTX_MEMPOOL set to false.
> > > > It also passes if I upgrade gcc, but can we have a fix for old gcc 
> > > > versions?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Ali
> >

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