Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/1] net/mlx4: fix build on PPC64

[Raslan Darawsheh]

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev <dev-boun...@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Christian Ehrhardt
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 2:29 PM
> To: dev <dev@dpdk.org>
> Cc: Luca Boccassi <bl...@debian.org>; Thomas Monjalon
> <tho...@monjalon.net>; Frank Heimes <frank.hei...@canonical.com>;
> Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrha...@canonical.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/1] net/mlx4: fix build on PPC64
> 
> The AltiVec header file breaks boolean type:
> 
> error: incompatible types when initializing type '__vector _bool int' {aka
> '_vector(4) __bool int'} using type 'int'
> 
> If __APPLE_ALTIVEC__ is defined, then bool type is redefined and conflicts
> with stdbool.h.
> 
> There is no good solution to fix it for the whole project without breaking
> something else, so a workaround is inserted in mlx5 PMD.
> This workaround is not compatible with C++ but there is no C++ in DPDK.
> 
> Related to:
> https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgit.dp
> dk.org%2Fdpdk%2Fcommit%2F%3Fid%3D725f5dd0bfb50192a2d2341d4cc690
> 84c2c4e03d&amp;data=02%7C01%7Crasland%40mellanox.com%7C4617eec7
> ac6c4eb7bf7408d71fe17042%7Ca652971c7d2e4d9ba6a4d149256f461b%7C0%
> 7C0%7C637012925439283556&amp;sdata=6tZDB%2F7%2Bq%2Fs%2FDsZksg6Z
> sAGTZcbufps84bT6wBe6nXs%3D&amp;reserved=0
> 
> Change-Id: Iceb058c07086def4176c5ab199ca4dd5018d0340
> Signed-off-by: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrha...@canonical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_utils.h | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)


Patch applied to next-net-mlx after small change in the commit log:
        1- removed Change ID.
        2- replaced related to link with the SHA of the commit only

Kindest regards,
Raslan Darawsheh