Hi Thomas, > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 11:04 AM > To: Richardson, Bruce; De Lara Guarch, Pablo > Cc: dev at dpdk.org > Subject: arch check in example dpdk_qat > > When reading examples/dpdk_qat/Makefile, we can see this check: > > ifneq ($(CONFIG_RTE_ARCH),"x86_64") > ifneq ($(LBITS),i686) > $(error The RTE_TARGET chosen is not compatible with this environment > \ > (x86_64), for this application. Please change the definition of the \ > RTE_TARGET environment variable, or run the application on a 32-bit > OS) > endif > endif > > Is it on purpose to limit the 32-bit support to i686 only? > Instead of the message "run the application on a 32-bit OS", should it be > "on an i686 OS"?
i686 OS looks fine to me. Basically, when this app was made, the only 32-bit target was i686, and the app needs the QAT driver to be running in 32 bits, if DPDK target is 32-bit. Thanks, Pablo